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Go on, update your firmware

Damian Koh | Mar 30, 2006

Canon has issued firmware updates for three of its popular digital SLRs: The EOS 30D, the EOS 5D and the EOS 1D Mark II N. Click here to the download page.

EOS 30D's firmware version 1.0.4 corrects Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese display problems on the LCD monitor.

EOS 5D's firmware version 1.0.5 fixes a bug on monochrome images on the camera and an issue with the shutter release when the unit is used with the EF 85mm F1.2L and Speedlite 580EX.

EOS 1D Mark II N firmware version 1.0.4 corrects a similar issue on monochrome images and overexposed pictures when using the focusing screen Ec-S.

Firmware download page.

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Cyber-shot goes undercover on Sony Ericsson

Damian Koh | Mar 02, 2006

A few months ago our minds ran wild and we conjured up a camera-phone which existed only as a figment of our imagination. Now, courtesy of Sony Ericsson, it seems to us that the camera function on a mobile phone isn't taking a back seat after all.

The two recently announced Sony Ericsson phones--the K800i and K790i--are the first handsets to carry the Cyber-shot brand. Yes, you heard it right: It’s a Cyber-shot phone.

Both handsets offer top-of-the-line imaging features such as an integrated 3.2-megapixel CMOS sensor; autofocus capabilities; red-eye reduction; Xenon flash; video and image stabilization function (we're guessing it's software-based); and a Memory Stick Micro (M2) expansion slot.

The key feature on both phones, though, is BestPic. This proprietary imaging technology captures nine 3.2-megapixel frames when you press the shutter--four before and four after the actual intended image--from which users can pick and select those they want to save.

There's also enough internal memory (64MB) for 100 pictures at the maximum resolution of 3.2 megapixels. And oh, there's PictBridge support for direct printing as well.

Sony Ericsson rolls out Cyber-shot phones.