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29 September Nikon release new firmware for the D200This update does not do much, other than add Image Authentication into the setup menu and support for the wireless transmitter - click here if you wish to get the download. 28 September Good News...BAA has now lifted the restriction so that flights from the UK are back to 56x45x25cm carry on bag. So Camera & Lenses can travel safley with me 25 September Search in Photo GalleryThe Windows Vista Photo Gallery has the ability to perform powerful queries and search on all my pictures across different drives, thanks to the great database engine. Why is this important? Well as our collection of photo’s grow we all have trouble remembering which folder we stored that picture because of hierarchical file system in Windows today and all to often the photo could belong in two or three different folders. I should add at this point you can continue to use folders in Windows Vista (and there are a few new touches here as well, but more of that later) without the need of Photo Gallery or use both in harmony. But back to the search in Photo Gallery, although my picture will live in one only folder, I’ll be able to find it in new ways, for example by the date it was taken, the date it was imported, I could also use the tags I have applied, the rating I have given it, or by searching for text in the file name, path, or caption. The best thing about this is that all the additional information that is added to the picture (file) is not locked away in a proprietary database like some cataloguing software available today it's actually added the picture. Why is this so good, well once this information has been indexed by Windows Vista any software developer can access the Windows Vista index, so let’s hope they do. Decision time...Windows Vista currently does not have RAW support as we have to wait for the major manufactures (Nikon, Cannon etc) to make these available and I hope they will by the time we reach the launch. So I am going to need a solution if I want to use the Photo Gallery, as I only shoot RAW. So at the sacrifice of storage on my CF I am going to shoot in Raw+Jpeg one of the many options available on my Nikon D200. I did think about spoofing this a little and use iView Pro 3 to convert all my RAW files at the end of the the days shoot and then use photo gallery but that kind of defeats the object of the exercise of using Photo Gallery. See the Microsoft PIX team Blog for more on Windows Vista Photography. 22 September WelcomeThanks for stopping by at my blog. I am David Weeks, the UK consumer product manager for Windows Vista, which is launching in January 2007 together with Office System 2007 So a bit about me...... I joined Microsoft in 1994 working firstly on the Windows 95 launch, and remained with the Windows UK Marketing Team until May 2003 with responsibilities for launching every Windows product (Window 98 Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP) through to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. In June 2003 I joined the e-Home team as Business Development / Marketing Manager for EMEA with responsibility to launch Windows Media Center 2004 in the UK. In July 2004 the e-home marketing team joined forces the Windows Marketing team and I moved back to the UK Windows team where my focus is to launch Windows Vista. Prior to joining Microsoft I ran my own business distributing Belgium Chocolates (Don’t ask me how I moved from Chocolates to IT, as I am still trying to work that one out myself, but I have never looked back) So why is my blog called Viewfinder1? Well I’ve always had an interest in photography and bought my first SLR when I was 14, but as you would expect I am all digital now, (but I still keep the ethos that you should try to get the shot right first time). But why is the tag line Taste of Tanzania? As I had a few days holiday left this year, I decided I would go on a short safari as I have never done this before. Then I thought why not put Windows Vista to the test in managing the huge amount of photos that I will take on this trip, after all I am responsible for launching and marketing this product so I thought I should get the real life experience even though we are still testing phase of the product, then I thought why not blog it. So here I am, keep checking back over the next few weeks about my preparation, what’s in my bag and of course more about Windows Vista and the Photo experience … |
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