The already excellent Pentax K10D (a nearly pro digital SLR camera hiding under a ridiculously small price tag) just got even better: The Pentax K10D Super still has its 6.1MP sensor but adds ultrasonic dust cleaning, and the price is going down to $519.95 for the body only.
Month: June 2007
Canon 40D, Nikon D300, this is heating up thanks to Olympus E-P1
On the frontline of new cameras for the digital SLR market, the Internet forums are agitated -again- with rumours and news quite surprising. There was the publication of alleged photos of the Canon EOS 40D on a Korean web site (see below). The work of the graphic artist is quite sloppy (the 4 of the…
Integrate GNU-Emacs into Windows
Installing the GNU-Emacs text editor under Windows could not be simpler: Uncompress all files in a directory Run the ADDPM.exe program But there is still a little improvement to add if you want additional comfort. Everywhere I install this program, I want to ensure that I can open any file with GNU-Emacs just by right-clicking…
Mac screensavers
They are great those Futurismo Zugaousaku screensavers. This Japanese artist uses Quartz Composer to create works of art on your screen. For Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger).
The Ten Most Common Photographic Mistakes
André Gunther has a very nice article titled “The Ten Most Common Photographic Mistakes” that is a good starting point for novice photographers self-improvement (it is quite common that the best way to become better is to learn what are the errors you’d want to avoid, listening to others).
Bird photos from Juza
Hey! I like good wild life photos. Juza has more than a trick in his bag to bring great images of some of the nicest European birds. So, do like me and go visit www.juzaphoto.com. Copyright Juza
Paper plane flight simulator
It is clear that Flight Simulator, Microsoft’s PC video game, has become more and more complex and less and less playable with years. What should have been a simple neat little game using efficiently the PC ressources requires today a powerful PC (sometimes more powerful than what is needed for games of a complexity that…
Is your password safe?
This has been the big question of security for many years. You are told repetitively that this is critical. Over the injunction not to trust anybody with your valuable passowrd(s) and not to write it down, it is interesting to know what would happen if a hacker tried to crack your password with minimal knowledge…
Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone with free photo lessons from Canon
Canon is going to organize great opportunities to learn how to make better photographs in great outdoor locations like the major US National Parks (Yosemite National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, or Yellowstone National Park ). They are opening free events named “Canon™ Photography in the Parks workshops”. Do not miss these exceptional opportunities if…