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I don't think the ISO is much usable above 1600 on this camera IIRC. 3200 is probably doable but you get lots of noise at high ISO.

On it's own the EOS 5D Mark II does an ISO of 3200 I think but there's an extension that takes it to 25,000. I've read a few reviews of it and they say it's pretty good. With the new Digic 4 processor it comes close to the EOS 1Ds Mark II, but it's not as rugged.

For what its worth, a usable 800 or 1600 gives a whole lot of options. I personally feel that night shots are better taken with long exposures, so speed starts to matter less, but for indoor shots at say some dark party or at concerts or whatnot you could probably do some cool stuff.

I haven't shot above 800 in years, if ever. Previously I preferred faster film, 50, 100, or 200. However a few months ago I got a new telescope and the mount and rings I need to mount my camera to it. I'd like to get into astrophotography and higher ISO film may be better. Unfortunately I live in a big city and I'll need to look for a good place to shoot. I can also use the telescope as a long focal length lens.

Falcon

Yes, but they've been putting them into $1k + camera bodies. The article is about bringing CMOS to the masses which is new.

BTW, Canon has a nice site discussing the CMOS sensor technology and tradeoffs: http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/cmos/index-e.html

no, the most important specification for /. readers: Does it run linux? if not, Can it run linux?

Most linux users know about turboprint, some already posted a link to the epson drivers... here is the link to the offical canon linux drivers

ftp://download.canon.jp/pub/driver/bj/linux/

You're not missing anything.

Canon's EOS 1Ds Mark II and 20D cameras do Wireless + FTP Uploading too, given the appropriate wireless adaptor (WFT-E1, for both of them).

Note for anyone fact checking: The Canon EOS 20D needs a firmware update (free) to support the WFT-E1, but otherwise works fine on wireless.

You're not missing anything.

Canon's EOS 1Ds Mark II and 20D cameras do Wireless + FTP Uploading too, given the appropriate wireless adaptor (WFT-E1, for both of them).

Note for anyone fact checking: The Canon EOS 20D needs a firmware update (free) to support the WFT-E1, but otherwise works fine on wireless.

You're not missing anything.

Canon's EOS 1Ds Mark II and 20D cameras do Wireless + FTP Uploading too, given the appropriate wireless adaptor (WFT-E1, for both of them).

Note for anyone fact checking: The Canon EOS 20D needs a firmware update (free) to support the WFT-E1, but otherwise works fine on wireless.

Heres a quickie howto I made for my local lug. Do me a favor and let me know whether it works for you or not.

Canon Pixma Printer Install

First thing you need to do is make sure that usb support is enabled in your kernel, it should be enabled with all stock kernels, but you can check by going to http://localhost:643/ and starting the add printer wizard after hooking up the printer. If it sees a canon printer towards the top of the list your set.
If not, well check the connections, make sure it's turned on and all that good stuff. If it's all good but cups doesn't see it, then you need to either upgrade your kernel and hope this time usb is enabled, or recompile it yourself which is a bit beyond the scope of this article
Cancel out of the wizard and goto canons Japanese ftp site ftp://download.canon.jp/pub/driver/bj/linux/ and get the following files
bjfilter-pixusip-.rpm
bjfilter-pixuisp-lprng-.rpm
bjfilter-comon-.rpm

then check and make sure you have libxml, libtiff, and libpng by running
yum install libxml
yum install libtiff
yum install libpng

then install rpms with
rpm -ivh bjfilter-common-.rpm
rpm -ivh bjfilter-pixuisp--.rpm
rpm -ivh bjfilter-pixuisp--lprng-.rpm

Then proceed to go back to http://localhost:643/ and rerun the add printer, select the canon printer, select canon manufacturer, then select the appropriate driver thats installed.
Print a test page and it should work.

Canon is at least as bad.

Mate, now you are being silly. Nice metaphors and puns will get you modded up to double plus good, but if you want to see some proper Canon designs, come over to Japan for a spell. You will see some wicked things which also manage to, er...let you put things on top of the printer/scanner/copier.
I submit to you the glorious Pixus MP900
Tried to look for an English link but alas, it looks like you'll have to do a Bill Murray on this one, he he.

Plus according some review I read, it's pretty stingy on ink compared to other printers. I've never been disapointed with a single Canon product I've purchased, they actually some with good printed manuals.

I can say with all that for every 12oz of ink I put in my Epson, about 2oz was purged if not more. I haven't found a method to measure the canon's waste ink but I can see looking inside that it's not the big sloppy mess the Epson was.

I couldn't find free linux drivers
ftp://download.canon.jp/pub/driver/bj/linux/

Pixus = Pixma. There even is a service mode feature that would allow you to select Pixus, the same place that would allow you to enable CD printing.

Off, +resume +power -resume 2x resume -power
1x resume 1x power = test print
2x resume 1x power = rom info
5x resume 1x = destination

-resume x then power 1x.
- 1 times Pixus iPx100 Japan
- 2 times Not Japan no CD-r support a4 paper
- 3 times Not Japan No CD-R support letter paper
- 4 times Not Japan CD-R support a4 paper
- 5 times Not Japan CD-R support letter paper
- 6 times you wish to abort and get back to the first menu
Power, power, poof.

I haven't tried the drivers yet, but since I got rid of my HP it'll be required soon.

Now if someone had the service manual for the mP760 to enable the same feature i'd be jumping for joy.

Does it have a Linux driver? Yeah, Canon, I'm looking at you.

I look at Canon
Canon looks back at me
ftp://download.canon.jp/pub/driver/bj/linux/
I look back at you and shrug

Oh, and they also brought us (or at least popularized the use of) the scroll wheel. Nice. Not having a Scroll Wheen (such as right now...) drives me nuts, scroll Wheels rock.

No, scroll wheels on mice kind of suck. You just appreciate them because Microsoft has previously screwed up scrolling so bad.

Maximize a window. Now slam your mouse to the right, and drag the scrollbar thumb. On every Windows machine I've ever used, there's dead space there. Similarly, if you do "full screen mode" in most of their apps, it puts the menubar along the very top (like the Mac), but leaves a dead row of pixels along the top so you get no benefit from it. Dumb dumb dumb.

Now, I don't know that any other recent operating system is a lot better at scrolling, but Microsoft actually had the opportunity to do it right (MS Windows encourages maximizing, and they have control over the OS and many common apps), but didn't. They decided to solve a software problem in hardware.

And on the hardware side, scroll wheels on mice simply aren't that good. You scroll a few lines, and then your finger runs out of wheel. Look at Apple's Click Wheel or Canon's Quick Control Dial -- they're continuous, so they're much faster than my scroll wheel (I own one device with each, and use them every day). They're also easier on my finger.

Scrolling one line is quicker with the scroll wheel than without, but scrolling through a long webpage is slower. So I'll scroll down a little bit with the wheel, then a little more, then a little more ... pretty soon I realize I've scrolled through a long document doing scroll-reset-scroll-reset-scroll-reset with my finger and it actually took *longer* than if I'd just used the scrollbar. (Note this is not possible with Canon's or Apple's wheels: they're always faster than any other way.)

Praising Microsoft for the scroll wheel is like praising McDonald's for offering a bad salad: I guess it's better than not offering anything green at all, but it doesn't make them a health food store. "Is marginally less sucky" is quite distinct from "good".

But it's Canon in Japan http://cweb.canon.jp/drv-upd/bj/bjlinux201.html#pa rmition It's the S500. It might work.

Its been widely known that the Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel and the Canon EOS 10D DSLR's are similar beasts. In fact, if you look at their Side-by-side comparisons you can see that most of the features that vary are catagorized as "Customizable".

The 10D has a menu item called "Custom Functions" which allows these settings to be adjusted. Well, a fellow in Russia found that in the latest firmware, by switching a single byte in the firmware image, he was able to enable most of these 10D "Custom Functions" in the Digital Rebel. Now, some features, such as more frames in rapid shooting, are hardware-limitations but some features lacking such as Flash Exposure Compensation and embedded JPEG quality are found to be working in the 300D.

This is not the 10D firmware, it is the 300D firmware with some of the dormant 10D features enabled. The developers probably shared the codebase between the two models. The 10D firmware will not work on your 300D.

Now, be aware that this Modified firmware will violate your warranty!

Finally, they'll make one of these with all dictionaries (including the Oxford English Dictionary) *unabridged*. :D

"Say, is that a WordTank in your pocket, or are you just really happy that I brought up the subject of etymology?"

So technology has answered, its back in the hands of law enforcement to present their case properly.

I have been studying japanese for about 5 years. I first bought an old Canon Wordtank(IDX-9600) in Den Den Mura (osaka's version of akihabara), and it served me well for my first year or two of study. Then it simply couldnt keep up. Word and Meaning only dictionaries arent great if you want to really learn a language. Some of the recently new dictionaries ($350+) range have awesome dictionaries, various word lookups methods, and great explanations/examples (in japanese/english), a thesaurus, and more, which are all extremely helpful. The 9600 has some explanations, but its poor in comparison to the newer models, like the IDF-4600 , at 45,000yen.

Another alternative is JWPce. I've been using it for about 4-5 years now and its a great quick desktop japanese dictionary. Its real basis is the word processor, which i rarely use, but the dictionary is quick and easy. It runs on a PocketPC as well. I got in the habit of using it before translation sites on the web became popular, so they might be of good use as well. WWWJDIC is very good.

There is a big catch to comparing the 9600 with some of the newer models (most available only in japan), that for a beginner, good luck using it. They are not meant for an int'l user, and are mostly in japanese. Menu's, explanations, etc are mostly in japanese. Once you get to 3rd year or so, you would probably do fine.

But the question of paper vs. electronic dictionary? I dont think you realize how time consuming large paper kanji dictionaries are. And wait til you are translating a 20,000 character essay. There will be kanji you dont know, and it will take hours and hours. Electronic lookup is your best hope.

Suggested Solution: Start off with a cheap Wordtank 9600 (or the like) and JWPce and websites. If you are always in front of a computer somewhere, you dont need to pocket dictionary. If you are travelling through japan, or are not often able to access the internet when you need to lookup something, its worth it. But for your first couple years, basic kanji lookup and word definitions is all you need to know. If you are still studying japanese in 3+ years, you will want/need an upgrade... especially if you travel there. By then, the IDF-4600 will be old and outdated, and you'll want whatever is the newest model.

Good luck learning japanese. If you are in the US, and you want to "touch-and-feel" good japanese dictionaries and cant get to japan, check if you live near a mitsuwa store, which is a huge japanese grocery store. There is usually a japanese only bookstore adjacent to it, which will have some dictionaries to look at. Expect high prices though.