Month: January 2008
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Windows XP nagging reboot message
Windows XP (probably more after upgrade to WinXP SP2) has an unnerving habit of nagging you when it wants to reboot. Not only does it tell you that it wants/needs to reboot your computer, but it will keep opening nagging error message boxes to ask if you want to reboot. My solution is simple: Do…
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Red-breasted blackbird, female
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Red-breasted blackbird (Sturnella militaris, Sturnelle militaire). Brazil, 2007.
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New year, new style
As you can see, I enter the new year with a small variation of the style design of Roumazeilles.net. Out are the light reflections on the front of a primary lens (I’m sure that you did recognize this in the circular figure that was ilustrating the top left of this site before, didn’t you?) Here…
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Ring faucet
A design of Lim Sun Liang that was worth a Red Dot Design Award 2006 for its innovative concept in which water flows magically from a ring cut inside the heart of the faucet. As far as I know, you cannot buy this kind of faucet.
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Greyish Saltator
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Greyish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens, Saltator gris). Brazil, 2007.
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No 5D replacement
Since we did not see any announcement in today’s press conference from Canon, I suspect that we will have to wait a little more to see a replacement for the Canon EOS 5D.
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Samsung GX-20
After the announcement of the Pentax K20D, Samsung imemdiately rushed its own version under the name of Samsung GX-20. There is no surprise here since the contracts/agreements between Pentax and Samsung allow them to share the 14.6MP CMOS sensor developped by Samsung and to produce cameras that are essentially identical: same electronic hardware, slightly different…
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Canon EOS 450D / Digital Rebel XSi, let’s start!
Finally, the announcement that we were expecting from Canon for today (in preparation of next week’s PMA) is about a low-cost consumer D-SLR camera: Canon EOS 450D. The most significant features are: 12.2 MP CMOS sensor Improved 9-zone AF system Continuous shooting at 3.5fps for up to 53 JPEG (6 RAW) Spot metering 14 bit…
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Plenty of news at Pentax D-SLR
First, here comes the Pentax K20D at the high end of the market: DP Review DP Review brief hands-on PhotographyBLOG Photos K20D @ PhotographyBLOG PopPhoto Then comes the Pentax K200D, for a less expensive price point: DP Review PhotographyBLOG Simultaneously, they also announce a batch of high-end lenses to add to the already interesting line…