Quick Update
First, Instant JPEG from RAW has been updated to version 1.1. Added support for new cameras (50D, anyone?) and some bugfixes make it a worthy update. Click on the image to head on over to their site.
Next up, I thought I’d test out a photo gallery. Photoshelter has recently updated their site to offer Flash based photo galleries. I think it’s pretty cool because it’s so easy to set it up. In fact, it’s retroactive, so I can set up a Flash gallery for any galleries I’ve already made. Creating the gallery itself isn’t too hard either, but this has further motivated me. So, I’ll give it a test run after the jump.
Oh, and I’ve been playing with a few D3′s lately. I really like the cameras. I’ve gotten a lot of feedback from users over at the FredMiranda forum on a few posts about the D3 and my opinion on it. Link to that after the thread. It’s been a long couple of weeks. Preseason NBA, NCAA and high school football, even a local kids soccer game, plus other non sports shoots (wedding, and two schools) have kept very busy lately. It’s been great to be so busy, but it’s also been time consuming. And of course, it’s my favorite time of the year, with the NBA season finally starting. More after the jump!
So, while I’ve been a Photoshelter user for years, I really haven’t used all their features. Most of them, like prints, and FTP to clients, really don’t do much for me. But when I saw their customized page, and the fact that it takes a few clicks (literally), I was pretty happy. Then to see the new Flash galleries, and how easy it is to embed, I was hooked. So, aside from uploading to maintain a strict backup of my work, I’ll be able to quickly and easily create galleries. Here’s a quick jpeg of my customized page, and the page you get when you click on the gallery image. No Flash on this one, because I want to use those galleries for the blog, and keep the customzed page simple. Oh and here’s the link to my customized page.
I like it. Oh and here’s their Flash based gallery. I simply go to any of my galleries through my account, and hit embed gallery. I can preview the gallery, and then copy the code to embed. It even works fullscreen. Badass.
BTW, if you look at the gallery, most of those images, at least the frontcourt stuff, is shot with a D3 and 70-200 VR. As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been trying them out for a while now, and I’m very impressed. I’m no scientist, and certainly there are better photographers out there who shoot Canon or Nikon. But, I do have my own opinion, and for what I shoot and how I shoot, I have to admit, I really like the D3, and Nikon’s zoom lenses. Actually, I really loved the 70-200 VR, but when comparing their other zooms, the 70-200 VR is the worst of the bunch (the vignetting is heavy, VR really seemed lackluster compared to IS). Canon’s 24-70 isn’t even close to Nikons. And the 14-24 is nothing short of amazing. I found it laughable to even try to compare it to the Canon 16-35.
Anyhow, I got into lengthy posts over on Fred Miranda. Feel free to read it. I’m still not sure if I’m going to post about this in the blog. I’m no expert, and I can’t possibly recite stats or pull data to prove anything I’ve said. I just know that I like the D3 and their zooms. So feel free to read it and come to your own conclusions. I’d be glad to try an answer any questions about the two systems.
THank you Max….I updated..col little function to get fast jpegs!!!
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