Category: Digital photography
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Sony Alpha: The sequel
Sony just announced the new Digital SLR bodies for the high-end of a line started last year with the Alpha 100. No names yet, very few features described, but already some elements to keep in mind. Availability: Some time this year for one of the cameras (you can’t get more fuzzy than that!) Both cameras…
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Sigma monster lens
At the PMA 2007 fair, today, Sigma just presented a lens outclassing just about everything: An APO 200-500 mm f/2.8. You read it right, just look at the photo below to understand that this is a super-tele-zoom built by aliens for aliens. No idea what the price is going to be, but you’d better be…
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40D: Surprise features in a forum
Today in a DPReview forum, it was heard a set of features for the yet-unannounced Canon EOS 40D. You’d better be solidly in your seat: Live viewfinder (selectable) In Body IS (adding stabilisation to IS lenses when mounted) Good integrated sensor cleaning More Mega Pixels Better Noise management at higher Iso Weather sealed Can this…
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Nikon D40x, a better D40
Nikon just announced an improved version of its D40 entry-level digital single lens reflex camera, the D40x. According to Ken Rockwell, it would keep most of the features of the D40, adding a few significant ones: The 10MP sensor from the D200 and D80 Fast mechanics (3 frames/s) 100-1600 ISO (or 3200) All in all,…
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LCD color calibration
I recently installed on my main Windows-PC computer a (rather old) LCD display from Hyundai: ImageQuest Q17. I wanted to improve significantly the correct color calibration. Fortunately, I could get a Pantone ColorVision SpyderPro for the weekend. It was only a matter of minutes to setup the sensor and run the calibration process. Everything goes…
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Found Nemo – again
Do you remember the news bit I published in November 2005 with the following image? Today, more or less in the context of the preparation of the sequel Nemo 2, there is now a second version published on AdFreaks.
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Lunar eclipse, visible in Europe
If you are in Europe, you are lucky. A full Lunar eclipse is happening on 3rd March 2007 (it’s not that uncommon because the Earth planet is big and near the Moon, so it hides the Sun quite often). The peak of the eclipse will be at: Paris: 4th March, 00:20 London: 3rd March, 23:20…
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Free online Photoshop
Adobe has been observing the desktop application market and specifically seen Google challenging Microsoft with its online Google desktop suite (spreadsheet, text processor, agenda, etc.). They determined that they want to go the same way in order to ensure a bright future for the Photoshop line. Currently, Adobe has already split its market niche between…
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A photographer in Northern India
A photographer is hidden behind the FloFlo pseudo. She went to Northern India in December 2006 and she brought a few interesting phtoos organized as mini-slide-shows. The initial sorting allowed to separate some photograph of animal (wild or not) and snapshots of the Indian daily life (from a great country were colour is present everywhere…