Author: Yves Roumazeilles
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Silly time wasters
Even better than games where you must run against the clock, where you need to stock more and more points, where there is a way to win! Here are games designed only to waste the time you have on your hand: TheCleverest. Great! It’s Friday afternoon!
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Canon EOS 50D litterature
On the Canon USA web site, there are a few interesting articles about the recent Canon EOS 50D. A good way to evaluate the performance we all can expect from this nice camera for enthusiasts. EOS 50D: Quick Control Screen EOS 50D: Peripheral Illumination Correction And remember that Full Frame cameras are for the richest…
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Métro, collages, déchirures
I created on RedBubble a calendar (for 2009) that I think should be interesting for people in love with all kinds of artistic alterations. Images taken from the Paris metropolitan railway (le Métro) in a station under heavy repair. It brought images from the past (probably 20 years ago or more) through the remains of…
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The old lady against the speeding car
Sometimes a fight outcome is difficult to forecast. Now, if you take an old lady and a (too) fast car. Guess who will be leaving the spot unharmed? Link to YouTube
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Airbus A380 brake test
This is difficult to stop a big chunk of a plane like the Airbus A380. Let’s see what happens to brakes when tested at maximum braking stress. YouTube video link
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Kenya in photo safari
You will probably notice a little slow down in publication of posts here in the coming days: I am travelling for a few days to Kenya in order to shoot photos in the Masai Mara National Park during the great migration of herbivores (wildebeests and zebras, mostly). I will be there with Alain Pons, wildlife…
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Nikon D90, video visit
Digital Rev prepared a video presentation of the new Nikon low-to-middle-range digital SLR camera: Nikon D90. Link to YouTube Here you can see the video recording feature in operation. And a lot of the other fancy features too (fish eye effect!) Note: Video recording is not only a feature for the stratospherically-priced Canon EOS 5D…
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Pentax is working on a new SLR
A leak on a Pentax Germany web site (quickly plugged but collected efficiently) shows the specification of a future Pentax SLR camera. 10 MP CCD APS-C Sensor-shift image stabilization Continuous shooting: 3.5 fps Sensitivity: up to 3200 ISO LCD screen: 2.7″ RAW (PEF, DNG) and JPEG Four AA/R6/LR4 batteries It is difficult to extract real…
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Canon EOS 5D Mk II, video hands-on
Link to YouTube Via DSLR user.