Photo curiosity

  • Focal length and photo lenses

    Tamron rewrote its web site. This was the occasion to move the Lens Comparison Tool but it is still useful to compare a 400mm with a 500mm (or a 35mm with a 50mm). But you can also find a similar tool at Olympus (and it takes into account the specificities of 4/3 sensor format, of…

  • Carlan Tapp and the TVA disaster

    Photography is not only a graphical art, this is alo sa mean to speak about the world, about men and women. And, sometimes, it becomes a mean of action. In our world where Earth is suffering from the acts of a few people, Carlan Tapp uses his photo camera to speak about the pollution created…

  • 13 photography lessons for your child

    Thanks to Digital Photography School. They have marvelously varied and nice lessons for the amateur photographer. Today, I noticed a rather old post on their site which is a compendium of the best, most important lessons to teach somebody starting photography (aged from 7 to 77 years). 13 Lessons to Teach Your Child About Digital…

  • Nikon D300s – Maybe

    I am so uncertain about this rumour that I will not even copy the details here. Nikon Rumor is telling us that there will be an upgrade to the Nikon D300 under the name of Nikon D300s. Honestly, how would Nikon add HD video to an existing design? That would be the smallest increment to…

  • Canon EOS 5D Mk II firmware update

    Canon has released firmware v1.1.0 for the EOS 5D Mark II. It enables manual control of ISO, aperture and shutter speed while the camera is set to capture video. More information Links to download firmware v1.10 PDF manual about how to use the new features in English/French/Spanish PDF manual about how to use the new…

  • White Nikon D3

    Wouldn’t it be cool for weddings photographers? Yes, but probably uselessly ridicule…

  • Upcoming Sony Alpha 800

    PhotoRumors is telling us about an anonymous leak describing a possible new Sony Alpha 800 with the following features: 16.2 MP full frame sensor EXMOR R (new technology) 100-25600 ISO 8 frame/sec SSI, same a900 OVF, new AF system, GPS and WiFi built-in 3.5″ LCD display Pop-up flash Flash sync: 1/500s Camera level 23 AF sensors…

  • Nikon D3 promo, Joe McNally

    A reknown photographer (Joe McNally), a desert, an elephant, a top model and a full studio. YouTube link

  • Computer recognizes tiger photos

    Image recognition is an impressive mean to analyze images. This software allows the direct exploitation of photos taken of wild tigers or of their skins after poaching, and the identification of the individual animals. Computer recognizes tigers, on YLovePhoto.