March, 2010

Hah! (We’re back ;-) ) It’s as easy as that:

Needless to say that other formatting – like Currency formatting – works as well

Check out Formatting Types on the .NET Framework Developer's Guide or SteveX Compiled - String Formatting in C# (nice cheat sheet) for more examples.

Cheers!

   Daniel

Canon ran into some audio-issues with their latest firmware update but were super quick to fix this issue :-)

There was a phenomenon in which the manual recording settings made in C1/C2/C3 were changed and sound could not be recorded if manual sound recording was used in the C1/C2/C3 settings and the camera was subsequently turned off (or if Auto Power Off was activated). This does not occur in modes other than C1/C2/C3.

Get the new firmware update here >> EOS 5D Mark II Firmware Update Version 2.0.4.

Cheers!

   Daniel

We just announced the final release of IIS URL Rewriter 2.0 RTW.

URL Rewriter is an extension for IIS that makes Web addresses simple for customers to remember and search engines to find. URL Rewriter will help Web administrators implement simple and consistent Web addresses, generate customer and search engine friendly results, and leverage seamless integration with existing IIS features.

For more information or to download, please visit the Free URL Rewriter page.

Enjoy!

   Daniel

Get the update from http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-e/eos5dmk2/firmware.html

Excerpt from the change-log

Firmware Version 2.0.3 incorporates five enhancements to the movie function and a fix to the manual sensor cleaning function of the EOS 5D Mark II camera.

1. Adds or changes the following movie frame rates.
   NTSC:
   • 1920×1080 : 30 fps (changed - actual 29.97 fps)
   • 1920×1080 : 24 fps (added - actual 23.976 fps)
   • 640×480 : 30 fps (changed - actual 29.97 fps)
   PAL:
   • 1920×1080 : 25 fps (added - actual 25.0 fps)
   • 1920×1080 : 24 fps (added - actual 23.976 fps)
   • 640×480 : 25 fps (added - actual 25.0 fps)
2. Adds a function for manually adjusting the sound recording level (64 levels).
3. Adds a histogram display (brightness or RGB) for shooting movies in manual exposure.
4. Adds shutter-priority AE mode (Tv) and aperture-priority AE (Av) mode to the exposure modes for shooting movies.
5. Changes the audio sampling frequency from 44.1 KHz to 48 KHz.
6. Fixes a phenomenon where communication between the camera and the attached lens is sometimes interrupted after manual sensor cleaning. (This phenomenon only affects units with Firmware Version 1.2.4.)

Enjoy (I know I will :-))!

   Daniel