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Entries from February 2008

Secret D300 High-Speed Auto ISO Trick

February 28th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Somewhat by accident, I discovered a very powerful combination of settings on the D300 for shooting low-light sports action.

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Tags: Cameras · basketball

San Disk Extreme Ducati Edition Tops UDMA Charts

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Results are in from my first test of a San Disk Extreme Ducati Edition card.

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Tags: Compact Flash

Pretec 333x CompactFlash

February 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We have another recommended card for RAW shooters.

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Tags: Compact Flash

The Crap List: Windows Vista

February 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Perhaps long overdue, today I add Microsoft Windows Vista to The Crap List.

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Tags: Compact Flash · Crap List · Software

D300 RAW Burst Test

February 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments

After testing the Best UDMA CF Cards for the Nikon D300, which analyzed JPG burst performance, I thought I would take a look at RAW write performance.  The results contained a few surprises.

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Tags: Compact Flash

UDMA CF Card Deals

February 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Site sponsor Adorama is offering some great rebate deals on Kingston UDMA CF cards.  Best deal: $45 rebate on the 4GB 266x card, for a net price of $45 plus s&h.

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Tags: Compact Flash

Farewell Adobe Stock Photos

February 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Adobe has announced that their Adobe Stock Photos service will cease operations effective April 1.  Now’s your chance to get rid of all the bloatware that came along with it.

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Tags: Software · Stock