Category: Use your D-SLR
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Dodie Legaspi photos
Dodie Legaspi is a photographer I foudn on the Internet (he exposes on Multiply.com) Image courtesy of Dodie Legaspi – all rights reserved I invite you to check specially the following series: Roovin & Maela (marriage shots) Street photo Studio portraits
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Vista: Time for 64 bits
While Vista will soon be available in a 64-bit version (and that GNU/Linux went down this path several months ago), it is time to ponder the following question: “Do we need to go 64 bits?” And the answer is surprisingly simple if you look at it. Currently, PC are more and more often equiped with…
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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…
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Why I don’t use the high ISO setting of my camera?
We all noticed that our digital cameras offer a button (or a menu) to choose different sensitivity ISO settings. The casual user would note that the higher this value (let’s say 800 or 1600 ISO), the easier it is to snap a photo in a dimly-lit room or to stop the motion of a fast…
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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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Top-class 300mm lens at Sony
Today, November 3rd, Sony officially accepts the first pre-orders for its best telephoto lens: The SAL-300F28G – 300mm f/2.8 G-Series with high-speed SSM motorization. It is supposed to be as exceptional as the original Konica-Minolta issue. Unfortunately, the retail price is expected to be around 6000 USD. This lens is evaluated on: Karlsen photography La…
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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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Black & White profile for color printer
Who was not hurt by the weird colors of a digital print? Often, the solution is to use the right color profile from the printer manufacturer (depending on paper, ink, printer, etc.). But it is not always enough. If you have an old printer, you may not find the color profiles; If you use generic…