Category: Digital photography
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West African black rhinos declared extinct
A scientific study recently suggested that these animals that were present in West Africa no longer exist in the wild and the species went extinct in this part of the world. Actually, the expected last animals failed to be found in Northern Cameroon. Consequently, the West African black rhino sub-species has been tentatively declared extinct.…
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Nikon dumps D50
Probably to prepare the arrival of the D80 digital SLR, Nikon started to send the price of the D50 down. People interested should be looking for under-275$ offers that are starting to appear on all price comparison search engines. I suggest that the best location to look for them are the targetted ads appearing on…
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The name of the new Nikon will be D80
At least, that is what appears from the paper/features comparison done on this dutch web site between the Nikon D80 and the Sony Alpha A-100.
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Tips about Jewelry photography
Stock photography in general, and more specifically taking pictures of shiny little objects like jewels, has always been a difficult task for the amateur and professional photographer alike. Usually, we would look for help from the side of pro photographers. But, I found good advice from jewelers… and plenty of it. Among the tips from…
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Beautiful China
These photos of China are some of the most beautiful that could be found. Simply one example taken out of the long list of these strongly colored images:
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Peeping at the new Nikon
Everybody already knew that September (with the Photokina) would be seriously animated by the arrival of a lot of new products in the market of digital SLR cameras (DSLR = Digital Single Lense Reflex). Sony already presented its Alpha A100 (available in the best stores online and offline in few days only). Nikon starts to…
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Nature photo, from Norway
Nærfoto (Bjørn Rørslett) is the web site of a nature photographer. You will not find landscapes from Nordic Norway, but colorful images that strike the eye. A cool whiff of air in the middle of Summer.
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Where to buy your Sony Alpha A100?
You don’t need to look anymore. The digital photo reflex camera that brings Sony to the D-SLR market with the new Alpha brand will be available at the end of July (some say that Malaysia would be the first to receive shipments but this rumour lacks any substantiation). If you want to buy it, you…
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Sigma new Macro tele zoom
I have always been interested by the tele zoom lenses and a 70-200mm or 80-200mm seems to me to be the ideal companion. When it opens at f/2.8, it’s really a good solution. If it’s a macro zoom, it becomes even better. Up to now, I was rather looking toward the excellent Konica-Minolta 70-200mm f/2.8…