I haven't been posting much in the last couple of weeks, because we're busy at home getting the walls painted, and new carpets in most of the house. Moving furniture, removing curtains and other fixtures...and then putting them back up after the paint is very time-consuming.



Phottix are having an Easter sale, with 10% off all purchases from the Phottix online store until 10 April 2010. To get your discount, be sure to specify "easter10" as the discount when you checkout.
If you have been meaning to buy some Phottix camera accessories, get your order in before 10 April!



Canon released updated firmware (version 2.0.3) for the 5D Mark II last month. One of the key features included in this firmware is more flexibility with video frame rates - something that many people have been clamouring for a while.

However, due to some issues with the 2.0.3 firmware, Canon withdrew it, and several days later, released version 2.0.4, which includes a fix for the issues identified in 2.0.3.
If you have a 5D Mark II and haven't yet updated your firmware, you can grab the firmware from Canon's web site.

For people with other Canon DSLR models, have a look at Canon's firmware page, and see if there's a newer version of firmware available for your camera.



I recently stumbled on a great list of photography cheat sheets that's worth taking a look at. It includes cheat sheets for portrait lighting, available light reference table, and more.



Some enterprising people have figured out how to connect a Nintendo DS to DSLR cameras, allowing the camera to be controlled by the DS. The project is known as Open Camera Control, and was originally done for taking multiple bracketing shots for HDR photography. However, a DS can provide a variety of camera control functions, depending on the software you install.

The project website claims it can be used to control almost any DSLR camera, as it connects to the camera via the shutter release cable port with some custom circuitry.