The challenge I have found is developing a workflow that’s supports the photographer that travels and uses multiple computers to edit and process data. I had a simple workflow revolving around my laptop but once I added video into my workflow I quickly needed to use more storage space and a faster desktop computer to handle the HD Video. I use a MacPro desktop as my “home base” and developed a workflow that would allow me to quickly transition between my laptop traveling and back to the home base. I shoot on the Canon EOS 1D and the 5D Canon camera systems. I also use a Lumix GF1 for my portable rangefinder. I use Adobe Lightroom 2 to manage my photos. I do most of my initial processing on a laptop because I am in the field then transfer it to a desktop machine for backups. The problem is Adobe Lightroom does not import the video clips when you import your stills. I implemented a workaround solution, but It’s not a very good one. |
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I have been on the search for a small portable camera that I can have when I am not carrying a full size Canon EOS 1D or 5D body. I like point and shoot camera and believe the most important thing is to have a camera with you. Any camera. The problem I have had with point and shoot cameras, were the slow focus acquisition along with slow shutter speeds. Bottom line is I found a great, compact, fast camera that takes great photos. I picked up a Lumix GF1 with the 20mm 1.7 pancake lens. This camera has been great and has been the perfect blend between my 1D and a small portable system. The camera has a very solid build and looks like it will take a beating. I added a GGS glass screen protector and a 46mm UV filter to make sure it could handle bouncing around my backpack, truck, etc. |
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Just because of my hate for the 5D button layout I will probably dump the 5D when the 1D Mark IV comes out in October 09. Not sure I will get one until after the Olympics because the large photo houses will get first dibs. I wish the new Mark V would come with a full sensor to make it all that I need. Canon would not want to loose its 1Ds megapixal superstar for a faster shooting 1D that does not have the mega numbers that the camera magazines like to fight the megapixels game. This is nothing against the 5D itself, I just like having the two button push to change most modes on my camera. I picked up the new pocketwizard remote for my speedlights and I hold it off the camera shoe. I love the fact I can control the EV value from the 5D menu, its just that the combination of having to plug in the info then bumping the dial into some odd mode with not the settings I want make we wish for the two button requirements of the 1D. |
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People often ask if I am nervous traveling to places like Afghanistan and Pakistan and other far places on the earth. My regular response is that I have the same chance of being injured in the shower in my house or on the DC beltway as traveling. Well it looks like the same type of To my surprise, I found myself far more upset about the sentimental value of the camera. It has traveled to the harshest sides of the world, is heavily worn, and has become the solid companion I trust. Due to the large frame crack, I am guessing that Canon will have to replace the entire magnesium frame, leaving little of the nostalgic paint-free rub marks, and duress marks that proved it was not the camera of a fashion photographer or one that sat on a shelf. Like a good set of jeans, I am very upset to have to get a new one. I also find it ironic that its final days were at the Canon repair center and carefully transported in a large box surrounded by bubble wrap and not on some mountain in Nepal being crushed by a run away yak. Well, with a sad heart I placed it in the same box it arrived in to go back to Canon. I will ask Canon if I can have the frame back for sentimental reasons. Will hope they honor the request because the camera has become more than a tool, but a solid travel companion. |
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I try not to jump into the next camera each year and have been shooting my set of heavily worn 1D Mark II bodies for a I do a large amount of “drive by shootings” from a vehicle and available light shots; so this requires a fast shutter that no point and shoot has. I was toying with the idea of a Leica M8 digital range finder. I was hoping the |
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OK if you are using ETC in Ethiopia on an unlocked iPhone you have to reset the SMSC to work in Ethiopia. To set the
Then hit call.
Thats it! To check the SMSC type the following on the dial pad then hit call. *#5005*7672# |
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In the continuing quest to find some sort of Internet connection in Ethiopia, I have been looking for a good way to have internet. Ethiopia only had dialup available and high speed |
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The trek travels to the remotest parts of the Khumbu Himal and visits all the main valleys of the region. We can explore fascinating Sherpa villages and visit the Buddhist monasteries at Tengboche and Pangboche, whilst the names of so many famous mountains including Thamserku, Ama Dablam, Lhotse and Pumori will become part of our vocabulary. Not only does this trek include ascents of both Gokyo Ri and Kalapattar, we even camp overnight at Everest Base camp, allowing us to soak up the atmosphere of this hallowed place. |
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Brunton's SolarRoll are flexible solar panels made for powering electronic equipment on expeditions. The rolls weigh under a pound and can output up to 14 watts of power, which in
was enough to recharge a laptop computer but not to run directly off of it. A SolarRoll can charge digital cameras, camcorders, GPS devices, satellite phones and other products in the most remote regions of the world. The amorphous solar cells are effective in bright sunlight as well as on partly cloudy days. To set up a SolarRoll, you simply unroll the panel and drape it across your tent or any other place in direct sunlight. Brunton includes two cables for connecting to various devices: The first cable has four standard plugs that work with the power outlet found on common devices like laptop computers and satellite phones. The second cable includes a vehicle-outlet connection so it can be used with adapters made to power devices off a car's cigarette lighter. |
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Due to popular request. I am writing another way to get high(er) speed internet in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
Well I forced myself to set down my 1D Mark II for two months to use only the 5D Mark II.
"it's gonna happen wherever you are" happened to one of my more traveled Canon camera bodies. As poor luck would have it, my workhorse 1D Mark II flash shoe had become loose and was not firing the speedlight. So while I was back in the US, I sent it off to Canon for a tune up and repair of the flash shoe. Now fully encased in bubble wrap, and a pristine box, it just came back from the CPS Canon repair center in NJ with a large crack on the magnesium frame. The crack is on top of the camera where the camera shoe had been replaced. I’m guessing during the repair that the technician put a little too much tension when he was replacing the flash shoe. CPS was very professional and immediately sent me a FedEx return label, but I am tight for time to return from Montana to Ethiopia. Luckily I have a 5D Mark II as my extra body so I’m not out of a camera while in Montana.
few years and just sent one off to Canon repair to get a tune up. (Canon repair in New Jersey is super fast and
SMSC on your iPhone enter on your keypad:
internet (256k) which costs several thousand dollars a month. A friend of mine who is a photojournalist (
This is the trek route we took to the Mt Everest base camp. Our trek went via the recently opened Nangpa Valley. Cross Renjo and Cho la. Climb both Gokyo Ri and Kala Pattar and camp overnight at Everest Base Camp.
was enough to recharge a laptop computer but not to run directly off of it. A SolarRoll can charge digital cameras, camcorders, GPS devices, satellite phones and other products in the most remote regions of the world. The amorphous solar cells are effective in bright sunlight as well as on partly cloudy days. To set up a SolarRoll, you simply unroll the panel and drape it across your tent or any other place in direct sunlight. Brunton includes two cables for connecting to various devices: The first cable has four standard plugs that work with the power outlet found on common devices like laptop computers and satellite phones. The second cable includes a vehicle-outlet connection so it can be used with adapters made to power devices off a car's cigarette lighter.