Squid fishing in La Jolla

During a night dive last week we noticed a number of brightly lit boats off shore and guessed they were fishing for squid. That’s exactly what they are according to the UT: The mystery lights belong to a fleet of seiners fishing for market-sized squid. Witnesses have seen as many as 10 to 20 boats …

Canon firmware hacks

Some bright folks have dumped and upgraded the firmware for the Canon A570 IS, A610, A620, A630, A640, A700, A710 IS, S2 IS, S3 IS, SD500 and G7.  They unlocked raw mode, high speed shutter speeds, live histograms, highlight cropping indicators, and better battery indicators.  Quite amazing.  If you own one of the above and …

Sigma DP-1

The Online Photographer has signs that the long promised Sigma DP-1 is nearing release – Amazon has a pre-order page and a release date of March 25th.  I’m happy with my DX-1G (GX100) for now, but I’ll definitely be interested to read the reviews when they come available.