Category: Digital photography

  • No digital noise photography

    No digital noise photography

    Guillermo Luijk has a very interesting technique to remove completely all noise from digital photos. We know that this is a difficult task, but his solution is defenitely worth trying. It is relatively simple. The steps are: Shot the scene in a correct exposure according to our usual workflow Repeat the shot now reducing shutter…

  • Nikon cannot count

    Nikon cannot count

    At the launch of the Nikon D300 camera, we learned that it would have an LCD screen of 900,000+ pixels. This seems quite impressive, however, it is a bit misleading. Once again a company decided to count dots on the screen instead of pixels. So, this screen is only a VGA (307,000 pixel LCD). If…

  • A pro camera at Olympus: E-3

    A pro camera at Olympus: E-3

    The newest pro SLR camera from Olympus appeared shortly in Korea. So, you may find a few interesting bits at: slrclub.com bbs.danawa.com Really not much to see, but this was probably not a mockup.

  • Panasonic DMC-L10

    Panasonic DMC-L10

    Panasonic had previosuly said that they wanted to seriously join the croud of camera manufacturers with a medium- to high-end Digital SLR. But up to now they did not disclose much. But now, there is more to taste it: a preview of the Panasonic DMC-L10 at DPreview, an analysis at PopPhoto.com and a Panasonic Press…

  • Top colors in movie posters

    Top colors in movie posters

    It is quite common for movies to have nearly the same colors even if they present completely different features. In this context, there is a study titled “Dark and Fleshy: The Color of Top Grossing Movies” presenting in details the color spectrum of Hollywood blockbusters.

  • Supertelephoto at Nikon

    Supertelephoto at Nikon

    The recent launch of the Nikon D300 and Nikon D3 was made long with the announcement of new pro telephoto lenses. Very noticeable for lovers of nature photography (with a deep pocket): the super telephoto lenses. They open at f/2.8 and f/4, they are all stabiliszed (VR) : 400mm f/2.8G ED VR AF-S NIKKOR 500mm…

  • Panasonic L10: first shots

    Panasonic L10: first shots

    Panasonic is about to bring a new Digital SLR to the market to fight with the Canon EOS 40D, the Nikon D300 and other Sony Alpha 200 or Alpha 300. We don’t know much about it, and it is still difficult to be sure that they will deliver, but an Italian magazine, Fotocomputer, provided some…

  • Canon EOS 40D, the tests

    After rumour time, here is reality for the Canon EOS 40D. There are more and more tests (starting with previews) of this nice digital camera. Imaging resource (English) DC resource (English) Steve’s Digicam (English) DPreview, review, Phil Askey, October 2007 (English) DPreview, preview (English) Chasseur d’Image (présentation) (Français) The Digital Picture (English) Outback Handbook: Canon…

  • Canon EOS 40D: Amazon spills the beans

    Canon EOS 40D: Amazon spills the beans

    After months of intense speculation and many rumours, Canon is finally ready to disclose all the details about its long-expected Canon EOS 40D (the sequel to the successful 20D/30D Digital Single Lens Reflex – SLR). Details published by Canon nearly simultaneously: Canon EOS 40D But it’s Amazon which has shown all the details by starting…