You heard it here first! Getty and Flickr have just entered into an exclusive partnership to sell Flickr images.
Here’s how it’ll work:
Getty editors will scour Flickr for images they deem saleable
They’ll contact photographers whose images are selected to see if they want to make them available for licensing by Getty Images
Assuming the photographer says yes, the images become available through Getty’s Flickr collection, and accessible to all their existing customers in the image licensing space
It remains to be seen how many images Getty will select, what deal they’ll offer photographers, and how they’ll select images. But people have been wondering what impact Flickr would have on the stock photography space for years, and this is a pretty interesting deal!
One of the cool things about buying Eye-Fi at the Photojojo Store is that we sell a Compact Flash to SD adapter with firmware especially tailored for the Eye-Fi. This means you get super-speedy Wi-Fi speeds in your CF camera.
Occasionally, we hear of customers who have problems using Eye-Fi with the CF adapter and their Canon 20D, 30D, or 40D, and in talking with several of them, we’ve determined that the problem often occurs when the camera is running an older firmware that doesn’t deal as well with SDHC cards, like the Eye-Fi.
When you see a CF error in a Canon, the first thing we recommend is people try formatting the Eye-Fi in their camera.
This only erases photos, and doesn’t touch the part of the Eye-Fi that’s responsible for its Wi-Fi smarts.
If that doesn’t work, it’s worth trying a firmware update. Reader Matt Beller was kind enough to send us a list of the steps he used recently to get an Eye-Fi plus adapter working with his camera:
First I checked my firmware on my Canon 30D.. I was one behind.. My camera was running 1.0.5 and I downloaded 1.0.6 from canon.
After the camera was updated I put the Eye-Fi in the card adapter and put it in my 30D camera.. I still got the CF error. So I tried formatting in the camera and that corrected the CF error. I could take pictures with it.
I put the Eye-Fi card in the USB reader and plugged it into my computer and the Eye Fi manager was able to initialize the card again and restore the wireless settings.
The card now works both in my SD550 and my 30D.
Hope that’s helpful to some of ya! Also worth noting: If you ever need the Eye-Fi desktop software that came with your Eye-Fi, you can download the most recent Eye-Fi software here.
Jamie captured 18 years of his life in Polaroids before his death in 1997. Plan to have a lot of time on your hands when you go to the site, it is easy to get lost in the images. More of this story can also be found on Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn.
Hey everybody, here’s some useful info on how to recycle your used inkjet printer cartridges, from Andrew Darlow’s book 301 Inkjet Tips & Techniques. Check it out, it’s a really good printing resource.
Tip #114: Donate or recycle your inkjet-related items.
In this final tip of my section of the book, I think it is critical to understand the impact that we all have on our earth when we throw out items containing ink and plastic (and, for that matter, any plastic or electronic materials). Virtually all inkjet cartridges can be recycled, and recycling keeps many potentially harmful materials out of landfills.
Some companies will recycle specific brands of used inkjet and laser cartridges, and,in some cases, they will even pay a specific amount per cartridge. Staples, for example, pays $3 per recycled cartridge in the form of store merchandise certificates.
Also consider recycling the packaging that your inkjet cartridges come in. If the package has a recycle logo or a notice that it can be recycled, you can usually discard it with plastic bottles and similar items.
Also consider recycling mobile phones, laser printer toner cartridges, computers, and, of course, batteries. Many communities have free drop-off centers for batteries and other electronic trash, and some companies, like Staples, will recycle old printers, computers, and other items for a per item fee.
I also recommend doing a search on your printer or ink manufacturer’s web site to see what suggestions and options they offer for recycling. Most have a section dedicated to recycling.
Donating working printers to nonprofit organizations such as The Salvation Army can help those organizations earn money from the sale of the equipment. By donating a printer to a school (and possibly some time to help them set it up), you may be able to help them to greatly expand their art program.
There is also a good chance that some of your equipment’s value can be deducted on your tax return. I recommend checking with a tax professional with regard to how to properly account for these types of donations.
From Chapter 8 (Tip 114) of Andrew Darlow’s new book, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques: An Essential Printing Resource for Photographers (Course Technology, PTR). For more info, including excerpts from the book, visit www.inkjettips.com
A nifty new feature on Flickr! Find your friends lets you tap into your Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or Hotmail addressbooks to easily find all those pals who are already on Flickr, but you just didn’t know it.
I just tried it today and found a whole slew of new Flickr friends!
The video took over 2500 polaroids, which would cost roughly $3,800 in film alone on today’s ebay market for film that will expire in less than a year (February 2009, the last batch of polaroid film produced).
Collider has done some other fantastic work, including this Music video for Unkle, “Reign”.
I squealed like a girl in pigtails watching Hannah Montana in 3D when I learned Derek Powazek’s newest creation, Pixish, has launched in beta. I’ve been wondering since last summer what the site would be . . .
Here’s the short version: Pixish is a new site where you can create image contests.
But the short version doesn’t give the new site nearly enough credit for how cool the idea is, you should definitely read the long version.
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