22 September 2008
TWIP Podcast #48 - Private Pictures
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Episode 48 is in the feed or you can download the MP3 at Pixelcorps.TV
Photokina PR begins, Jill Greenberg plays rough, coffee in your zoom lens, and Canon pulls out the big guns.
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Hosts: Alex Lindsay & Scott Bourne
Contributors: Steve Simon, Ron Brinkmann, Fred Johnson,
Locations: San Francisco, Gig Harbor, New York, and Seattle
Intro Music by Scott Cannizzaro
Producer: Aaron Mahler - Twitter: halfpress
Show Notes Author: Tom Newman- Twitter: fogview
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HOUSEKEEPING
***TBD: Need link to Polar Bear picture
Don’t forget you can win a 10 item pack worth over $1000 by linking to us. Details on the Contest page at TWIPPHOTO.COM
- Vmware Fusion
- One copy Adobe Lightroom
- One paid JBL reference 220 earphones
- One Adobe ball cap
- One copy “88 Secrets to Selling & Publishing Your Photography” by Scott Bourne
- One copy “88 Secrets to Photoshop for Photographers” by Scott Bourne
- onOne Software Essentials (version 2) for Adobe Photoshop Elements
- One small Canon Camera gadget bag
- One RhinoSkin iPod case
- Aperture
- DV Matte
NEWS & DISCUSSION
- Jill Greenberg was contracted to photograph Sen. John McCain and during the shoot took some additional pictures. Check out how she manipulated the image beyond just the Halloween lighting here. Did she cross the line?
- Rumor that Nikon will have a medium format camera.
Ability to change sensor from 12 mega pixels to 24 mega pixels with a firmware upgrade and flipping a switch. The group questions this unless the chip is already capturing the image at 24 mega pixels and sampling down to 12.
When Scott was asked about shooting on his Alaska trip with the Nikon D3 and it’s 12 MP sensor, Scott said he was shooting at a high ISO (1600 to 3200) and would trade high ISO for less mega pixels in most cases. It depends on the conditions and what you’re shooting. High mega pixels allows you to crop your photos and keep the relative size and still have a high quality image.
- SanDisk board rebuffs Samsung’s offer
SanDisk’s board rejected a take-over approach from South Korean giant Samsung.
- Apple releases Digital Camera RAW compatibility Update 2.2
RAW display and decode support built into the Mac OS that adds the Canon EOS Rebel XS/1000D, Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n, Nikon D700 and seven other digital camera RAW files to the list of those supported in Aperture 2.x and iPhoto ‘08.
- Coffee: Zoom Lens Coffee Mug Helps Keep Photographers Caffeinated
A concept: zoom lens that was hollowed out to make a coffee mug. Scott received emails in the hundreds about this. Maybe a new TWIP product?
- Man hacks Nintendo DS to control his Canon 5D
Alex would like to see this hack on the iPhone.
- SmugMugís Private Pics Are Public
If you put photos online you should assume that everyone can see them (even if you think they are private). Scott’s tip is to not put anything on Flickr or other photo sites that you would care if they are stolen, unless they are on heavily protected sites. Scott has his photos on PhoTrade.com because he believes they are taking steps to protect the photos. You should look into registering your photos that you are planning to sell before you putting them online.
SITE OF THE WEEK
Scott’s pick: A site written by a real photo editor that gives his views and insights into the business.
If you have a Site of the Week, you can send it to TwipPhoto.com
FLICKR CHALLENGE & POLL
Switched over from being a contest to an assignment to get people to shoot more.
Winners of current assignment: Decay
http://www.photrade.com/contest/twipphotoassignmentdecay/results shot by seangalbraith, “ghostwriter”
- Next assignment topic: Gear
Last Poll Results: How old is your primary camera (how long have you owned it)?
- Less than a month - 4.8%
- Less than six months - 25.9%
- Less than a year - 23.9%
- Less than two years - 20.4%
- Two years or older - 25.1%
New Poll: What is your favorite part of the country to shoot in?
Discussion — Photokina Week 1
Photokina is next week but the announcements are already coming.
- Leica announces M8.2 rangefinder update
- Three Prime lenses launched by Leica
- Leica offers World’s fastest Aspherical lens
- Casio announces Exilim EX-FH20 high speed camera
Like the EX-F1 model. Burst rate of up to 40 fps and movies at 1000fps. Sells for $599.
- Canon EOS 5D Mark II: 21MP and HD movies
Big announcement from Canon. 21 MP, 1080p movies, external audio input and headphone output. One downside is the 1080p movies are being shot in 30p instead of 24p (there is no easy way to get from 30p to 30i format for television). More and more still cameras will include video modes and still photographers will move to shooting video in addition to shooting stills.
- Canon SD 990 IS and SD 880 IS
The 14.7MP IXUS 980 features a 36 - 133mm equiv optical zoom, 2.5î LCD and is the first IXUS to offer manual controls. The 10MP IXUS 870 IS features a 28-112mm equiv optical zoom and a larger 3.0î LCD.
Both cameras use Canonís new DIGIC 4 processor for faster image processing. Should reduce grain.
- Canon PowerShot G10: 15MP & 28mm wide
Successor to the G9. New 14.7 megapixel CCD sensor, new 28-140mm wide zoom and increased screen resolution, DIGIC 4 processor, new top panel layout adds a dedicated AE compensation dial and there’s an improved.
Drobo uses a technology called ìthin provisioningî ñ this is a fancy name for technology that costs over$100,000. in enterprise-class storage systems. ìThin provisioningî means that you can start small and add in drives while your computer sees it as a single pool of storage. If you donít like having to remember on which disk you stored something, just format Drobo to its maximum capacity of 16TB when you set it up.
If you want to buy a Drobo, you can get $25 off the USB or Firewire models by visiting . http://www.drobo.com/twip.
LISTENER QUESTIONS
- Q: Listener Ryan Katsanes writes: You guys asked for recommendations of movies, BBC ran a 6 part series called “The Genius of Photography” and it’s excellent. Keep up the great work.
- A: We should check it out. A follow-up from last week’s show.
Summary: Advice on accessories for a Canon 40D
- Q: Listener Katie (www.flickr.com/photos/watsonk) writes: Hey guys, I’m buying my friend’s (new in July) canon 40D plus 18-50mm kit lens when he upgrades to the 50D later this year. For the last 5 years I’ve been using an Olympus point and shoot (C770). And now that I’m finally upgrading to a DSLR I’m hoping you can help me with the extras. What do you consider to be essential accessories (for example spare battery, memory cards) that I need to get ASAP? And what things would you recommend I try and convince people to buy me for Christmas and my birthday (only 3 days apart)? Thanks, Love the show 
Katie - Melbourne Australia
- A: Fred: Camera bag. Alex likes a bag with some extra space. Steve: Flash for off-camera work (off-shoe cord). Ron: Tripod (don’t get a cheap one). Scott: Aperture software (to organize your pictures). Alex: 50 mm fast lens (1.4 or 1.8).
Summary: Card advice for his wife’s trip to Kenya
- Q: Listener Joe Procita writes: For Scott: My wife is heading to Nairobi Kenya in November for 3 weeks to work in the local hospitals. (She is also treating herself to a 3 day safari) On our limited budget, I bought her a Nikon D60 (uses SD cards) to take. I was wondering what memory cards you trust when you shoot. You mentioned you didn’t have to “unload” your cards while you were in Alaska, and I was hoping to set her up similarly. How many cards/total capacity did you take to Alaska? For example, if I wanted 16GB total capacity, would it be better to get one 16GB card or four 4GB cards or eight 2GB cards? You know the old adage, don’t put all your eggs… Learning a lot from you guys. P.S. I know you’re going to mention dumping the data onto a secondary device, but I know that whatever I say, or whatever I tell her, she’s not going to do that, so that’s not an option at this point.
- A:Scott answers: You don’t want to put all your eggs in one basket. If 16GB is your goal, I wouldn’t take one 16GB card (maybe two 8GB cards instead). 2GB cards are cheap. Alex carries 4, 2GB cards but he transfers the data every night.
NEXT WEEK
- We will be talking about Photokina and Adobe’s big announcement (CS4).
TIP OF THE WEEK
- Steve’s tip: There are no bad positions. Steve came back from the DNC and found that you can get interesting shoots no matter where you are.
WRAP-UP
- Scott can be found at http://www.scottbourne.com/ and via Twitter: ScottBourne
- Ron can be found at http://digitalcomposting.wordpress.com and via Twitter: RonBrinkmann
- Fred is the Product Manager for Adobe Lightroom and can be found at http://www.frederickvan.com and via Twitter: Frederickvan
- Steve can be found at http://digitaljournist.org (convention coverage) and http://stevesimonphoto.com
- Alex can be found at http://www.pixelcorps.com and via Twitter: AlexLindsay
Alex says check out http://www.cumbancha.com/chiwoniso
Send your thoughts, suggestions and questions to: twip at pixelcorps.com
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Submit your photos for “ruthless compassion” through our TWiP critiques forum.
Show notes provide by Tom Newman of the Fogview Podcast and via Twitter: Fogview
29 Comments so far...
Wm Says:
22 September 2008 at 11:31 pm.
Scott Borne: They eat you because they don’t know what else to do with you.
Polar Bear: Oh, yummy! It’s Scott Borne!
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James Says:
23 September 2008 at 4:08 am.
Guys, that was the best show yet! I didn’t want it to end! I can’t wait to buy the TWIP telephoto lens mug!!
Cheers from Germany
James
PS. Any of you guys actually going to Phototkina? I’ve got my ticket for Thursday and I can’t wait!!
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Royce Says:
23 September 2008 at 4:18 am.
Alex, your childhood story was really cute and hilarious, along with your comment a few minutes later saying that whenever you close your eyes the world pauses.
All in all, a great podcast fully of excellent info and many laughs. Keep up the great work fellas!
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JayMonster Says:
23 September 2008 at 7:15 am.
It should be noted that the Drobo’s unusable space is equal to the size of the largest drive in the unit. So if you had 4 One Terabyte Drives, you have 3 Terabytes of usable space. If you swap out one of those drives to a four Terabyte drive (as Scott mentioned), you would still only have three Terabytes of usable space. This is because Drobo has to assume and be prepared for the loss of data on the largest drive (in this case the four terabyte drive). Thus, it would be more beneficial to swap out 2 drives (even if you have to go with say two 2GB drives), to get an immediate net gain in storage capacity, based on the example given.
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Rick Says:
23 September 2008 at 1:02 pm.
Love the show you guys and Alex, welcome back. I’ve been waiting for weeks for the video on how you pack your photo bag. You were suppose to post before your trip, what happened? Did you forget? Show us your new Kata Bag! Keep up the good work and lets get those TWIP lens mug shipping as soon as possible!
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Ardail Smith Says:
23 September 2008 at 4:56 pm.
First off I want everyone to know that I think Jill Greenberg’s photography work is very good. However I do have a complaint about what she has done recently. This complaint has nothing to do with Jill Greenberg’s political view, it has to do with her conduct as a photographer. I think that a photographer should not abuse the models trust. When McCain agreed to pose for her he trusted her to take a photo as good as the ones she has done of Arnold Schwarzenegger or John Stewart. What she chose to do was to take photos that would portray McCain in the worst possible light.
If she had taken the photos at a public event and not at a personal photo shoot I would have no problem. If the photos had been taken in public McCain would have no reason to except them to be in a flattering.
Starting out as a photographer is not easy. Its hard to approach people to get them to pose for you, but when they do its based on trust. They trust the photographer and the photographer should honor that trust. When they don’t honor the trust its not only a slap in the face to the model but is a slap to the face of every photographer that has worked hard to gain the trust of the public to allow them to take their photo.
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Bill Says:
23 September 2008 at 8:28 pm.
When I downloaded the Podcast for #48 the title is correct but the audio is from Podcast #47. Is anyone else have this issue or am I out there in cyber space somewhere? By the way you all are doing a Great Job!
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Mark in the UK Says:
24 September 2008 at 2:05 am.
It was mentioned on the podcast about a BBC series called The Genius of Photography. This is a six part series that outlines the history of photography from the very start. Each programme runs for an hour, and they are available to view on YouTube by typing in the title. The series is well produced, intersting and highly recommended.
Mark.
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Jon-Mark Says:
24 September 2008 at 9:16 pm.
I don’t know if this has happened to anybody else but the podcast didn’t automatically update the new one for me, rather it apparently redownloaded last week’s podcast and put the little dot on my ipod beside it to tell me that it was a new one. Whats up?
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Robert Says:
24 September 2008 at 10:24 pm.
Wow, seems like all of you have gone Nikon. You spoke more about the photo contest than you did about Canon’d HUGE annoucnement of the 5D Mark II. It looks like an absolutely awesome camera that everyone’s been waiting for, but I don’t think it got the coverage that it deserved.
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Scott Says:
25 September 2008 at 3:39 am.
@Robert how would you like us to describe, cover and review a camera that we’ve never seen, used or touched? The problem with the Internet is that it becomes an echo chamber. People start repeating what the news releases say without any REAL knowledge of the truth. We’re not going to EVER do that on purpose.
We asked Canon for an interview. They promised us an interview. They never followed up. We’re going to keep asking. If they don’t give us the info, we can’t pass it on to you. We will eventually get our hands on a camera and THEN we will review it. We like to actually know what we’re talking about.
Alex and Ron BOTH still shoot Canon - so your statement that we’ve all gone Nikon is bunk.
We would LOVE to cover the 5D MK II more and will.
And lastly, we don’t know whether the announcement of the 5D MK II is HUGE or not. Not until we see for ourselves if the camera lives up to the hype.
It may indeed do so - and if it does, we’ll say so.
It’s a potentially exciting development.
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Robert Says:
25 September 2008 at 10:33 am.
I understand where you’re coming from… and my apologies for phrasing it as a flame war.
I’m going to expect follow-up on the 5D Mk II in this week’s podcast, especially given the number of sample photos posted on flickr, and the sample video posted on the Canon website.
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John Hoffoss Says:
25 September 2008 at 10:55 am.
The lens-mug creator is here: http://tebe-interesno.livejournal.com/84790.html. His blog has lots of decent-to-fantastic photoshop work. Definitely would like a lens mug like this, but thus far it is a photoshopped image.
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John Hoffoss Says:
25 September 2008 at 11:39 am.
Listening to the podcast right now, and on the discussion surrounding G10 + megapixel madness. Here’s my thought on it: if the camera companies stopped talking about how much sensor is there (a la the GHz war in PCs a few years ago) and focus instead on capability and performance, we’d all be better off. Essentially what we’ve all been saying for a little while now. But here’s the problem with that line of thought: how do you, I or Canon/Nikon/etc. quantify quality, high- and low-light performance, HDR performance, etc. ISO talks about sensitivity but not quality or dynamic range. I think that’s why we still see all these companies fighting over megapixels. How can we quantify dynamic range, noise, zones of exposure? Something that is technology-agnostic akin to resolution, ISO, etc. and not filled with marketing buzz-word junk.
My own supposition: we see Canon continuing down the path while Nikon has stepped aside to reassess their situation; this fits with the historical idea that Canon engineers are photographers second, whereas Nikon engineers are photographers first. I don’t think that *really* still holds true, but I see parallels to our current situation.
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Tobias Says:
25 September 2008 at 11:49 am.
The story about “smugmug’s private pics are public” is almost ten months old. Sure it is still a story and lesson in publishing work online but I felt that there should at least be a mention of a “dated” story.
Scott - very jealous of your travels. I looked up geographic harbor in Google Earth. . .Wow.
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joanlvh Says:
25 September 2008 at 7:17 pm.
Alex and Fred are so great together, I think they should take it on the rode. I would love a class or workshop from them.
I, too, am considering which compact camera to buy, when you test the G10 and the Lumix, could you also test the Leica D lux and Leica C lux? Or, do you think the Lumix LX3 s has the same innards as the Leica D lux? thank you joanlvh
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Michael Says:
25 September 2008 at 7:59 pm.
Guys,
Thanks for such a professional (and free) podcast of priceless wisdom you share each week! (and good natured banter)
Your years of combined experiences are invaluable to those of us learning and trying hard to better ourselves in our beloved hobby and/or careers.
Thanks so much, your podcast is appreciated by many!
- Michael
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Jeremy Says:
25 September 2008 at 8:16 pm.
Polar Bear pictures - please link - Im dying to see them and had no luck with thegoogles
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Ashley Says:
26 September 2008 at 11:05 am.
Hey Scott, I think Jeremy was looking for the bear pictures you all were talking about in the podcast, with polar bear chasing the photographer and what-not. I know I’ve been checking back for that link religiously! haha!
I love the show guys! Keep up the good work!
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Frank Says:
26 September 2008 at 2:23 pm.
If someone is interested in a reference video made on the new Canon EOS 5D Mark II in 1080p, here is a link:
http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2008/09/22/without-further-ado-reverie/
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John Says:
26 September 2008 at 3:53 pm.
@Frank Vincent Laforet is a really amazing photographer. I sure hope they can interview him sometime.
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Dave Says:
27 September 2008 at 9:24 am.
That video is amazing!! I’m really looking forward to hearing the TWIP review of the 5D MkII, whenever they get their hands on it.
Great podcast as usual!
Dave, Ireland.
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JeffDM Says:
28 September 2008 at 1:37 pm.
Robert, I think it’s a bit much to expect. The pictures and Reverie are pretty darn nice, I don’t think it’s much to base a discussion on. I thought the discussion so far was sufficient for the time being, until the actual production units are available for hands-on testing and rigorous comparisons.
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Nicolai Says:
29 September 2008 at 7:03 am.
Link to Travel Photographer chased by polar bear
http://travelhouseuk.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/travel-photographer-chased-by-polar-bear/
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Robert Says:
29 September 2008 at 10:41 pm.
Perhaps it was a bit premature to discuss the 5D MK II. Perhaps the flikr site with sample 5D MK II photos wasn’t seen by all. Many of my buddies and I saw them and were amazed with the high-ISO shooting. In fact even now when Canon released some of Laforet’s raw images and video, he shot at ISO 1600 mainly. Anyway, I’ll let the samples speak for themselves…
Links:
Laforet’s samples: http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2128
flickr samples: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29246563@N04/
dpreview samples: http://www.dpreview.com/gallery/canoneos5dmkii_preview/
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David Pollitt Says:
30 September 2008 at 11:36 am.
Tobias was right on!
I was a bit worried when I listened to the podcast this week and heard issues about Smugmug and privacy coming up again! I am a Smugmug user and followed this issue closely back in January/February 2008. Thankfully this is the same article and issue from that time. There is no newer issue. In fact, the article linked from this very show note includes the update from February 8th that has the solution to the issue.
If you would like to read the Smugmug CEO’s blog addressing these issues and describing the fix you can find both blog posts here:
http://blogs.smugmug.com/don/2008/02/08/big-privacy-changes-at-smugmug/
http://blogs.smugmug.com/don/2008/01/28/your-private-photos-are-still-private/
This article does serve its purpose to give an example about how not to share every photo online in “private” galleries. But, it is not fair to Smugmug, or all of us current Smugmug users to announce that there is a current issue with our private images, when this was fixed 8 months ago. Don MacAskill is the reason Smugmug is so great, he deserves credit for fixing this issue and listening to his users!
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