Canon Printer Ink Chip Resetter - youtube video

Further comments:

But make sure before you get a resetter that it is for the correct cartridges.
It seems European, American, and Asian printers use cartridges that have different chips.
For example, printers using CLI-221 and PGI-220 in America, use CLI-521 and PGI-520 in Europe. For some reason a different chip resetter is required here vs. Europe.

Canon Printer Profiles - explained

The naming for Canon profiles certainly isn't obvious.
Here's a list of paper types:

1. Canon MP970 series FA2 = Fine Art Photo Rag quality setting 2
2. Canon MP970 series FC2 = Not sure about this one
3. Canon MP970 series GL2 = Photo Paper Plus Glossy II quality setting 2
4. Canon MP970 series GL3 = Photo Paper Plus Glossy II quality setting 3
5. Canon MP970 series MP2 = Matte Photo Paper quality setting 2
6. Canon MP970 series PR1 = Photo Paper Pro quality setting 1
7. Canon MP970 series PR2 = Photo Paper Pro quality setting 2
8. Canon MP970 series PR3 = Photo Paper Pro quality setting 3
9. Canon MP970 series SP2 = Photo Paper Plus Pro Glossy quality setting 2
10. Canon MP970 series SP3 = Photo Paper Plus Pro Glossy quality setting 3
11. CanonIJPrinter2005 = generic profile

The quality settings are essentially 1, 2, 3 with 1 being highest quality.

Canon's that do not have the semi-gloss profiles,
just use the Canon Photo Paper Plus Glossy (PP-101) profile.

This information was from:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1003&message=30463649

Lightroom Render Intent - printing quality

Perceptual:
Is good to use if you have alot of bright saturated colours.

Relative:
If "Perceptual" is not the option to use, the "Relative" will produce more accurate prints.

 

Below is an extract from the LR3.2 help library:

Perceptual

Perceptual rendering tries to preserve the visual relationship between colours.
Colours that are in-gamut may change as out-of-gamut colors are shifted to reproducible colours.
Perceptual rendering is a good choice when your image has many out-of gamut colors.

 

Relative

Relative rendering preserves all in-gamut colors and shifts out-of gamut colors to the closest reproducible color.
The Relative option preserves more of the original color and is a good choice when you have few out-of-gamut colors.

 

[Photography] Lightroom PresetsHeaven.com

I'm a big fan of Adobe Lightroom, and how it makes the photography workflow soo much simpler, and intuitive.

The presents that can be applied to give a shot a different feel is also a god-send.

There's a whole raft of presents freely available on presetsheaven.com - Check the site out !

[Photography] Paper Sizes.

A Series Paper Sizes Chart.
Size	Height x Width (mm)	Height x Width (in)
4A0	2378 x 1682 mm	93.6 x 66.2 in
2A0	1682 x 1189 mm	66.2 x 46.8 in
A0	1189 x 841 mm	46.8 x 33.1 in
A1	841 x 594 mm	33.1 x 23.4 in
A2	594 x 420 mm	23.4 x 16.5 in
A3	420 x 297 mm	16.5 x 11.7 in
A4	297 x 210 mm	11.7 x 8.3 in
A5	210 x 148 mm	8.3 x 5.8 in
A6	148 x 105 mm	5.8 x 4.1 in
A7	105 x 74 mm	4.1 x. 2.9 in
A8	74 x 52 mm	2.9 x 2.0 in
A9	52 x 37 mm	2.0 x 1.5 in
A10	37 x 26 mm	1.5 x 1.0 in

Viewfinder Screens for DSLR’s

http://www.camerahacker.com/Tools/Viewfinder_Screens.shtml

http://www.focusingscreen.com/

 

The standard AUTO-FOCUS screen on a DSLR may look like

 

The older style manual focus camera's had a focus screen that is viewed through the view-finder that helps with fine level of focusing,

You can retro-fit these screens to later more modern DSLR camera – I am hopefully going to purchase a "SPLIT-SCREEN" focus screen for my 500d.

 

A quick summary (full credit to http://www.camerahacker.com/Tools/Viewfinder_Screens.shtml) is given below:

Microprism	Microprism focusing screen gets its name from placing many tiny prisms on the focusing screen. When the subject is not in focus, the tiny prisms show up in black and white dotted pattern. When the subject is in focus, the prisms blend in with the surrounding light so that you don't see them any more. Although this system still forces you to look closely at the screen, it makes the task slightly easier.
Split – Image	The split-image focusing screen is probably one of the most useful manual focusing screens. A split-image focusing screen has a split circle in the middle. Usually the split is Horizontal. But there are vertical and diagonal focusing screens out there as well. In fact, for some camera systems, there is a "cross-split" type that has both vertical and horizontal splits. The split divides your image in half. If your subject is not in focus, the two images does not line up. With the horizontal split, one half of the circle is shifted to the left, while the other half is shifted to the right. By aiming the circle on your subject's edge, it is very easy to see whether the edges line up. Instead of looking at whether the image is blurry, adjust the focus until the edge lines up, then you'll know the subject is sharp
Grid	Although most of this article talked about manual focus screens, there are several viewfinder screens used for other purposes. One such screen is the grid screen. The grid screen has several horizontal and vertical lines on it. These lines form a grid. The grid is very useful for composing the scene. You can easily see if an object is on a line, off a line, or at the intersection of a line. It's easy to put things where specified by the rule of thirds. You can see if straight lines are truly vertical or horizontal in the image frame. Architecture photographers find the grid screen particularly convenient.
Scale	The scale screen is very similar to the grid screen. But instead of forming a grid, the lines on the viewfinder screen form a graph-like scale with the origin in the center of the screen. The scale could be in millimeters, inches, or any other measurement unit. The scale screen is particular useful for macro and scientific photography where the amount of magnification is significant.

A quick google search unearthed :
http://www.katzeyeoptics.com/item--Canon-450D-500D-Focusing-Screen--prod_450D.html

A quick search on ebay found :
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dual-45-Split-image-Focus-Screen-Canon-450D-500D-O5E2-/190361800748?pt=UK_Photography_DigitalCamAccess_RL&hash=item2c5272902c#ht_3087wt_934

Photography Copyright – Use TinEye.com - the REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH

Have you ever wondered how to check to see if your pictures have been used without consent?

 

I was reading / watching an article via PETAPIXEL, which shows a video of a photography telling his story of how one of his pictures was used across the world without his knowledge.

You can check out the video here:

 

TINEYE.COM is used to perform a REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH that searches the web for instances of an image – pretty neat I thought.

PhotographyByFai - number one in GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTS

PhotographyByFai is number one !!!

Wahey, I'm number one in the GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTS.

I just need to sort out my stock photos, and build my portfolio......

Only time will tell.

PhotographyByFai on Photobox

I've started to list a selection of photographs on my pro-gallery account on Photobox.


http://www.photoboxgallery.com/PhotographyByFai

Check it out !!!

Photobox, Landscapes

Photographs from Legends Hotel, Mauritius 2010

The following Photographs were taken at the 5 star Legends Hotel, in Mauritius, which is part of South Africa.
This exotic resort was the location of our honeymoon following our wedding in 2010.

Photography By Fai

Photography is my new hobby, I'm a keen learner, and will use my blog to track and report back anything interesting that I find.

I generally post my pictures to Facebook, but I also go a Pro-Gallery page with PhotoBox.

http://www.photoboxgallery.com/PhotographyByFai

Add my RSS feed to keep tabs on any new posts !

My various accounts which host my pictures are:

• PhotoBox Pro-Gallery: http://www.photoboxgallery.com/PhotographyByFai
  
• JPGMag.com: http://jpgmag.com/people/fuey


• Picasa: http://picasaweb.google.com/faiho.fu


• Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fuey/

I hope you like them, feel free to comment on them.

-Fai