Author: Yves Roumazeilles

  • 11 ways to be a photo Jedi

    Photography is an art that needs to be learned. Like the Jedi knights of Star Wars, you need to go through a long learning phase and you may become a true Master. However, this goes through respect for the rules of the photo Jedi. 1. Learn, Young Padawan A photo Jedi is not taught, he…

  • Save a drowned camera or lens

    You just dropped your photo camera or a lens in water; What can you do now if it was not weather-sealed or water-tight? The first thing to do is to remove all electrical power source. Electricity does ugly things to metal and electronics. So, start by removing the batteries right now. You may be able…

  • 3D for rookies

    I am not 100% sure that 3D photography will be a real hit soon (while 3D TV and 3D cinema coul well be), but it is fairly certain there is a need for some support when starting to use it. The photogrpahers willing to wet their toes in this new etchnology will apperciate to find…

  • Tracey Kidston

    Animal wildlife photography has strong constraints which do not always place it at the center of your comfort zone. Sometimes, you have to hide in order not to frighten the more timid animals. Sometimes, you need to crawl on your stomach in order to reach eye level and get the right picture. Tracey Kidston is…

  • ISO is the new MP

    During years we have been worried because people seemed only interested in getting more Mega-Pixels (MP) out of the new photo cameras (or camera feature sheets). It has been repeated often enough that this single quantity is not a good measure of camera performance. It was, when cameras had so few pixels (less than 3-5…

  • Samsung news

    Assuredly, Samsung decided to shake the market of mirror-less SLR (how can we name these cameras?) since the official launch of the Samsung NX-10. They open a new Korean web site at http://www.samsungimaging.co.kr/ which is -for now- dedicated to the NX-10 but which will certainly be the spearhead of the 2010-2011 marketing efforts around the…

  • Inform us, but leave no trace

    Some of you may be interesting in giving us some information leaks. It may seem that your privacy may be difficult to be kept in the process, but there are a few ways to protect it. I can give you some information and some advice. I would not divulge the sources of my information if…

  • Oleg Kasko

    Black and white is no longer used by most nature landscape photographers. This is a pity. Oleg Kasko is maintaining this tradition with pictures that magnify the mystery and the beauty of the places where he brings his camera. And it is quite some equipment: This photo was taken on a sunny winter day with…

  • Pentax reviews

    I just updated the tests/reviews in the database of the SLR photo cameras, mostly for the Pentax and Samsung cameras (and some Nikon, Sony, Canon, too).