Author: Yves Roumazeilles

  • Backup for the photographer – part 2

    We have been looking into the most obvious option for the photographer willing to backup its large amount of data: The local storage on an external hard drive. Nearly everyone of us at least tried to use this approach. But it is worth trying to understand that there are other very good options that I…

  • Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, review of rumors

    Since about two months, the web is ringing with a rumor about a possible new high-end pro Canon SLR camera soon to be disclosed: Canon EOS 1D Mark IV. Let’s summarize what we have and let’s evaluate the probability of each of the possible features. Launch date: Two possibilities, either September 29th, 2009 (Canon intends…

  • Canon UK promotion on DSLR cameras

    Canon UK announced that they are opening a cash-back program for photographic students of various UK institutions. Teachers, lecturers and technicians in the same institutions will also be eligible. The cash-back on the EOS 450D configurations amounts to £50, whereas it climbs to £65 on a Canon EOS 500D. It will run until 31 October…

  • Nikon D300s user manual

    The Nikon D300s has just been made available that we already offer you the opportunity to see its interest by checking the original/full user manual. Download the Nikon D300s user manual. D300s User manual in English (10.3 MB, PDF file) D300s User manual in Spanish (en Español, 11.0 MB, PDF file) D300s mode d’emploi en…

  • Water splash: The easy way to a great photo

    photo credit: nsaplayer Who did not dream of making such a great photo as the milk or water drop stopped in mid-air? But this seems quite difficult. It may be, but there are a few techniques that can simplify things a little. Gavin Hoey, in the following video, shows a few of them, explaining lighting…

  • Ramin Talaie

    Iran is a country were AIDS is as present as anywhere else, but probably less officially recognized. About 85% of Afghanistan opium production is trafficked through Iran to Turkey and Eastern Europe, but leaves its trace on Iran, too. Persopolis, the only NGO of its kind in Iran, provides food and clothing and distributes clean…

  • Batch-resize your photos

    If you need to resize a bunch of pictures (for example, before publishing them on the web), it is a pain in the neck to collect them all and play with the Photoshop commands. For Windows users, here is a utility program that does exactly this in a nice way: All files of a directory,…

  • Sony 2010 roadmap

    Photo-Rumors reveals what could well be the Sony roadmap for the year 2010. You were expecting a pause, you will be disappointed. Competition will still be intense: 7-10 January 2010 (CES, Las Vegas) : announcement of Sony A950, 32 MP FF, still no video, high ISO). January-April : tele-lens 600mm. 10-15 April (NAB, Las Vegas)…

  • Even more colors for the Pentax K-x

    Not happy with black, white, red and blue colors for your next camera? Pentax Japan decided to go even further and allow you to customize the camera body with a wealth of different colors for the plastic body and the hand grip. Do you like this or not? Source: Rye Clifton, via Engadget.