Monthly Archives: April 2013

EOS 6D Firmware update

There’s a firmware update available for the Canon EOS 6D. It can be downloaded from the Canon website via the link below. This new firmware is v1.1.3 and according to Canon it “fixes a phenomenon in which the Date/Time/Zone settings screen appears on the LCD display, after the user has already configured these settings. The values for the Date/Time settings may reset if the backup functions which retain those values do not perform properly. Even if the camera does not exhibit this phenomenon currently, it may in the future. Accordingly, we recommend that you update the Firmware in the camera to version 1.1.3 as soon as possible”

via Canon U.S.A. : Consumer & Home Office : EOS 6D.

Farm photography would be off limits if Pa. measure passes

Activists are sounding alarms over a Pennsylvania House proposal that hasn’t seen much action to date.The measure would make it a felony to take photos, as well as audio or video recordings of a farm.

via Farm photography would be off limits if Pa. measure passes — NewsWorks.

NASA – New York City at Night

One of the Expedition 35 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station exposed this 400 millimeter night image of the greater New York City metropolitan area on March 23, 2013.

via NASA – New York City at Night.

Not too late for comet PanSTARRS

It’s not too late to photograph comet PanSTARRS with a normal camera lens. The image above was taken tonight (April 4th) using a Canon EF 300/4L lens along with an EOS 7D. This image is actually 16 shots stacked together, each shot being 1s at f4 with ISO set to ISO 6400. The comet was not visible to the naked eye and was quite difficult to see even in binoculars. However it still photographed pretty well one the lens was pointed in the right direction!