Category: Digital photography
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Nikon D40 reviews
The Nikon D40 should arrive now in the shops (if we believe what Nikon announced). So, it is the right time to try and summarize the tests, reviews and comparisons available on the Internet about this digital camera that, if he is not a real revolution, represents a major step forward in making digital single…
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Bugs shot in macrophoto
Here is a photo gallery with nice macro photos of little critters and bugs. Some of them look like actual ETs from StarShip Troopers. I do think that these are really great shots from Igor Siwanowicz.
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Vista: Time for 64 bits
While Vista will soon be available in a 64-bit version (and that GNU/Linux went down this path several months ago), it is time to ponder the following question: “Do we need to go 64 bits?” And the answer is surprisingly simple if you look at it. Currently, PC are more and more often equiped with…
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Deers in the woods
Again in the Espace Rambouillet (South of Paris), here are a few deers that I shot in the limited sunlight of the woods. They honour the quality of the light exposure of the Dynax 7D. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge them.
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The 8.6 giga-pixel image
In the rush for higher resolution images, HAL9000 Iconos has a significant advance over the competition with its 8600 mega-pixel image. They obtained this enormous image by assembling it from 1145 individual photos of about 12 Mega-Pixel each. The result is on the Italian web site of HaltaDefinizione.com and it is impressive. You can also…
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Marcus Karlsen Minolta lens reviews
Marcus Karlsen is a young photographer who is publishing a lot of nice images from his many travels around the world. But it is not only because of his photos that I want to point you at his web site. He is also hosting very detailed and pro-looking reviews of some of the best tele-lenses…
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Penguins on YouTube
A nice little video about penguins, found on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/v/nBzF8pXSnx0Â The next one, titled “Do penguins fly?“, is a special offer for photo amateurs. Wildlife photo may be difficult in some cases: http://www.youtube.com/v/EnlCz1P95WM
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CyberShot: Sony is shot again
You’d suppose that bad news could end for Sony, but no. They just announced that they found a defect in eight photo cameras of the CyberShot series sold between September 2003 and January 2005. It would be an LCD display problem with camera refusing to shoot pictures (a software problem?) Sony offers a free repair…
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Your DSLR for Christmas
Christmas is coming with the usual rush for techno gifts. Digital cameras are going to be (again) one of the successes for Christmas gifts. Even more, the Digital Single Lens Reflex (D-SLR) cameras are going to be impossible to avoid. Customers seem to be understanding that compact digital cameras are limited and the SLR cameras…