Aperture 3:Travel Photography...Tip for Places, use your iPhone or your Digital Camera with a GPS
Recent visited places from Mindoro Isl., Puerto Galera, City
of Batangas, Makati and Manila shown as Satellite Map
If you're not using a Digital Camera with a GPS function that is Ok. just use your iPhone and whenever you stop or from the Car window take a quick shot. Later import the photos from your iPhone into Aperture 3 activate Places and the rest is easy. I be writing a lot more about this cool addition from the road. Click on the Places icon at the upper right hand side at the toolbar to get you started.
Recent visited places in Makati and Manila shown as Road Map
10 days ago I went to the Island of Mindoro/Puerto Galera and I took some happy snaps with the iPhone, then on the way back I also stopped in Batangas and then back to Manila. Of course there have been some gaps where I didn't stop to get some images but all the rest had been recorded, very accurate I might add, see the attached screenshots. Map options are Satellite - Road or Terrain.
Ok the only "drawback" is that my wife from now on always knows where I am or I have been, ha, ha. but that is fine with me too, nothing to hide.
Recent visited places in Makati and Manila shown as Terrain Map
To activate your Places before they work you have to go first to the Aperture 3 Preferences settings and activate it, then click on the Advanced setting a small drop down menu appears and you see Look up Places, the default setting is on Never just click on the Automatically and you're done.
Again an excellent new addition to Aperture 3 and as you can see I am getting fine tuned for my big trip starting next week.
GD
Digital Cameras: Nikon announces Coolpix P6000 with GPS, a new point and shoot with 13.5 Megapixels, at first glance it looks like a great Digital Camera if you on the go. But what about Aperture 2 and the Raw conversion?
But now an interesting Press release....
from Nikon @ http://www.nikon.com.sg/ & dpreview.com
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0808/08080702nikonp6000.asp
For more on the New Nikon Coolpix P6000 check out the links above.
Nikon announces Coolpix P6000 with GPS
Thursday, 7 August 2008 04:40 GMT
Nikon has announced its flagship compact, the Coolpix P6000. Built around a 13.5 megapixel, 1/1.72 inch sensor (0.41 square cm), the camera has a 4x zoom starting at a respectably wide-angle - equivalent to 28mm. It also records RAW files in a new NRW format that can be converted in-camera or with the forthcoming Windows version of View NX or Windows Imaging Component compatible applications. The other stand-out feature is the inclusion of built-in GPS logging of the locations at which images were recorded.
Photo Composite by GD
Nikon Coolpix P6000 features
* 13.5 megapixel CCD (effective)
* 4x wide-angle zoom lens (28 - 112 mm equiv.) with optical stabilization
* 2.7" LCD monitor (230,000 pixels)
* ISO 64 - 1600 at full resolution (3200 and 6400 at three megapixels)
* NRW RAW format (although "Windows Imaging Component" and "Windows only")
* Built-in GPS receiver records location (latitude and longitude for automatic geotagging)
* External flash and lens accessories
* Wired LAN port
* Face-priority AF
* D-Lighting
This on the new Nikon RAW format:
COOLPIX Picture Control NRW (RAW) files can only be processed in-camera. NRW (RAW) files are compatible for use in-camera, with ViewNX (Windows version only available early October 2008) or with WIC-based applications. Capture NX, Capture NX2 and NEF files are not compatible with NRW (RAW) images.
is pleased to announce its new top-of-the-line Performance series COOLPIX model, the P6000, Nikon’s first camera with built-in GPS.
The COOLPIX P6000 is packed with groundbreaking technology to ensure the highest possible image quality from a compact body. Its 13.5 effective megapixels, the use of Nikon’s exclusive image-processing system EXPEED (originally designed for its professional D-SLRs) and a wide-angle 4x Zoom-NIKKOR lens with two ED glass elements (28-112 mm) leave nothing to be desired. The camera’s image quality is further reinforced by its ability to shoot images in RAW format, and Picture Control capabilities, taken from D-SLR products. Furthermore it features three functions to reduce image blur. High-performance Lens-shift Vibration Reduction (VR) allows sharp pictures with minimal blur and offers the equivalent of shooting at a shutter speed three stops faster. Its superior noise-reduction technology allows a sensitivity range up to ISO 6400. Nikon’s Best Shot Selector allows the camera to take a maximum of 10 sequential shots and automatically saves the sharpest image. This is ideal for macro close-up shooting when camera shake is most likely.
Aperture’s Wide Support for Leading Cameras...but from what I can gather no support yet by Aperture 2 for the Nikon Coolpix P6000.
Using Aperture, you can import JPEG images from virtually all digital cameras. Shooting RAW? Camera Aperture supports the RAW formats from a wide range of digital SLRs and medium-format cameras and camera backs. You’ll find an extensive list of supported camera models on the RAW support page.
http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs/
Minimum System Requirements
http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs/
* Native RAW import and editing of images from leading digital cameras and camera backs (See RAW support page for model listing.)
Aperture 2 supports the RAW formats from more than 100 digital cameras and camera backs. (Note that models marked with an asterisk require Aperture 2 with Mac OS X v10.4.11 Tiger or Mac OS X v10.5.2 Leopard or later.) Aperture 2 also lets you work with most DNG files.1 Shoot JPEG? Using Aperture, you can import JPEG images from virtually all digital cameras.
http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs/raw.html
Tutorials
http://www.apple.com/aperture/tutorials/
The Aperture 2 trial provides a fully functional version of Aperture 2 that you can use and experiment with. While it includes all the features available in a licensed copy, the trial version will expire 30 days after you launch it for the first time.
