Author: Yves Roumazeilles

  • Solutions to photographer’s block

    Some photographers may have « writer’s block » (or photographer’s block, more acurately) and feel that they no longer want to shoot pictures. I found two answers to this problem on the Internet. The first one is a a series of advice by Photocritic: 10 ways to prevent photographer’s block. 100-step challenge: Walk 100 steps,…

  • Pentax K7D: Some more

    May be more for the 20th of May, than for the 21st (as previously expected). From the official pentaximaging.com.

  • Nikon lens sales

    An interesting tidbit in the just-published Nikon financial data for fiscal year 2008 is that -despite obvious diffculties in nearly all markets- sales of photo lenses went up by 9%.

  • What Canon misses most?

    A talk between Canon photography lovers often leads to complaints about some things often missing or unsatisfactory in Canon photo cameras (as in here, in French). If I try to be clear (not trolling my own web site), I would cite the following items: Depth-of-Field test button located on the wrong side Eyecup loosely attached…

  • This month best

    Link love Those are the best links found recently: 5 Elements of Composition in Photography: Pattern, Symmetry, Texture, Depth of Field, Lines. 5 More Elements of Composition in Photography: Framing, Perspective, Space, Balance, Color. The 100 Most Popular Photoshop Tutorials of 2008 A camera obscura can be as large as a room Most-read articles The…

  • Goodbye Nikon D300

    We loved you so much… but from everywhere in the world comes the rumour that the Nikon D300 is disappearing. Nikon must have been stopping all manufacturing. If you still want one, I may suggest that you urgently visit your prefered reseller in order to see if they still have it in stock. Nikon D300

  • Minolta/Sony solution against hot pixels, stuck pixels

    Sometimes, on a digital camera, there are small defects on the digital sensor. They appear as a pixel or two which seem to be either black, colored (hot) or white (stuck). This is ususally not much of a problem, but it can become very annoying. On my good old Konica-Minolta Dynax 7D camera, I noticed…

  • Pentax K7D, on May 20

    Now, this is official (from Pentax Germany), the new Pentax will come on May 20.

  • Evolution of rumours

    Upon a recommendation by Gérard Pandolfo, I have checked the Google Trends for the upcoming Pentax K7D. It is interesting to notice that Japan is clearly the country where most of the attraction for the Pentax K7D appears. While I’m here, let’s notice that the author of a book about the Nikon D400, recently apologized…