Category: Digital photography
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Canon EOS 30D new firmware
Version 1.0.5 fixes a bug around wrongly displaying the number of continuous shots which can be taken and adds a semi-gloss paper option for direct printing (on PIXMA Pro9000 and other PictBridge-compatible printers). Download the new firmware, copy it on a memory card and the Canon EOS 30D will update itself on startup.
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No D60 at Nikon, only a D40
After the rumour of the D60 digital single lens reflex camera from Nikon, it appears that the name was wrong. and we start to know a little more. A very reasonable German online shop (Neckermann.de) seems to have leaked the data by accident earlier today (it as been removed now). This gives a lot of…
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Top-class 300mm lens at Sony
Today, November 3rd, Sony officially accepts the first pre-orders for its best telephoto lens: The SAL-300F28G – 300mm f/2.8 G-Series with high-speed SSM motorization. It is supposed to be as exceptional as the original Konica-Minolta issue. Unfortunately, the retail price is expected to be around 6000 USD. This lens is evaluated on: Karlsen photography La…
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Nikon D60
Nikon is supposed to announce tomorrow (2nd November) its new D60 digital single lens reflex camera (a replacement for the D50 and a complement for the recent D80). Not much is known except the information collected from Ken Rockwell: Moving downmarket, it will come in silver paint as well as professional black. Please get the…
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Steady Cam
This is the title of an article from Scientific American (October 2006 issue, “Working knowledge”) that describes with clear and simple details the various techniques used to stabilize images in today’s photo cameras and video cameras: moving an optical element deforming an optical element moving the sensor digital or software stabilization Source: Scientific American newspaper…
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Minolta 5600HS (wireless) flash review
OK! Minolta is out of the market, but it’s still a pretty good flash for Minolta, Konica-Minolta and Sony users. There are some available on the second-hand market and Sony new HVL-F56AM is virtually identical to the original Minolta issue. Read the review from Imaging Resource. It tells you all about using this flash for…
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Exploding batteries kill Sony profits
The last figures have now been published: Sony finished counting the beans after several months of news of exploding laptop PC batteries and of worldwide product recalls. instead of 130 billion yens, they forecast to dive into a loss of about 50 billion yens. It is left to be seen what impact it will have…
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A photo blog down under
Our friends from Australia also have their digital photo blog. It is not often updated, but the reviews are quite documented.
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Black & White profile for color printer
Who was not hurt by the weird colors of a digital print? Often, the solution is to use the right color profile from the printer manufacturer (depending on paper, ink, printer, etc.). But it is not always enough. If you have an old printer, you may not find the color profiles; If you use generic…