OpenPhoto: OPEN SOURCE PHOTO SERVICE


Yahoo Engineer Jaisen Mathai left Flickr and took to Kickstarter his open source Flikr Alternative. Therefore at the moment he’s raising money and likely the installable source code will run by September and this will be downloadable from Github.
Here the main points of the project, taken from Kickstarter.
• Build a top notch photo sharing service that stores photos, tags and comments into a users cloud service account (i.e. Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloudfiles or Dropbox)
• Provide two versions of the service, both free – installable and hosted
• Allow photos to be easily uploaded, searchable and shared via Email, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
• Document the crap out of it so others can build their own OpenPhoto applications
• Open source the installable version on Github.

OpenPhoto (via PP and TechCrunch)

CANON REFURBISHED AUCTION!


[shoplink 1328 ebay]Canon EOS 7D Body Only[/shoplink] [shoplink 1329 ebay]Canon EOS 7D 18-135mm[/shoplink] [shoplink 1330 ebay]CANON EOS REBEL T1i/ 500D 18-55mm IS KIT+4GB[/shoplink] [shoplink 1331 ebay]CANON EOS REBEL T1i/ 500D 4 LENS KIT+8GB[/shoplink] [shoplink 1332 ebay]CANON EOS REBEL T1i/ 500D BODY[/shoplink] [shoplink 1333 ebay]CANON EOS REBEL T1i/ 500D SLR CAMERA 4 LENS KIT+8GB[/shoplink] [shoplink 1334 ebay]CANON EOS REBEL T2i/ 550D 18-55mm IS KIT[/shoplink] [shoplink 1335 ebay]CANON EOS REBEL T2i/ 550D BODY[/shoplink] [shoplink 1336 ebay]CANON EOS REBEL T2i/ 550D 18-55mm IS KIT[/shoplink]

Canon work in progress

[shoplink 254][/shoplink] PMA Australia has not seen any Canon Announcements “and even a categorical ‘No new 1 series this year’ heard from the mouth of a Canon person.” Northlight Images
Many hypotheses and many open questions.
The only official declaration is that reported by PMA Newsline on June 21 and points out the beginning of big things :
“The 2011 Digital Life Expo marks the start of big things for Canon in the remaining six months of this year and is a great opportunity to engage directly with our consumers and bring our campaigns to life,” says Jason McLean, director of Canon Consumer Imaging. “We’ve managed our way very well through the challenges of the first half posed by the Japan earthquake situation and, with product supply improving, we’re investing heavily for growth in the second half.” PMA Newsline

EOS 5DII: [shopcountry 254] EOS 1Ds MIII: [shopcountry 274] EOS 1Ds MIV: [shopcountry 271]

REFURBISHED CANON AUCTION!


[shoplink 1297 ebay]Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II 16.7 MP[/shoplink] [shoplink 1301 ebay]Canon EOS 1D Mark II 8.2 MP[/shoplink] [shoplink 1302 ebay]Canon EOS 1D Mark II 8.2 MP[/shoplink] [shoplink 1303 ebay]Canon EOS 1D Mark II N 8.2 MP[/shoplink] [shoplink 1304 ebay]Canon EOS Rebel T2i / 550D 18.7 MP[/shoplink] [shoplink 1305 ebay]Canon EOS Kiss X4 / Rebel T2i / 550D 18.7MP[/shoplink] [shoplink 1307 ebay]Canon EOS 7D 18.0 MP[/shoplink] [shoplink 1308 ebay]Canon EOS 7D[/shoplink] [shoplink 1309 ebay]Canon EOS 5D Mark II 21.1 MP[/shoplink] [shoplink 1310 ebay]Canon EOS 5D[/shoplink] [shoplink 1311 ebay]Canon Rebel T2i / EOS 550d Camera Kit[/shoplink] [shoplink 1312 ebay]Canon EOS 500D 15.1MP[/shoplink]

Released latest firmware for EOS 50D and EOS 500D/Rebel T1i/Kiss X3

[shoplink 1287][/shoplink] EOS 50D Firmware Version 1.0.8.
“Firmware Changes:
This change in firmware (Version 1.0.8), we incorporates the following fixes and improvements.
1. Improved read / write speed when using CF cards capable UDMA7.
2. Fixed incorrect display of the following eight languages on the menu screen is displayed. 
Language / Turkish / Thai / Portuguese / Spanish / Swedish / Arabic Traditional Chinese / Simplified Chinese
Firmware Version 1.0.8 of this guide is covered by the earlier cameras with firmware Version 1.0.7.If the camera’s firmware is already Version 1.0.8, you do not have to change the firmware.”
Translated by Google from Canon Jp.

You can download the Firmware Version 1.0.8 for EOS 50D on Canon Jp

EOS 500D/ Rebel T1i/EOS Kiss X3 Firmware Version 1.1.1
“Firmware Changes
This change in firmware (Version 1.1.1), we incorporates the following fixes and improvements.
1.The menu display language (Polish / Portuguese Arabic) Fix mis-display.
Firmware Version 1.1.1 of this guide is covered by the earlier cameras with firmware Version 1.1.0. If the camera’s firmware is already Version 1.1.1, you do not have to change the firmware.”
Translated by Google from Canon Jp.
You can download the Firmware Version 1.1.1. for EOS 500D/ Rebel T1i/EOS Kiss X3 on Canon Jp

EOS 50D: [shopcountry 1286] EOS 500D/ Rebel T1i/EOS Kiss X3: [shopcountry 1287]

Here I am!


Time flew!
However…Olympus is going to announce on Wednesday the news E-P3, E-PL3 and E-PM1 and, regarding Canon, Tokina has confirmed his 17-35mm f4 zoom.

Will be released in late July for Canon and in September for Nikon.
Suggested retail price: ¥ 98,000, around $ 1.200 and € 850,00.

Specifications and 12 samples taken with 5DII can be seen on Tokina.