PC Hoods now in stock

Weve just taken delivery of a quantity of PC Hood. Cost $ 72.90 inc gst
Adaptable for 15-26 inches desktop computers. Black
Material: ABS Plastics
Adjustable width: max=63cm, min=37cm, adaptable for 15~26 inches CRT & LCD monitor
Adjustable height options: 31cm, 34cm or 37cm (cut along the grooves on side plates).

Light Fantastic 2010

Team Digital is very proud to be involved with Light Fantastic 2010 starting 6th and 7th of Feb.

This event is run over two days with some great presenters
Nick Melidonis
Dale Neill
Nick Rains
Garry Sarre
Nigel Gaunt
David Bettini
Frank Richardson

The full program will be posted soon.

World Press Photo 09 Exhibition

Team Digital has some 21 images from the World Press Photo 09 competition on display until mid December.

World Press Photo aims to support professional press photography on a wide international scale. Promotional activities include an annual contest, exhibitions, the stimulation of photojournalism through educational programs, and creating greater visibility for press photography through a variety of publications.

Website

Saturday morning Imaging Sessions.

Team Digital is very excited to announce that we are now running a series of Imaging Sessions. Starting Saturday the 28 November 10am-noon

These can introduce specific software features, new products and discussion of Digital Imaging concepts. Their content is determined by you—Team Digital’s clients—and presented by our trainers to suit. The sessions are designed for imaging enthusiasts presented in a relaxed and informal way, as suits a Saturday morning. If there is any suggestion as to what you want to see. Please let us know.
Some ideas that have already been suggested are
Getting the best out of you Wacom tablets
Elements Premiere for video editing
Lightroom
Colour Management
Printing
Apple operating system 10.6
iMovie
send us your ideas

We’re opening with Adobe® Photoshop for Photographers. A quick overview of the tools and commands that photographers should be investigating for greater image quality and throughput…
The cost of this seminar is $ 45.00 inc gst.
We have keep the cost as low as we can, bearing in mind these are small groups.

It promises to a great informative and fun way to learn about digital imaging.

To book for the this first ever Imaging Session “Adobe® Photoshop for Photographers” contact ben@teamdigital.com.au

Great News from Canon

Canon have just announced effective as of the 13th of November tomorrow, that they are having a price drop on a number of there Pro Canon camera and lens range . Weve list below some of these new prices.

Canon 5Dmk2 new price $3495.00
Canon 1DsMk3 new price $ 9800.00
Canon 16-35mm F2.8 series II new price $ 1945.00
Canon 24-70mm F2.8 new price $ 1760.00
Canon 70-200mm F2.8 IS new price $ 2299.00

And there is a number of other lenses reduced, give Team Digital a ring for a super new price.

Well done Canon

Canon 7D review

As part of the Team Digital blog we promised some product reviews. This is the first of these reviews, Were every happy that Michael Fletcher could spent some time with the new Canon 7D. Here is a summary of that review , to check out the full review go the link listed below.
Christian Fletcher Blog Link
In summary the Canon 7D was not ground breaking for me as I already have a Canon 5DMk2. If I didn’t have a 5DMk2 I would consider the 7D as it is only marginally lower in quality to the 5DMk2 with the added bonus of the 50fps Slow Mo option and lets face it, most of the work produced these days is viewed on a computer so who really needs large format quality.The frame rates of 24p and 25p give you a bit more flexibility as you don’t have to convert the footage to PAL broadcast rate of 25fps like you have to from the 5D’s 30fps. An upgrade for the 5DMk2 in the future will fix this problem also so the 5D will have 24fps and 25fps.

And dont forget that weve now got the Canon 7D in stock prices start from $2360.00 inc gst
We also offer a 7D Video Kit
7D body with 18-200mm IS Zoom lens
Spare Canon battery
Rode Video Mic
Sandisk 16GB CF Extreme (60mbs)
3m HDMI cable
All for $ 3690.00 inc gst

Canon PitStop Record

Today was Canon Pitstop Day, the response was great. So great that the (Pit Boss) Aka Rick Slowgrove broke a personal record cleaning the sensors of over 115 cameras in just over a afternoon . I big thanks to Rick for a mighty effort today.

There were other things that happened at Pitstop Day including
The release of the Amazing 1Dmk4, it looks like it has raised the bar by a long way, time will tell.
The 100mm Macro IS what a great lens, weve now added to our hire list so try it out youll be impressed.
The Pocketwizard Canon TTL system that works.
And some amazing flash gizmos which look great. but seriously these are new flash attachments will be a great asset for any photographers kit.
There will be a review coming in the next few days.

All this except the Canon 1Dmk4 will be on display for the next 2 days at Team Digital.
Our thanks again to the Canon Team Michelle , Rick and Matt.

The True North Photographic Experience

This event will offer something for everyone.

On Australia Day (26-1-2010), the amazing True North ( see attached image ) will be having a day at Rottnest for Photo Enthusiasts.
Lunch will be provided at Rottnest and we will have 4 feature great speakers:

Christian Fletcher,
Tony Hewitt
Nick Raines
Glenn Cowans

What a line up

Team Digital and Fitzgeralds Photo Imaging will be supporting the day and various giveaways and lots of product to test and try. More details later on this exciting part of the day!
Also on board
Epson
Manfrotto
Gitzo
Pelican
Canson

True North will leave from Fremantle Boat Lifters at 1100 hours and cruise to Rottnest returning at 2000. Cost is $250 for the day and a limit of 100 people. At the time of writting this blog there was only 70 positions left so get in quick.

What a great way to celebrate Australia Day

More information will be posted soon

To book, phone either Sam or Brooke at the True North office on 08 9192 1829.
Check out the True North website

They will require a credit card number and then on the day you will be required to pay. Should you not front your credit card will be debited.

Our thanks to Christian and Paul

Who is Christian and who is Paul ?
Christian Fletcher for allowing us to use some of his simply stunning images in our show room . To say it brightens up the showroom is a understatement. And thanks to Christian for all the help in getting this blog up and running. It wouldnt have happened without you Christian.
Check out his website
or his blog http://christianfletcher.wordpress.com/
Paul from Fitzgerald Photo Imaging for printing and mounting the prints. The prints are mounted on aluminium and have a high gloss laminate, that gives a Cibachrome type look that makes you just want to dive into the image. Thanks to Paul and the team at FPI.
Check out the website
If you get a chance call into the showroom and see for yourself.

Shades with iMacs Part 2

We have so many emails and calls re Shades. We feel we must make some points.
This software now makes it possible to print from a Apple iMac, but it is not perfect. Perfect is have a EIZO CG monitor attached to your iMac.
It all about luminance values the lowest you get on a Apple iMac is 160 and what we really need is 90/100 and you achieve this with shades,
There is a procedure to follow to achieve good results.
1) go through and do make a monitor profile as you would normally.
2)After you have saved that profile turn on Shades.
3) Now you will need a calibrator that can give you a luminance value.ie Spyder 2 Pro (or better) or Gretag Eye One Display 2 there may be others units but these are the devices we have tested.
4) go through the profile process until you get to the luminance value section then use Shades to get your brightness value down to 90. Once you have achieved that value dont go any further with the monitor software. Dont Make A New Profile .
We just wanted to use the software to get an accurate luminance value.