Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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Leaked images of Canon EOS 5D Mk II
Since the recent leak of the name of the newest full-frame sensor D-SLR from Canon (Canon EOS 5D Mk II), there was a post on DPreview forums showing what are -allegedly- images of this camera. It seems too good to be true, or the camera is nearly ready for announcement. the back of the camera…
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Southern Lapwing
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it This bird is also known in South Brazil, where it is very common, as Quero Quero because of its cry (in French Vanneau téro).
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DRAM and NAND Flash markets still very low
Manufacturers of DRAM chips and NAND Flash modules still see the market as one long nightmare they cannot wake up from. There is a permanent oversupply that does not seem to be reduced by the end-of-the-year purchases. Taiwan DRAM makers are worried because they do not even see a reason why this should improve in…
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All images from the Moon
NASA finally decided to publish high-resolution scans of all the photos taken by the Lunar Apollo expeditions in the 60’s and 70’s. A huge publication work but that is welcome remembering the enormous successes and horrendous claims that accompany them.
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Eleanor Rigby
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Canon EOS 5D Mk II
We don’t know much about the future successor to the excellent digital single-lens reflex camera Canon EOS 5D (the first D-SLR with a nearly affordable full-frame sensor). It is still uncertain that it’s name will really be EOS 5D Mk II, but it’s now definitely possible since Phase One, editor of the high-end photo retouching…
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More Crysis madness
Crysis, the First Person Shooter PC game of the year is already upon us, but the marketing frenzy is not finished and news are pouring in relation with this FPS game. Let’s have a look at what ended up on this desktop and that I’d like to share. Crysis will be part of a trilogy.…
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Canon EOS 40D: firmware upgraded again
After going to version 1.0.4, we hear that the firmware for the Canon EOS 40D camera is now in version 1.0.5. I balance between the admiration for a company (Canon) that do not hesitate to quickly correct the bugs of its software and the impatience o seeing the device was obviously not ready for the…
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Yahoo! to be sold? Microsoft ready to buy?
Here comes a weird news even when the worlds of finance and technology collide at high speed. However, this si the core of a rumour running around these days, more precisely since a Microsoft press conference held by Kevin Johnson, their president for Platforms and Services Division, where he told that Microsoft could reach a…