Technology opinions and digital photography
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Grey illusion
The central bar is actually fully homogeneous despite the feeling we have that its a gradient (due to the inverse gradient of the background; Hide it and you will see!).
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3 days of Société Générale
As a complement of my previous post about the Stock markets Krach and Société Générale (“Société Générale nearly crashed the world Stock Exchange“), I wanted to provide the exact figures about the very heavy operations forced by the French bank onto the markets (closing the outstanding contracts) during the first 3 days days of last…
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Sony Alpha 100: New firmware
Check it: The firmware went to version 1.04. https://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/download/DSLR/DSCA100V104E.zip
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Deers from Pantanal, Brazil
Red brocket deer (Mazama americana, daguet rouge)Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus, Cerf des marais)Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Brazil, 2007.
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Sony Alpha 300, Sony Alpha 350 – mid-range cameras
Nearly incredible, Sony let the cat out with information scooped on their Sony Style web site: New mid-range digital single lens reflex cameras. Not one, but two of them! One Alpha 300 with 10 mega-pixels and one Alpha 350 with 14.2 mega-pixels. Beware, they will be quite easy to recognize because they bring LiveView (no…
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Nikon D60, small, light and super low cost
Nikon needed some freshening up of its entry-level digital SLR. so, with the opening of Las Vegas PMA, we discover the newest Nikon D60. 10.2 MP sensor, with integrated dust reduction: Relatively small compared to the current 12MP cheap D-SLRs of the competition. But that’s not much of a difference in lines or columns of…
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Canon color management guide
A guide published by Canon to help you better manage colour with photo cameras and photo printers from this brand. Canon color management guide (2MB PDF file)
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Blue-crowned trogon, male
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Blue-crowned trogon (Trogon curucui, Trogon couroucou). Brazil, 2007.
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Rip DVD with Linux – Tutorial
Rip DVDs in Linux the (Semi-)Easy Way
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