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Submitted by George Ligos

Daughter-in-Law Lisa Ligos baked this cake to celebrate the 80th birthday of George Ligos. Lisa bakes specialized forms of cakes for all occasions.

Location: Bergen County Camera - 270 Westwood Ave – Westwood, NJ 07675 – 201-664-4113

Join us between 10 am and 4 pm on Saturday June 25th for Canon Demo Day. Our Canon representative will be on hand to demo their Pixma PRO 9000 printers. Many Canon printers will be on special rebate through July 3, 2011. Full details and rebate information will be available during the demo.

Pixma MG 8120

The PIXMA MG8120 possesses superior quality, functionality and versatility combined with beautiful design. The amazing feature set begins with an all-new interface that turns the top of your printer into a sleek, ultra-responsive touch panel. The Intelligent Touch System provides light-guided direction with gorgeous touch sensitive controls so only the buttons you need light up. Your fingers will realize fluid, effortless operation where once you choose your function you’re one step away from imaging brilliance.

For the first time in home photo printing you can print still photographs from your captured HD movies with your new PIXMA printer. Full HD Movie Print¹ turns your favorite HD movie clips captured with compatible Canon EOS Digital SLR or PowerShot cameras into beautiful photo prints. Built-in Wi-Fi² lets you easily print and scan wirelessly with the added ability to print your photos from compatible iPhone, iPod touch and Android™ devices³. Produce true photo lab quality prints at home with a maximum print resolution of 9600 x 2400 dpi⁴ and six individual ink tanks including a gray ink for professional color and black & white photos. Its superior 9600dpi⁵ high-resolution CCD scanner includes a Film Adapter Unit to easily scan 35mm film and slides. Plus, the White LED eliminates warm-up time for document and photo scanning while Auto Document Fix delivers beautiful, easy-to-view scans by advanced image analysis and area-by-area data correction, automatically.

Pixma MG6120

The PIXMA MG6120 delivers high performance, quality and true ease of use in one, sleek machine. It begins with a revolutionary interface that Canon has created where the top of your printer turns into a sleek, ultra-responsive touch panel. The Intelligent Touch System provides light-guided direction with gorgeous touch sensitive controls so only the buttons you need light up. Your fingers will realize fluid, effortless operation where once you choose your function you’re one step away from imaging brilliance.

For the first time in home photo printing your HD Movie moments can now become beautiful photos with your new PIXMA printer. Full HD Movie Print¹ turns your favorite HD movie clips captured with compatible Canon EOS Digital SLR or PowerShot cameras into beautiful photo prints. Built-in Wi-Fi² lets you easily print and scan wirelessly with the added ability to print your photos from compatible iPhone, iPod touch and Android™ devices³. Produce true photo lab quality prints at home with a maximum print resolution of
9600 x 2400 dpi⁴ and six individual ink tanks including a gray ink for professional color and black & white photos. Plus, Auto Document Fix delivers beautiful, easy-to-view scans by advanced image analysis and area-by-area data correction, automatically.

Transform your snapshots into photographs with this informative and inspiring class presented by Sony digital imaging experts. During this two hour course you’ll learn digital photography essentials, the basics of your Sony DSLR camera, how to shoot video with your DSLR and how to utilize compositional techniques that make a photograph memorable. Come take this first step to getting the most from your Sony DSLR investment.

Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm

Location: Bergen County Camera in Westwood, NJ

Tickets: $25

In a brief period of time, HD video capability has exploded into the digital SLR world, adding impressive imaging capabilities to today’s Canon EOS SLR cameras.

Join Bergen County Camera at the Park Ridge Marriott on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 from 7 – 9 pm – tickets are $25 per person

If you are a first-time SLR user, or a long-time SLR enthusiast who has shot still images for years, and wonder how to really begin to use these new features to expand your image-making, Canon’s newest two-hour EOS Discovery Day class may be just what you’re looking for.

During this course you will:

• Understand the foundation of video camera operations.
• Discover how the video process works from pre-visualizing before shooting through editing and creating a finished product that’s ready for anything from the web to a high-definition DVD disk.
• Learn the different camera settings and their impact of video such as frames per second, different resolution choices and even discuss optimum memory cards for video use.

Unlock your visual potential between you and your Canon EOS Camera with The World of HD Video with EOS digital SLRs. Attendees will receive at no extra cost a printed 77-page guide, covering the material we’ll discuss in this two-hour presentation.

Just some quick camera phone shots from the event. Runway shots with Canon supplied camera and lens.

Full Seminar information

According to the data sheet published on the Leica website  

• Improved compatibility of SDHC cards 
• Improved Auto White Balance in conditions with power saving lamps and tungsten light. 

Bug fixes:   

• Saving user profiles has been improved (changing from one profile to another sometimes cause problems)
  
• Time display in “American” format corrected through the menu
  
• Auto power off bug fixed (camera turned off automatically while using the Play Mode or scrolling through the menu)

Download the firmware update from Leica

Here are some great shots taken with the Olympus E-PL1 by our friend Peter Ewen from his recent trip to Mexico. We thought the pictures really showcased the ability of this micro 4/3 camera from Olympus. Small, compact and full of features it’s a great camera to travel with. Feel free to leave a comment for Peter if you’d like. BTW, Peter’s day job is Director,  Product Marketing, DSLR for Olympus. Bergen County Camera has a full line of Olympus 4/3 cameras, lenses and accessories.

Canon 7D Firmware 1.2.1

Version 1.2.1 incorporates the following improvements and fixes. { from the Canon Website }

1. Extends the timing at which the high temperature warning indicator is displayed and the timing of automatic shut down of the camera due to a rise in internal temperature during Live View or EOS Movie functions.
2. Optimizes program shift when the ISO setting of the camera is set to AUTO.
3. Corrects a misspelling in the French-language menu. 
4. Corrects a phenomenon in which vertical magenta-colored banding appears in still images taken in movie-shooting mode.
   (This only occurs when in Manual exposure mode and when the ISO speed is set to “H”. Note that this phenomenon only affects units with Firmware Version 1.2.0)

Firmware Version 1.2.1 is for cameras with firmware up to version 1.2.0. If the camera’s firmware is already version 1.2.1, it is not necessary to update the firmware. Note that cameras with firmware Version 1.2.1, 1.2.0 cannot be downgraded to a previous firmware version (such as Version 1.1.0).

Be sure to read the instructions on the download  page before proceeding with the update.

We’ve received several phone calls starting today about Leica’s new firmware for the M9. Although this was a rumor earlier today, it is now confirmed as I just received the official announcement from Leica. The M9 firmware version 1.116 is now available for download for registered owners of the M9.

Leica M9 v1.116 firmware download    Full Firmware installation instructions

Leica M9 Downloads Index with full info about the camera, detailed instructions and available downloads. Please give us a call if you have any questions.

This firmware updates the following as taken from the Leica announcement:

The improvements in the Firmware Version 1.116 are:

Camera Performance:

• Faster zooming into the last picture taken.
• Speed of SD-card formatting enhanced.
• Image quality of “thumbnail” pictures improved.
• SD- Card compatibility improved*
• correction at ISO 2500, interpolated for intermediate ISO steps.
• New ISO setting-related vignetting correction: strongest correction at ISO 160, and lowest
• Magenta colour shift correction for the following wide angle lenses improved: M 18mm/f3.8 ASPH (11649), M 21mm/f2.8 ASPH (11135), M 24mm/f3.8 ASPH (11648), M 28mm/f2 ASPH (11604), M 28mm/f2.8 ASPH (11606)

Bug fixes:

• Transfer of large data amounts to a Mac in USB-Mass storage mode.
  Sensor cleaning mode with battery capacity <50%.
  Function “Deleting all images” while zoomed picture is shown on screen.
  Function “Deleting all images” from a SD card with non-M9 pictures on it.
  Interrupting a long exposure by switching off the camera.
  Zooming into pictures with “Vintage B+W” setting.
  Max aperture value” in EXIF data corrected for the following lenses: M 35mm/f1.4 (11869, 11870, 11860), M 50mm/f0.95 ASPH. (11602), M 50mm/f1.2 (11820), M 135mm/f3.4 APO (11889), M 135mm/f4 (11851, 11861)
  Wording issues in English, Japanese and traditional Chinese menus
  Various other minor bug fixes.