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  • The 8.6 giga-pixel image

    In the rush for higher resolution images, HAL9000 Iconos has a significant advance over the competition with its 8600 mega-pixel image. They obtained this enormous image by assembling it from 1145 individual photos of about 12 Mega-Pixel each. The result is on the Italian web site of HaltaDefinizione.com and it is impressive. You can also…

  • HD-Ready, crooks are out

    HD-Ready, crooks are out

    We already wrote here about it when the HD-Ready and HD-TV programs were launched, the nice black and white little logos supposed to bring the guarantee of compatibility of electronic devices with High Definition (HD) video are only adding to the confusion of the consumers. At best, the buyer wonders what is really covered by…

  • Marcus Karlsen Minolta lens reviews

    Marcus Karlsen is a young photographer who is publishing a lot of nice images from his many travels around the world. But it is not only because of his photos that I want to point you at his web site. He is also hosting very detailed and pro-looking reviews of some of the best tele-lenses…

  • Penguins on YouTube

    A nice little video about penguins, found on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/v/nBzF8pXSnx0Â The next one, titled “Do penguins fly?“, is a special offer for photo amateurs. Wildlife photo may be difficult in some cases: http://www.youtube.com/v/EnlCz1P95WM

  • CyberShot: Sony is shot again

    You’d suppose that bad news could end for Sony, but no. They just announced that they found a defect in eight photo cameras of the CyberShot series sold between September 2003 and January 2005. It would be an LCD display problem with camera refusing to shoot pictures (a software problem?) Sony offers a free repair…

  • Your DSLR for Christmas

    Christmas is coming with the usual rush for techno gifts. Digital cameras are going to be (again) one of the successes for Christmas gifts. Even more, the Digital Single Lens Reflex (D-SLR) cameras are going to be impossible to avoid. Customers seem to be understanding that compact digital cameras are limited and the SLR cameras…

  • American Secret Service are no protection against… theft

    This is becoming obvious for those who discovered that one of the twin daughters of George W. Bush has been robbed of her handbag in an Argentinan restaurant. Not that the country is such a security risk, but the dinner was happening under the protection of the best of the best: The American Secret Service…

  • The best Thanksgiving ever!

    Sure! I’m not really into Thanksgiving (I’m French), but I thought it was a good idea to try and help you all Americans to have a great Thanksgiving. So, here is a link to a long article titled “How to Have the Best Thanksgiving EVER!“, for those who are not easily offended. As Art Burchwald…

  • Al Jazeera, in English on the Net

    Al Jazeera or Al Jezira, the TV news channel from Qatar, is now available in English. It often made the news headlines of other information medias since its creation on 1st November 1996, with its policitical stance very favorable to Islam and often considered very favorable to extremism and sometimes terrorism. Today, the channel not…

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