Okay Canon people. Thanksgiving is over. The present buying holidays are upon us. Know what I want to buy (for myself)? A Canon 5D Mark II. The rumors are really cute and all, but c’mon guys. Throw us a bone here… 
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From the feed readers this morning, Lightroom 1.3 has been released and includes additional camera support for the Canon 1Ds Mark III, Nikon D3, Nikon D300, Olympus E-3, among others as well as updated Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard support.
Though a bit different than the normal CameraPorn, I felt it necessary to point out a great article written by the amazing Jim Goldstein from JMG Galleries on his take on the Creative Commons copyright/license. Even though I feel a bit different than Jim on the issue, I am with him on many points, especially the conversations about flickr and I feel that this issue affects many loyal CameraPorn readers. As someone who has had images ’stolen’ before and was uneducated on copyrights and Creative Commons licenses, opinions aside, I wish I had had an article like this to read a long time ago to really break down what it all means into a digestable format. Check it out.
Hard drive getting full with all those pics? Lightroom not as snappy as it used to be? Scott Kelby over at Adobe Photoshop Insider just published a great article on optimizing your Lightroom and freeing up some extra disk space (he freed up 26 gigs!). Included are step-by-step instructions for several methods of keeping your lightroom catalog lean and mean. Check it out
Our friend Brian Auer over at Epic Edits has included CameraPorn (thanks Brian!) on his list of his favorite photo-related blogs. The list has some oldies but goodies, and definitely some new stuff to add to your feed readers. Check it out.
Via Lens Culture via Imaging Insider, Martin Fuchs of the Magnum Photos Blog has posted a great list of blogs regarding photography, art, multimedia and journalism. Included are some old favorites, but lots of new goodness for your feed readers. If you don’t know Magnum, they are one of the oldest and greatest photographic cooperatives going way back to the end of WWII.
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In case you missed it, there’s a new version of Aperture available. This release adds support for OS X Leopard. It claims there are some performance enhancements as well. Truth be told it feels about the same to me on my MacBook Pro, but perhaps time will tell. The update is free for all licensed Aperture users.
Thats right folks, via The-Digital-Picture, Adorama.com is now selling the Canon 5D for $2199… What does that mean? Well, i hope it means the next gen 5D is going to drop soon, but if you’re in the market for a camera now, this is an amazing deal. Also available, a $500 rebate on the Canon Pixma Pro9000 and Pixma Pro9500.
Via Photo Business News & Forum via Imaging Insider, an excellent series of articles has been posted giving you almost all the information you would need to get started. As many of our readers know, chl and myself have recently done a bit of live music shooting and we LOVE IT. Its one of the most challenging and satisfying types of photography I’ve experienced.
Via PhotographyBlog, Adobe has released the v1.2 update for Lightroom. The release is mainly an update that fixes some Vista bugs and supplies RAW support for additional cameras including the Canon 40D, K100D and others. For the full release details and download visit the Adobe updates section. Also released, Adobe CameraRaw 4.2 and an update to Adobe’s DNG converter.
