Category: Use your D-SLR
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TSA recent failures
The TSA (or Transportation Security Administration) is in charge in the US of the organization the safe transportation of people in planes and through airports. Unfortunately, either they have a lot of other responsibilities (which is true) and fail at this one (which is also true), or they utterly incompetent at insuring the security of…
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A nice battery charger (dual and universal)
Wouldn’t you be tempted by a battery charger, adaptable to all sources (110V, 220V, 12V car plug), ready to receive simultaneously two battery types, and virtually any kind of photo battery? Delkin Dual Universal Battery Charger does it all. Furthermore, it was designed to receive interface plates for different battery types that, instead of shooting…
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Sony & Sigma on long tele zooms
Today’s launches in Las Vegas have the advantage of offering good opportunities to make interesting comparisons. First comes to my mind the opposition of two high-end tele-zooms that should interest the enthusiast photographer looking toward sports, wildlife and even portrait: Sigma APO 120-400mm f/4.5-5.6 DG OS HSM Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G (SAL70300G) Tous les deux…
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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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Canon camera museum
Canon has been a major manufacturer of photo cameras for many years. Is this worth a museum? I don’t know but they decided that they could not wait for somebody else to build it. Canon opened an online virtual museum of its cameras: the Canon camera museum. The Camera Hall is a database of historical…
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Lithium batteries in planes – Sequel
It’s even more complex than I thought initially. It’s not that you cannot put Lithium batteries in your hand luggage if you fly by plane starting 1st of January, 2008. It’s quite the opposite: They don’t want your spare batteries in checked luggage. “Spare batteries” means batteries that are not attached to a device (camera,…
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TSA: batteries are weapons prohibited in planes
Here we are! Transport regulation authorities added the Lithium batteries to the list of banned objects in carry-on luggage in planes. Of course, Lithium batteries can explode. But they took the additional step of prohibiting them when they are out of the device and contain more than 2g of Lithium… Photographers leaving for a long…
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Questions to ask yourself about a photo
I find that it is possible to improve yourself by looking at your own pictures like any outside critic would. For this, because it is often hard to make this schizophrenic move, I developped a number of questions I ask myself when I look at my own photos. While some questions can (and should) be…
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Lightzone is back for Unix/Linux
Do you remember my newsbit about LightZone for Linux? Unfortunately, you may also have noticed that some time later, LightCrafts had stopped distributing it. However, after a petition on the forums, things changed again and version 3.3 beta of LightZone for Linux is again available for download. It is still difficult to be sure if…