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D800 firmware update
Today Nikon released the anticipated first firmware update for the D800, D800e and the D4. The B firmware is updated from version 1.00 to 1.01 (side note: What is the difference between the A firmware...
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Nikon D800 CLS issue – feedback from Nikon HQ !
A few minutes ago I received a message from Nikon Germany. They got word from Nikon Japan about the CLS issue I reported. The engineers at Nikon were finally able to reproduce the problem ! Failure to...
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Camera Exposure Cycle Video online again
Some weeks ago one of my Youtube-Videos got censored by EMI because they claimed I used music from one of their artists (In that article I wrote GEMA censored the video, but that was a mistake, it was...
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D800 grip comparison
After posting the unboxing and mini review video on the MeiKe D800 camera grip yesterday I tested the grip a little. Works fine, all buttons do what they are supposed to do. But when I compared the...
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New toy incoming next week
Geeks and gadgeteers beware ! There is a new toy incoming. I hope to receive a Lytro light field camera next week. The special thing about a light field camera is, that images taken with it can be...
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How many images did you take in your photography life ?
Us digital photographers talk a lot about the flood of images we produce and there are numerous blog entries and products for organizing and storing your images. But have you ever asked yourself how...
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Conclusions from owning a D800 for nine months
This is the last post for 2012 and it is time to look back. I am owning my D800 for about nine months now and, having had some time to reflect during the Christmas season, I have some thoughts I would...
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Backup your files – The Icy Box HDD dock
In a previous post I outlined the importance of backing up your files and how I personally deal with it. Short recap – My main backup system is a Drobo, which is a plug & play RAID system with...
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Yongnuo RF603 wireless flash trigger delay
Yongnuo RF603 wireless flash triggers During the photo shoot with my daughter in the studio I realized something odd. The D800 is supposed to have a minimum flash synchronization time of 1/250s. This...
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D800 CLS issue – resolved (not quite ?)
***UPDATE – 15 May 2013*** Problem still persists, disregard everything I wrote down there. Still the same problem. When triggering slave flashes with the popup flash and using M mode on the master to...
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Historic steam engine (Lightroom filter presets)
Click to view slideshow. Two weeks ago I was in the Frankfurt region. At a small town called Königstein there was a celebration at the train station with historic trains. Yes, one of those big black...
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How to tell if your sensor needs cleaning
While shooting a building near the Hannover fair grounds I manually underexposed the image to get some texture in the sky. When I controlled the image on the LCD screen I got big eyes. The sky – now...
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Lighting 101 – Free and excellent guide to flash photography on strobist.com
I’ve been reading a little on flash photography in the last weeks. I already wrote about the great book by Joe McNally, today I would like to present another pearl of “flash education”. US-based...
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D800 CLS issue feedback from Nikon Germany – it’s a hardware AND software...
***UPDATE, 24.06.2013*** Today I got the access data to the repair protocol at nikonrepair.net. At first I have to apologize – in the initial post I mixed something up. Even with the new circuit board...
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D800 – Back from service !
Got the camera back from Nikon Germany. They replaced the flash circuit board , cleaned the sensor and even gave me a BM-8 acryllic screen protector for the back screen. I removed it before I sent the...
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Leap Motion Controller
I got a Leap Motion Controller today. Leap is a startup company which offers a truly marvelous 3D tracking device. The little box you see in the title picture is not much bigger than a lighter. You...
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Listen and repeat – A single backup/archive volume is not enough
Something is definitely not right with my technological karma. The D800 hassle, a week ago our 3.5-year old TV went dead and a few days ago my praised Drobo refused to mount in the Finder. A Drobo,...
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Nikon Df: A retro-style full frame camera (which is totally overpriced)
For a long time no product being rumored in the Nikon world has sparked so much anticipation and excitement as the retro-style full frame camera which’s existence leaked not long ago. A lengthy teaser...
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My experience with the battery charger / USB hub box
Three months ago I created a battery charging / data connection box (see the making of here). It is a wooden box into which all my battery chargers are placed, fastened with velcro. A seven port USB...
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Why I am not convinced of home-printing your images
I am not convinced of printing photos at home. I found it complicated, inaccurate, time-consuming and sometimes even frustrating. Keep in mind – that is my personal opinion, I am not ranting against a...
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