R.I.P. Puma

Last weekend, Novita went outside to unlock the gate and found our little Pomeranian dead. There was no obvious cause of death, so we’ll never know. He was less than three years old and despite the jokes from my friends about him being smaller than a cat, was quite the happy little dog. I’ve never been a small dog kinda guy, but Puma was the most likable of any I’ve seen. I feel terrible that Novita had to find him;Read more

Canon has announced a firmware update for its EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR enabling manual exposure when shooting videos

This just came in from Dpreview.com – very exciting news. “Canon has announced a firmware update for its EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR enabling manual exposure when shooting videos. With the updated version, users will be able to manually adjust the shutter speed, aperture and ISO settings in the video mode. The new firmware will be available for download on 2 June 2009 from Canon’s website. Allowing EOS 5D Mark II owners to achieve even more stunning video resultsRead more