Two new things

I just watched the little video on Google PhotoScan, and I gotta say- that is awesome sauce. Exactly what old printed photos need. I plan to try it out in short order. Course, it also helps to have old photos... thankfully, I know plenty of sources for it.
I don't use Google for my image storage right now... so I am curious to how the app will handle things.

Really good write-up from DIYphotography.

The intro video:



The other thing, I saw in passing and I plan to watch some of is the Netflix series- "Tales By Light." I recall someone suggesting there ought to be a photography cable channel a while back- oh wait, that was me. *sheepish grin*
In any case, this series sounds interesting... the downside is, I'll never get to these locations, nor be asked to do anything close to what these amazing people do.
Write-up of the series by DigitalTrends.

The video trailer:

Canon 7D "cannot communicate with battery"

I recently received the shock of turning on the body and seeing the message "cannot communicate with battery." This was right after I got the body back from Canon services. I called, asked what could be done, and they said (paraphrasing here) "the batteries do go bad sir."

I basically hung up on Canon I was so mad.

Thats when research mode kicked in. Some places said put the unit in to your freezer over night. Some said some sort of cleaning solution will fix it. However, I found the following video:



It worked! PRAISE JEBUS!

The only difference for me was the offending screw was in the cavity of the body. Thankfully I had a magnetic screwdriver left over from an iPhone repair. I 'fished' around in the space and found the screw further down.

For the record, all the screws that came out of the body also fit the missing screw hole. (just say'n)