Category: Digital photography
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Sigma lowers SD-14 prices (by $400)
Sigma recognizing that the current pricing of its SD-14 is setting it a little out of the competitive market for digital SLR cameras, decided to drop it to $1200. Source: Popular photography.
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Canon 40D as seen by Chasseur d’Images
Again, Chasseur d’Images provided its forecast/rumour collection for the upcoming Canon 40D. Since some people wanted to see the list because it may be difficult to find the magazine out of Western Europe, here is a summary: Same chassis as the 30D Same viewfinder as the 30D No specific weather protection (competitive disadvantage against Nikon…
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LCD display: Repair dead pixels with software
The bane of LCD displays: dead pixels. It is still very uncommon to find display manufacturers who accept to provide a garantee against dead o stuck pixels on their LCD screens. Honestly, this is bordering on abuse knowing that the main objective of the screen is to display several hundred thousands of pixels: Dead pixels…
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Are lions really dangerous?
Sure they are! But Kevin Richardson, animal behaviourist, has learned how to go freely with them. He found that behaving submissively could ensure that the lions would accept him in their group. Source: DailyMail.
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90+ online photography tools and resources
Mashable published a list of Internet resources particularyl useful to photographers. The list is organised aroudn the following categories: Online photo Editors – Editeurs de photo en ligne Photo sharing – Partage de photographies Free photo hosting – Hébergement gratuit de photographies en ligne Photography blogs – Blogs photographiques Mashups – Combinaisons Mobile Photo mixing…
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New Sony D-SLR at Akihabara
The successor of the Alpha 100 from Sony (digital single lens reflex camera) was at the center of an article on the web site of Akihabara (the technology business/sales quarter of Tokyo). New Sony D-SLR on AkihabaraNews Nothing great or very new, but 12.8 MP, up to 3200 ISO, 10 frames per second and image…
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That bloke in that car where the cheetah pooped through the roof hatch
This is exactly how Jonathan Scott will now be known thanks to a bad accident involving one SUV car, one open roof and one cheetah. Link to YouTube I am happy that my own experience in Kenya -while being a similar- did involve more photo shooting… and only that.
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Canon 30D is out, here comes the Canon 40D!
This is what can be read out of a post on a DPReview forum. The production of Canon EOS 30D would be officially finished in expectation of the Canon EOS 40D (the latest sequel in the line of Canon mid-line of digital Single Lens Reflex cameras). Confirmation, anybody?
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Velcro seen from very near
Velcro is a marvellous invention. And it is impressive when shot in micro-photography: A very unusual image. Copyright (C) artsyscience. Kudos to Trazy.