Thursday, December 17, 2009

Canon released new firmware for 5D mark II



Firmware Version 1.2.4 incorporates the following improvements and fixes.

1. Supports the WFT-E4 II wireless file transmitter that was released in December 2009.
2. Corrects a phenomenon in which visible noise may appear in images taken by continuous Bulb shooting.

Firmware Version 1.2.4 is for cameras with firmware up to version 1.1.0. If the camera's firmware is already version 1.2.4, it is not necessary to update the firmware. For more info go to 5D mark II firmware page.

There are two kinds of compressed files for the firmware update according to your computer's operating system (Windows, Mac OS X). Please extract it after downloading.

Firmware Update Version 1.2.4 (for Windows extraction)
Firmware Update Version 1.2.4 (for Mac OS X extraction)

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

November 2009 earnings breakdown

Overall 2nd best month ever beating previous month. 123RF is back from last month drop. SXP got EL for first time. DT is a huge disappointment after couple promising months. Unexpected sale from YM brought it to top 5. CSP still shows that if sales were more regular it can be good performer. FT is stagnant for last 3 months.


Nov Nov/Oct
SS 45.70% 105.54%
SXP 20.05% 250.00%
123RF 9.40% 173.78%
DT 6.24% 70.84%
YM 6.01% 1484.00%
CSP 4.39% 38.41%
FT 4.34% 98.44%
IS 2.76% 73.10%
BS 0.61% 75.00%
Veer 0.41% 29.41%
CS 0.10% 12.50%
112.92%

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Lightroom 2.6 available

Adobe has announced the availability of Lightroom 2.6 and Camera Raw 5.6 at Adobe Labs.