LightRoom 3 users, there's an update available, 3.4.1. just open up your app and click on updates.

Lightroom should automatically tell you there is an update.

http://blog.digitalrev.com/2011/05/2...it-with-sigma/

Nikon files patent infringement against sigma Oo

if you have "automatically check for updates" checked off in your preferences.

^^^ Which is on by default....at least the Mac version is.

Good watch if you're a Nikon fan:

Lightroom 3 Gold Box sale at Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/discussion/A377LUGME8HMWH/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_gb_Vh14nb0TZ2DD8

just gave Helicon Focus a try, for focus stacking. i took several shots, starting with the foreground in focus:

http://www.epicdevelopements.com/wp-.../12/front1.jpg

and worked my way to the back of the subject, slowing focusing every shot. here's the last of the shots, my 8th image:


http://www.epicdevelopements.com/wp-...0/12/back1.jpg

once that was done, i loaded up all the 8 shots into the app, and clicked on "run". took about a minute or two, and it took the sharpest bits and produced this:


http://www.epicdevelopements.com/wp-...finalstack.jpg

Did you freeze the beetle? How did you get it to stay still for the shots?

i waited until he got tired? lol. seriously, left him alone for quite a while before he settled down. i needed about a 30 second window of no movement. the software will align slightly offset images together as well.

what's the difference of this software and doing this in PS? most ppl stack them in PS

interesting software nonetheless

in PS, you have to merge all the images. then you have to align them all, then you have to blend them, and i'm not too convinced the result is better.

My friend just won this lens... I'm drooling so BADLY.

Can't wait to see this lens in person:

Vivitar 135mm F1.5

Yes, not a typo... F1.5...

What size screw mount is that? the description doesn't say? Those threads look pretty deep to be a camera mount...

^

The lens is only produced in T-mount... so.. adapters are available for pretty much any mount out there. :D

As I said on the Vivitar Lens... it should be here next week.

I'm picking it up for my frd in Blaine as he will be out of town for a good 3 weeks.

Do any RAPE members want to come to try this beast out? :D Sorta a mini photo-meet.

I'd love to take some shots but I left my D700 in China when I came back last week since I planned to head back there again relatively soon. Have a T-->Nikon F adapter... so, all Nikon shooters are welcome to try it out. :)

What's RAPE? We're GRAPE =D

If you put a lens that has image stabilization onto a body that has IS also.. does that mean you would get double the IS??

You have to use one or the other - you can't use both. Usually if the IS is built into the lens, it'll work better than the in-body IS - especially if it's a longer focal length.

LOL.... bye-bye, shutter mechanism!

Impressive, but most people would not notice the difference in real world shooting. Having said that, I'm slowly changing my cards to Lexar Professional 400x cards.

holy shiet...how much is that 600x card lol...

lol. Who takes 500 pictures continuously at 9 FPS? LOL

CS 5.5

http://www.adobe.com/products/creati...ackingid=ITAMV

What happened to the daily photo thread? I couldn't get into it earlier and now it seems to have been deleted?