Monthly Archives: July 2005

Canon offers to repair/replace faulty 20D battery Grips

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I have this battery grip and haven’t experienced the issues it’s suppose to have. However my serial number falls in the range of affected units, so I should follow through and get it replaced/repaired in case it something that could show down the road.

Canon USA has announced that customers with the Battery Grip BG-E2 used with the EOS 20D and 20Da, and a certain serial number range can return their grip/magazine for a free repair/replacement. This is due to a cases where even with fully charged batteries (exclusive battery pack or NiMH battery) or unused AA size batteries, only a few shots can be taken or ‘bc’ is displayed immediately.

Click here for more information or call 1-800-828-4040

Release notes:

Battery Grip BG-E2 and Battery Magazine BGM-E2

- Battery Grip BG-E2
Serial Number 000001 – 096000

- Battery Magazine BGM-E2
Old type products

via: dpreview

Finally, a Nascar podcast.

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I was looking through the iTunes podcast directory this weekend and came across a Nascar podcast. It’s called Nascarzone and is hosted by Corey Costelloe, who is a radio guy from Bakersfield, CA. There’s only been 3 episodes so far, so I listened to them all. They seem to run about 45 minutes.

It’s a pretty good podcast covering all the major Nascar series. If you need a midweek Nascar fix, subscribe to the feed.

This is significant for me, as I really wanted to do a Nascar podcast and even recorded a couple of shows back in January, but never released them. I just couldn’t find the time to commit to such a project. I’ve been waiting for someone start one and I’m pretty happy with the one that’s out there.

Update: Another one: Fantasy Racing Network ( I haven’t listened to any of these yet, so I can’t report on the quality/content of the show.

Just in case the site goes unresponsive

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Here’s a heads up. I have many(I think 5) domains that all point to here. I’m trying to make a few things easier to manage on my end and also get search engines to recognize the cdavis.us domain name as the main, instead of phpmp.com. It still seems most search engine spider this site using phpmp.com as their url. I really want to end that without loosing what rankings I have. I got a lot more yet to do to get it there, but tonight I started by modifying all my DNS entries making wholesale changes across the board. As long as I didn’t goof anything up everything should continue to work as normal. But if the site disappears off the face of the Internet, it was probably a typo on my behalf.

Now that the initial changes have been made, I’m going to start reading up on 301 redirects.

Photographing Fireworks

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If you’re planning to photograph any fireworks this holiday, do yourself a favor and do a little research before you head out. Following some simple guidelines will help increase your keeper rate.

Always use a tripod. Capturing the light trails of an aerial display requires long exposure times. Long exposure times require camera support to ensure sharp exposures. Whether you’re using film or a digital camera, bring a sturdy tripod.

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