Circuitous Conversations with Bill & Dan

After almost 4 years, Bill & Dan are back to let you know that we’ve launched a new show called Ask Bill & Dan. It’s a call-in Q&A show where we answer listener questions about cameras, lenses, lighting, computers, and almost anything in between. So go subscribe now over at http://www.askbillanddan.com or on iTunes or your latest podcasting app like Overcast for iOS.

Bill and Dan talk karate, audio interfaces, and a circuitous trip through director Tony Scott's movies. SHOW NOTES: Rick Wenner MMA Fighters Mackie Onyx Blackjack MBox mini Aaron Sorkin on Fresh Air Riff Trax Numb3rs episode with Baldwin Brothers Intro

Bill and Dan talk camera repair and what Dan's been up to for the past few weeks. SHOW NOTES: Milo Olympic Robotic Camera Phantom High-Speed Camera Jurassic Park Theme Slow 2012 Tonymac Recommended Builds Samsung 830 SSD on Amazon Heather and the Fallen Tunnel Tree Autofocus Reality in Canon Cameras on Lens Rental Blog Canon Professional Services

The boys catch-up with talk about their new computers, Bill's 5D3 image corruption, Dan's experience with the Nikon D800e and why Mac OS chews up gigabytes of space it might not have to. SHOW NOTES: Hackintosh update Hibernate space Flashpoint 16” Softbox 5d3 Image Corruption Drobo 5D Drobo Mini  Nikon D800 Keyboard Maestro

The boys delve into the Apple announcements at yesterday’s WWDC Keynot. The fancy new Macbook Pro with Retina Display, how Apple screws it’s biggest fans, new features of Mountain Lion and iOS6. SHOW NOTES: WWDC 2012 Macbook Pro Retina Display MacBook Pro Retina Display at Amazon Mountain Lion iOS 6 Beta Flame malware

Once again Bill & Dan are live in the same room talking about the new Canon pancake lens, hands-on with the D800, LEDs, and WWDC rumors. SHOW NOTES: Canon 40mm/2.8 pancake D800 hands-on Canon 5d Mark III Dedo light

This week, on a very special holiday edition of Circuitous Conversations, Bill & Dan are live in the same room talking about moving around terabytes of data, why finder still sucks after so many years, why Dan's thinking about building a Hackintosh for video conversion and more. SHOW NOTES: SoftRAID Calibrate 5D Mark III in Lightroom Ze Frank 'Wadman Mission'

In episode 86 Dan walks us through the job of being a digital imaging tech or DIT, we discuss color grading in video and how it relates to you photography. More about hard drives and USB3 and thunderbolt and how Bill hosed his MacOS install on his main Hackintosh, only to get it back with good backup planning. SHOW NOTES: MPEG StreamClip Douglas Trumbull Calibrate 5D Mark III in Lightroom Ze Frank 'Wadman Mission'

Episode 85 has Bill & Dan talking about their memories from 1985, evidence of upcoming Mac hard releases, and a discussion of The Avengers movie by Joss Whedon. SHOW NOTES: Geekbench

This week's episode is chock full of into about Adobe's new subscription model & copy protection, an update on Bill's new Ivy Bridge hackintosh, the ethics of eBay sniping, and more. SHOW NOTES: Jes Young - "Tab Bennett and the Inbetween" Jbidwatcher - eBay Sniping Tool Beatmaker 2 TonyMacx86.com BlackMagic Speed Test App Sonnett USB 3 PCExpress Card LaCie USB 3 PCExpress Card

RAID storage, why modern cropped sensors are pretty good, and the crazy low cost of computing nowadays are the topic this week for Bill & Dan. SHOW NOTES: RAID Arrays on Wikipedia ChronoSync SoftRAID

Dan and Bill talk shooting in hotel rooms, some of Bill's recent museum visits, and Dan's search for iPad midi Nirvana. SHOW NOTES: Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center Bill Wadman Portrait Workshop Annie Leibovitz - Pilgrimage  Video game exhibit Ivy Bridge 3770K Father’s pictures of his daughters And his Flickr page

Dan and Bill talk about 80's BBS files, the legal limits of print editions, and some mini-reviews of recent aquisitions. SHOW NOTES: Lens Loop Strap Lumopro LP120 mini review Eggleston Editions mess Jason Scott Video 1 Video 2 air server + screenflow 80's Touch Tumblr Silver & Light

Dan and Bill take on small venue concert photography, the advantages/disadvantages of 4/3rds and similar cameras, and the right and wrong way to copy old hard drives into the present. SHOW NOTES: Light Reinforcement Panasonic GH2 @ Amazon Paul C Buff CyberSync Four Thirds camera system Chronosync

Dan and Bill talk about how video games have and have not changed, why camera straps are so annoying and what to do about it, slow-motion cameras, over-cooked action movies, and more. SHOW NOTES: Nintendo Game & Watch Prometheus trailer William Eggleston in the Real World Lens Loop Strap Luma Labs Cinch Duncan Davidson Phantom high-speed camera Singularity

Dan and Bill discuss Bill's new 5D Mark III, CF vs SD, iPads one week in, Photoshop CS6 beta, and more! SHOW NOTES: Nikon D800 DxO High Score Photoshop CS6 beta Canon EOS 5D Mark III (Body)

Dan and Bill have their new iPads and tell you what they think of them from the point of view of the photographer, the gamer, and the just plain computer nerd. Plus, it's the one year anniversary of Bill's hackintosh, and more! SHOW NOTES: iPad Mike Daisy Real Racing 2 HD Catan HD Ticket To Ride Art Authority PhotoForge 2 Photosmith Easy Release Air Video Dynamic DNS Screens Intel 520 Series 240 GB SSD

Our guest this week is independent horror film creator Brad Rego, the man behind 'The Killing of Jacob Marr'. Don't miss out as we talk behind the scenes, the hurdles, the workflow, film festivals in the days of the internet and more. And the new iPad. SHOW NOTES: The Killing of Jacob Marr Gargalese Without A Box Act Naturally Shooting "Act of Valor"

Dan and Bill answer the age old question of if and why prime lenses are sharper than zooms. Is it technical or technique? You'll find out. They also discuss the recently announced and long awaited Canon 5D Mark III digital body. Plus a couple of duplicate file utilities for your Mac. SHOW NOTES: Gemini ImDeDuper Lens Rentals Best Blog Posts Doug's iTunes Scripts Lens geneology

This week's chat includes bits about Apple's newly announced OS ten update (Mountain Lion), a story about meeting interesting people on assignment, a follow-up on Bill's new printer, and our thoughts on the movie Hugo. We wrap things up with a quick rundown of softbox options for speedlites. SHOW NOTES: Mountain Lion Epson Stylus R3000 Hugo Lastolite's Ezybox Westcott Micro Apollo

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.

SHOW NOTES: PC AT Autosketch Dark Castle GEM Desktop Amiga Workbench Sierra Online games Tron Games Xenophobe Apple 21" monochrome display Kensington Turbo Mouse Microsoft BallPoint Mouse Birth of the Powerbook Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Bungie Myth Apple Magic Trackpad Apple Extended II keyboard Autocad digitzer tablet overlay Meta Creations / Corel Painter Wacom Inkling Gideon Kendall

SHOW NOTES: Man on Wire Mail Act-On

This week, Bill and Dan talk file workflow, image properties, resolution, and metadata. It's nerdy stuff, but someone has to do it. SHOW NOTES: Image Properties Essay Quark Photoshop DisallowFlate Plugin Mother Walking the Property

 This week, we are joined by special guest "video guy" Brian Kallies. We talk a bit about what the term "Prosumer" means, and then we get into a couple of Brian's projects, including his recently finished documentary Phunny Business.  SHOW NOTES: Terence and Philip Show Zack's blog post about switching to Canon "Prosumer" Earth Wind and Fire Mahavishnu Orchestra Bill's Vimeo Account GoPro skate video Go-Pro Camera (amazon) Phunny Business

This week, Bill and Dan talk about how we store and handle our gear, laser cut pinhole camera caps, Amy's new 15" MBP, replacement batteries, and hard shell cases. SHOW NOTES: Briese Lights Apple Refurbs CS Power Replacement  Batteries Hyperjuice Speck hard shell Macbook cases Domke F-34L 19-Inch Protective Wrap (Gray) ScottEvest

 his week, Bill and Dan talk about Bill's new purchase, and get into some tips and techniques for troubleshooting misbehaving Macs after upgrading and/or migrating. Then we talk a little bit about old friendships and managing expectations. Fun stuff!     SHOW NOTES: MacBook Air ( amazon ) Diskwarrior ( amazon ) SpinRite Applejack Hot Mess Web Series

This week, Bill & Dan dive into Apple's latest offerings - Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) and the new MacBooks and Minis. Bill talks about his experience upgrading his Hackintosh to the new OS, and, then we get into specifics about what's new and different. Show Notes: App Zapper MAC Address

In this week's episode, Bill & Dan catch up on some miscellaneous topics including headphone follow-up, hand trucks, transferring super-8 to a computer, Dan's new lighting toy, Google Adwords mix-ups, and more. Show Notes: Etymotic ER-4PT V-cart Source Code Bill's Super8 Home Movies Pinnacle MovieBox (current version) Vagabond Mini Alien Bees ABR800 Choices Are Your Job as an Artist Google AdWords Fails http://wedontlietogoogle.com/ Google hard drive failure white paper

This week, we talk a little bit about headphones and speakers, and then get into a more serious conversation about possessions - why we hold onto specific items, what they might mean to us, and when it's time to let something go.

This week, we speak with special guest Jason Hinkle. We cover several topics, including computer programming, the music business, and making movies with old motion picture cameras vs. DSLRs.

This week, we talk about our music collections. We go into how our collections have evolved over the years, touching on the history of iTunes and the emergence of digital technology, and then we get into the different ways that we store and listen to our stuff.