Category: Digital photography
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Sensor cleaning – My experience
After my recent trip to South Africa, my Konica Minolta Dynax 7D digital SLR camera had a significant problem with dust on the sensor (5 or 6 spots very visible on clear skies or plain surfaces). I decided to go for the Sensor Swabs from Photographic Solutions Inc. All in all, this is a very…
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Public show of Asian gymnastics – Hands
A very nice surprise at the foot of my condominium: A demonstration that gave me the opportunity to work on the subject of hands and body. Hands Hands Hands Hands Neck Doctor Tran Doctor Tran (Click on the thumbnails to see the larger image) A thousand thanks to Doctor Tran.
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Comparison of A3+ inkjet pigment printers
Choosing a photographic inkjet printer able to produce high-end A3+ printsis not an easy task even though the list of candidates is much more limited than for A4+ sizes. Nevertheless, as prices are steep, it’s worth avoiding errors. This makes the comparison done by our firends at photo-i the more interesting. They oppose three impressive…
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Brazilian images
This is far from a postcard catalog, but here are some images brought back from my recent trip to Porto Alegre and Gravatai. Not really time to shoot photos, but an improvised weekend in Porto Alegre and a few hours in the mountains 100 miles in the North (Gramado). Details of Porto Alegre cathedral Interior…
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Chicago by night at 1 giga-pixel size
Always ready to produce enormous images, Scott Howard delivers a nice night view of the Chicago skyline. Zoom as much as you’ll want! Source (from Belgium): Karakartal3.
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A terrible name for HDR photo under Linux: Qtpfsgui
Qtpfsgui is really the name of this utility program for GNU/Linux that allows to do High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography by grouping several images exposed differently to get a new image surprisingly clear and readble. Any Linux-loving digital photographer should try it.
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1 Tera-pixel!
1000 millions of pixels, that was good enoug. 1000 billions of pixels is better! But it’s really a technical challenge. Before we can see the first 1 Tera-pixel digital photo camera (don’t wait for it), Aperio defined an extension to the TIFF image format allowing to create such a large image. Even better, they demonstrated…
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Brazil, a short trip
I am currently in Brazil for a few days on a professional mission for my company (Johnson Controls). It is quite interesting to observe how it was easy to switch from French to (Brazilian) Portuguese using my knowledge of Spanish and Italian. Apparently, the Portuguese as spoken in Portugal is much more difficult to handle……
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Chernobyl, 20 years later
Chernobyl, the nuclear accident that frightened the world on April 26, 1986. Chernobyl, the heart of a forbidden zone under guard by armed forces from Ukraine and Belarus, of an abandonned zone nearly void of human life. A photographer went there in 2006. He brought back a journalistic tale and triking images: “My trip to…