Month: January 2008
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Canon EOS 5D Mk II or Canon EOS 6D/7D
It’s not only a naming game. Since people are waiting for a possible launch by Canon on the 24th of January, and since they don’t see anything coming during the waiting period, speculations abound. Now the rumour is that Canon will launch only a EOS 450D (or Rebel XTs, Rebel XTS, the silver version of…
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Bare-faced Ibis, Whispering Ibis
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Bare-faced Ibis, whispering ibis (Phimosus infuscatus, Ibis à face nue). Brazil, 2007.
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Photo of the Sony A900 (Alpha 900)
A photo has popped up on the Internet forums allegedly showing the Alpha 900 in Berlin IFA. If it’s a fake, it’s a rather good one. From the look of it, I would draw a few conclusions and comments (only valid if the image is a real scoop). Sony has cleaned up the original design…
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Latest rumours about Sony Alpha 900
We all want to see the newest pro camera from Sony (allegedly Sony Alpha 900, previously presented by Sony as the flagship model). But the problem is that we only have rumours to look at. But here is a short summary of a few of the things I could collect here and there. Sensor is…
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Crysis – Patch v1.1
The Crysis game just received its first major patch. It brings a number of little improvements and some big performance improvements, too. Link to Crysis Mod.
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Tailstrike at take-off for the Airbus A380
This was a test flight to meet the most extreme take off conditions, not the usual day-to-day routine of the airplane. But, you have to admit that being a test pilot is not always fully safe. Youtube link
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Canon 5D replacement, rumours about sensor size
It’s amazing the number of unfounded rumours flowing currently about the future replacement of the Canon EOS 5D camera, a nice Full Frame digital SLR from the market leader. It seems that Canon has put a tight cover on all information, it is quite probable that an announcement will be made on 24th of January…
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Rufous horneo, finally visible
For those of you who had been disappointed not to be able to see the photography of the Rufous Hornero, I want to tell that I’m back from my trip to South America and I have been able to repair the image.
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Red-capped Cardinal
Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis, Paroare rougecap). Brazil, 2007.