WHY NO UPDATES?

Well, that is how things may look since the last blog entry almost three weeks ago, but hundreds of things have changed since the end of April. In regards to the 1Ds Mark III blog there have not been any direct updates; however, there have been other updates across the site which are related to the 1Ds Mark III. If you are following this blog strictly for the 1Ds Mark III information, check out the following updates:

1. •Zeiss 50mm F2 Makro-Planar Review:  Several weeks ago the Zeiss 50mm F2 Makro-Planar ZF review was added (click here). Thus far there has not been a sub 100mm lens that has impressed me on the 1Ds Mark III. The Canon 50mm F1.4 was sold and a Contax 24-85N has been sitting on the desk. At the end of April I sold a Hasselblad 50mm F2.8 CF to pay for the new Zeiss 50mm Macro-ZF. I must say, the Zeiss 50mm is delivering some very sharp images. The Zeiss 50mm review also some images from the 1Ds Mark III which have been pushed, pulled and stretched in Photoshop. While the subject is pretty dull, the image quality is pretty good and worth a look.
   

2. •Canon 200mm F2.8 L II Review:  The Canon 200mm L F2.8 II review (click here) was also uploaded and has more images from the Canon 1Ds Mark III. Many of those pictures are in the Canon 1Ds Mark III gallery in the Photographs section (click here). Looking at the pictures from the Zeiss 50mm review, the Canon 200mm review and the pictures in the gallery, I think those give a pretty good idea of the 1Ds Mark III’s coloring and over “look”.
   

3. •645 Blog “Re-Issue”:  As you have probably noticed, PebblePlace.com has two layouts - the white pages like this one, and the dark brown color scheme. Eventually all the pages will be “white”, but the process is going much slower than expected - mainly because I have tendency to edit or completely re-write pages as they are updated to the new format. The last six entries of the 645 Blog have been updated. In those are entries there is alot of 1Ds Mark III information, so you might want to skim through the last six entries - starting here.
   

CANON UPDATES DPP (Version 3.4) AND EOS UTILITIES

Last week Canon U.S. released the latest version of DPP which adds support for 14 more lenses. The lens correction tools can fix chromatic aberration (CA), light fall-off and distortion. I have Canon’s corrects to be very good - and they are performed at the raw level. Canon also updated the Style Editor and EOS Utility. Rob Galbraith’s site the fully story, click here.