Category: Science & Geeks
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Canon EOS 30D new firmware
Version 1.0.5 fixes a bug around wrongly displaying the number of continuous shots which can be taken and adds a semi-gloss paper option for direct printing (on PIXMA Pro9000 and other PictBridge-compatible printers). Download the new firmware, copy it on a memory card and the Canon EOS 30D will update itself on startup.
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No D60 at Nikon, only a D40
After the rumour of the D60 digital single lens reflex camera from Nikon, it appears that the name was wrong. and we start to know a little more. A very reasonable German online shop (Neckermann.de) seems to have leaked the data by accident earlier today (it as been removed now). This gives a lot of…
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Le Monde goes to WordPress
The blogs of Le Monde (French major newspaper) just moved to a new level. From their previous TypePad-supported architecture, they are now using WordPress. Good confirmation of the world-class quality of WordPress as a blogging software. Source: Toni’s Garage.
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Nikon D60
Nikon is supposed to announce tomorrow (2nd November) its new D60 digital single lens reflex camera (a replacement for the D50 and a complement for the recent D80). Not much is known except the information collected from Ken Rockwell: Moving downmarket, it will come in silver paint as well as professional black. Please get the…
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Happy Birthday SpamAnti.net!
Yes! It has already been 10 years since the inception of SpamAnti.net. It started on Compuserve then migrated to various hosting solutions. The name changed several times (from Spam Anti to Spam.Anti to SpamAnti! to SpamAnti.net), but I kept the same will to find easy practical solutions to the permanent flooding of our mail boxes…
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Steady Cam
This is the title of an article from Scientific American (October 2006 issue, “Working knowledge”) that describes with clear and simple details the various techniques used to stabilize images in today’s photo cameras and video cameras: moving an optical element deforming an optical element moving the sensor digital or software stabilization Source: Scientific American newspaper…
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Minolta 5600HS (wireless) flash review
OK! Minolta is out of the market, but it’s still a pretty good flash for Minolta, Konica-Minolta and Sony users. There are some available on the second-hand market and Sony new HVL-F56AM is virtually identical to the original Minolta issue. Read the review from Imaging Resource. It tells you all about using this flash for…
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Bush wants to be space boss
I am not sure if this is linked to the recent attack of US satellites by Chinese blinding laser beams, but GW.Bush signed recently a policy that states that “freedom of action in space is as important to the United States as air power and sea power” and that “the United States will preserve its…
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Exploding batteries kill Sony profits
The last figures have now been published: Sony finished counting the beans after several months of news of exploding laptop PC batteries and of worldwide product recalls. instead of 130 billion yens, they forecast to dive into a loss of about 50 billion yens. It is left to be seen what impact it will have…