Category: Digital photography
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Automatic correction of your photos
Removing an annoying front element, adding a few people to fill a too empty street, replacing an ugly part of an image. And do it automagically! This is what is offered by Carnegie Mellon University with its Clip Art and Scene Completion highly innovating tools just presented by their Graphics Labs. Carnegie Mellon, Graphics Labs
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Canon EOS 40D: First real images?
This time, it seems that Canon let go a few images to start just-not-officially teasing the public. The first shots are not giving too much information, but it’s a good confirmation that it’s probably arriving very very soon. No violent changes visible when we compare with the old Canon EOS 20D or 30D. I think…
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Photo: Compact or D-SLR?
CameraLabs does a good comparison between the different possibilities for a photographer: A small, light compact camera or a powerful, flexible, extensible Single Lens Reflex? Source: Should you buy a DSLR or a Compact?
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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…