Circuitous Conversations With Bill & Dan

Bill and Dan chat about the new Nikon D800 and argue a bit on the necessity of medium format digital. Bill spills about some of the new Photoshop CS6 features he saw last week, and Dan shares his iPad gigging tips. SHOW NOTES: Set List Maker iPad Wallee System Nikon D800 Brick Wall Ahead Canon 24-70L II

Bill and Dan talk about the recent news about Kodak's bankruptcy, and how more and more old technology is gradually dying out. Bill shares his recent experiences in going to the dentist and overcoming fear, and then we talk about his new printer. SHOW NOTES: old tube boxes Epson R3000

Join in the conversation at circuitous.tv! This week, we chat about Bill's Ona bag fetish, shopping for a new 13" printer, our thoughts on the new Adobe Lightroom 4 beta, and more!  SHOW NOTES: Ona Brooklyn Camera Bag Old Nikon Bag Lightroom Beta Bill's Lightroom Beta Blog Post Fuji X Pro 1 Epson R3000 or R2880

Join in the conversation at circuitous.tv!  This week, we get into a spirited discussion about the latest camera offerings from Canon and Nikon, touching on what it means to be a "flagship product". We also get into the Medium Format Digital vs. 35mm DSLR choice, and butt heads a bit. Good stuff! SHOW NOTES: Canon 1DX Nikon D4 Phase One

Join in this week's conversation at circuitous.tv !   Happy new year! We are joined by writer/actor/interesting fellow Chris Keating this week. We discuss a number of different topics, including fame, fortune, bananas, and how we get stuff off of the internet and what that's worth. We also read some listener feedback. Good times!   SHOW NOTES: Analog Nation

Join in the conversation at circuitous.tv! This week, we talk about a few miscellaneous topics, including traveling home for the holidays, movies, and the new Compact Flash card standard that was recently announced. SHOW NOTES:  Pat Rafferty

Visit this episode's page at circuitous.tv and participate in the discussion!    In the spirit of the holidays and gift giving, we thought it would be fun to highlight a few of our favorite things. We break things down into "photo stuff", "computer stuff", and "wild card", with several choices in each category.   SHOW NOTES: Nikon SB-80dx LumoPro strobe Paul Buff Mini Vagabond Photek Softlighter (3 sizes) 50mm/1.8 Lens Giganews Supernews Sabznbd Sickbeard 13" Macbook Air SSD External Hard Drive for Backup Dropbox Kelty backpack redwing 50 Roland R26 Recorder Memory foam pillow Kindle reader  

This week is all about triggers. We go over many of the various options out there for triggering and syncing off-camera flashes and strobes.   SHOW NOTES: Nikon's SU-900 Canon's ST-E2 Paul C. Buff's CyberSync Profoto's Air system LumoPro LP160 RadioPoppers PocketWizards

SHOW NOTES: This week, we talk about buying and selling. From ebay to craigslist, new vs. used, and tactics for finding the best deal, we cover a lot of ground. Just in time for the holiday season. KEH Gazelle

We start the show off talking about some miscellaneous items, including Intel's latest high-end processors, Bill's new Nook, rumors about the upcoming new Nikon DSLR, and when it's time to upgrade your computer. Then we get back into our chat about communications, touching on email, social networking,instant messaging, and VOIP. SHOW NOTES: Nook XDA Developer Tablet Nook Forum Intel's Sandybridge E Apple's Thunderbolt Display Nikon D800 at nikonrumors.com Bill's post about email migration

We take a trip down memory lane and talk about communication. How it has evolved over the past few decades, from radio to telephones, including some stories about phone phreaking, bulletin boards, and cell phones & beepers. SHOW NOTES: Artist's statement generator AcuteB Replacement battery rotary dial telephone DTMF USRobotics modems Motorola MicroTAC ANSI art Red Box Radio Shack tone dialer red box instructions Phone Phreaking CB Radio Ham Radio

This week we talk about battery-powered lighting for photography, alternatives to darkroom printing, and what it means to be an "expert" at something.   SHOW NOTES: Paul C Buff Mini Vagabond Lithium Chair Tetris new Profoto AcuteB2 Elinchrom Ranger Litepanels 1 x 1 LED light HMI Platinum printing Solid Ink Printing Xerox solid ink printers

This week, Dan's old friend Mike Ossmann returns to talk security with Bill & Dan. Why Mike doesn't use Google products, why Bill and Dan do, and how no matter how hard you try you can't escape the fact that nothing is secure and that's especially true online. It's all a matter of degrees. SHOW NOTES: PGP MUTT Motorola Atrix Android Smartphone Stuxnet NoScript Plugin Request Policy Plugin LastPass Steve Gibson’s Haystacks Essay The Code Book by Simon Singh Great Scott Gadgets

This week, we catch up on a few things, including Bill's recent trip to Utah, the new Canon 1Dx, the latest generation of smartphones, losing interest in technology as you get older, and some thoughts about privacy and social networking. Petroglyphs Ice Cream Sandwich Canon 1Dx White House Photo Documentary

SHOW NOTES: Gary Yost's Portfolio 3ds Max Alias Softimage Platinum Palladium Printing Nikon 55mm macro Really Right Stuff photographer's ephemeris livebooks.com

SHOW NOTES: Malcolm Gladwell - The Tipping Point Hipstamatic Levi's Jeans Black Dynamite Leica M4 + lens 50mm Summicron Guide

SHOW NOTES: Timbits The Ihnatko Almanac Comixology Kindle Fire amazon prime

SHOW NOTES: Bolt Bus Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Merlin Mann Wisdom Think Tank Shape Shifter Backpack Think Tank ~ Airport International V 2.0 Pelican 1510 Case for Camera Tenba 634-602 P2003 Wedding Car Case Lightware Cases Facebook Gif

This week, we talk about plug-ins. Starting with audio software, and then getting into Photoshop, and touching on some other related topics along the way. notes:   Mick Guzauski Waves Plug-ins SPL De-Verb Pro Tools MOTU Gadget Labs Audio Interfaces Opcode vision & OMS DrumKat Roland SPD-S Roland Octapad Yamaha DTX Multi 12 MIDI Propellerheads (Recycle, Reason, Rebirth) Nik Silver Efex Pro Alien Skin Exposure & Bokeh Genuine Fractals Flaming Pear Knoll Light Factory Kai's Power Tools

This week, we talk about what we'd do if we were suddenly lose all of our stuff and start over from scratch, knowing what we know now.