Author: Yves Roumazeilles

  • IrfanView upgraded

    The excellent images handling software program, IrfanView, has just been upgraded to version 4.27. Command line options to handle images with scripts (actions) or filters. Addition of a border or a frame. Addition of new filters and file formats. The screen copies options now allow to handle larger objects like a full web page (auto-scroll…

  • Robin Ryan

    When you find a good portraitist, you should stop and watch. Robin Ryan is definitely worth your time. Both for this picture and for his web site.

  • Sony Alpha 290

    The next entry-level SLR camera will be named Sony Alpha 290, apparently. It comes from a set of photographs leaked by Vietnamese www.Tinhte.com forum member dt0306. This also gives some clues about the upcoming specification which makes it a major leak (or a major fake or rumour): Sony Alpha 290 Specification: APS-C size 14 mega-pixel…

  • Photo scammers: The naked truth

    photo credit: Don Hankins It appears that -at least in some cases- many ads from Google (like the ones I display on my web sites) are presenting fraudulent business proposals. Usually they are recognizable by the fact that they makes too-good-to-be-true offers (half-price photo cameras or basement-sale prices for pro equipment). But it is not…

  • Sony: Photo and video News

    Sony just made a round of announcements that should attract a lot of attention in the photography market (but in relation with video). First and foremost, here are the first samples of the new range of point-and-shoot photo cameras using an APS-C digital sensor. With the NEX3 and the NEX5, they intend to bring a…

  • Nikongrapher

    Do you want to participe in a Nikon community looking towards Nikon? Why not browse toNikongrapher?

  • Miguel Lasa

    Should we present Miguel Lasa? World-class photographer and in love with wildlife, he has a web site (www.miguellasa.com) that anybody should visit. The leopard below was found in Zimbabwe while driving back to the camp. Before arriving to the base camp we spotted this leopard on a tree. After waiting more than one hour he/she…

  • DSLR comparisons

    It is often a little difficult to compare two cameras feature by feature. I’ve come to a web site which does that (and only that), but does it nicely: SnapSort.com. Nice.

  • Gimp links

    I don’t often write about Gimp, the free software image and photo edition software which is avbailabel both for Linux and PC-Windows. But, nevertheless, I keep noticing bits of useful information that I’d like to share with you if you are a user of Gimp. Selective Noise Reduction with GIMP — Repairing Noisy Skies pour…