So, my first shoot with the 1Ds MKIII was Actress Tiffany Dupont from the ABC tv show Greek: http://www.nickonken.com/Stories/TiffanyDupont/ Someone asked for a review of the camera, and I can tell you thus far I dig it. What’s not to like right? (except for the fact that about 1000 images equals about 28GB of HD space) Do note that the comments below are in comparison to my now backup camera the 1Ds MKII.

A few random comments about it:
The shutter has a lovely harder crunch than the 1Ds MKII. The 3 inch screen is fantastic although the color of the images on the screen aren’t too attractive. They look amazing on the computer though. There are a few buttons that are a bit different than the MKII, but that you can just get used to using. The controls are more like the 5D and you don’t have to hold down an extra button to scroll through photos. Definitely nice. I don’t shoot tethered much at all, but from what I hear the USB connection used with a mac is a bit of an issue. It’s really slow. The sync cord plug is a little loose, so you need a piece of tape to hold it in. A little ghetto if you ask me. The ability to shoot small RAW is fantastic for shoots that you’ll never need to go huge with and want to save your HD space. The self cleaning sensor. Fantastic. When you turn on the camera a nice little "sensor cleaning" splash comes up. It’s a nice feeling since my MKII is dirtier than a third world country. The battery supposedly last 4000 shots which I’d believe since I shot about 1000 on this shoot and the battery bar went down about quarter. The higher ISO’s are pretty clean.

That’s it for now. Probably more to come.

Well, it’s about time. The 1Ds MKIII finally came in, so I don’t need to carry my 1D MKII any more as a backup. Therefore I’m going to sell it. I haven’t used it in probably a over year. I’m selling it for $1700. Click here for the tech specs.  If you’re interested, email me.

Alrighty! The news we’ve all been waiting for… the 1Ds MKIII! I’m so stoked that it’s here and going to be available soon! Looks like the estimated release date is December 10th.

Check out the review and specs on dpreview…

I came down to San Diego to visit my friends SaraFrance.com and FredEgan.com. We celebrated my birthday at one of my favorite sushi restaurants, RA Sushi. They gave me the new Apple Keyboard as a birthday gift, and a wonderful one at that. Talk about geeking out over a computer keyboard at a nice sushi restaurant.

This keyboard might just trump the Kensington keyboard that I blogged about quite a while ago. It’s about time that Apple came out with a really sleek thin keyed keyboard. This thing is about as thin as an iPod Nano. It even comes with an exposé and dashboard button, as well as iTunes control buttons that you can skip to the next song, play or pause when you’re in any program. It’s wonderful!

I love this device. I must say, I’m addicted to Crackberry. I’m in New York on meetings this week, and I’ve been putting it to it’s full use. It’s great for me to Google map every meeting location as well as type emails on the go. I can read documents that my agent sends and get them real time, without having to scavenger for an internet connection.

So I thought…

Yesterday morning I woke up, ready to hit the pavement, and my crackberry wasn’t bringing in any incoming mail. Strange I thought, then I tried accessing Google maps. No dice. I started freaking out, pulling the battery off and kept resetting it in hopes that I could get it back online. Nothing. Finally about mid-day it started working again. I thought I was alone..

Then I read this morning’s New York Times article explaining that over five million users were without Blackberry data service. Guess Crackberry Anonymous is bigger than I thought.

It generates thoughts of how dependant we are on internet and technology.

Read the New York Times article here

I love technology. Not as much as you, you see. Always and Forever. Always and Forever.

I woke up this morning, and 5 minutes into using my computer, one of my LaCie drives started making the "Clicking Sound of Death" I’ve been in the process of double backing everything, but this is a solid reminder to get on it. I think the drive is toast. Moral of the story is, Don’t be lazy. Back Up consistently!

My first Leica. Probably the best point and shoot camera on the market. I’ve been looking for one of these for a while. It has full manual controls, shoots RAW 10.1 megapixels, and you can change the aspect ratio on the fly from 35mm ratio to wideframe landscape ratio. It was a total impulse buy yesterday. I trekked around LA trying to find a black one because everyone was sold out. Makes for a great little spycam. More info on the Leica Website.

Canon does it again. What can I say? For the sports and wedding shooter, this camera is pretty awesome. Besides the fact that it shoots 10 frames per second with a 110 frame burst, it has 2 digic III processors that process like lightening. It also has a self cleaning chip built in. 6400ISO is also another great feature as it allows the photographer to capitalize on low light scenarios. Many other new features. Check it out at canoneos.com.

It’s like butter. 1000 times better than the regular Mac keyboards. It’s very similar to typing on the Mac laptops. It’s silky smooth thin keys are massaging to the fingertips. Definitely a great experience.

Kensington Mac Keyboard

I was out last night, and I met a fellow photographer who works for the photographer that created this online software. It’s really a great tool. It’s basically an online proofing system. There is a big lab here in LA called The Icon that is powered by these guys. You can make online edits, and work remotely with Art Directors. Check it out. the lighbotxnetwork.com.