Photo curiosity

  • Similarity search engine

    Some time ago we had presented the excellent TinEye search engine which is able to do search-by-similarity on images (you give it an image and it will find all similar images: cropped, reframed, slightly modified). Very useful to track pirates, copiers and illegal uses of your photos. Several other products or in-development technologies also exist,…

  • Subscriptions to YLovePhoto – now by email

    Did you notice the latest improvement of YLovePhoto? You can now subscribe to the news posts of YLovePhoto to automatically receive all the updates in a single daily email. All the available subscription options we offer: To news/posts (RSS) To news by Email To comments (RSS) One portfolio per week You can always find them…

  • Pentax K-7 video presentation

    YouTube link

  • Miguel Angel de Arriba

    As a matter of fact, I discovered Miguel de Arriba through his nature images. I was struck by the simplicity of their construction. But the image I present here is a bit different. Composition is well understood, of course. But I was immediately immersed in the immensity of the sky. The plane is nearly lost,…

  • Sony will launch Alpha 500 and Alpha 550

    The sonystyle.ca web site (Canada) has just been revealing something: When you try to register a newly bought camera you are offered the choice of registering: DSLRA500 (read Sony Alpha 500 body only) DSLRA500S (read Sony Alpha 500 in standard zoom kit) DSLRA550 (read Sony Alpha 550 body only) DSLRA550S (read Sony Alpha 550 in…

  • Canon fights the recession

    The Japanese headquarters of Canon just presented its quarterly financial results and they show profits going down by 88% for the quarter. Obvioulsy, copiers and printers are hit hard by the economic crisss. But despite the grim look of these figures, this is relatively good news (or better than the worse of the worst, maybe).…

  • 5 lessons for photo self-improvement

    After all, if you come here, you must be interested in photography. It is quite possible that -like me- you want to improve your day-to-day routine and become a better photographer. Don’t believe that you must be born with the photographer’s gene. It’s something that you grow into. photo credit: Dave-F almost retired Here are…

  • Nikon D400, possible features

    It is always difficult to be sure about rumours like that, but a German website has a leak of a few details about the upcoming Nikon D400: 16-18 MP image sensor New EXPEED II processor HD movie function with stereo audio Tilt LCD display with some continuous AF capacity in LiveView (same as Sony?) Some…

  • Very first review of the Pentax K-7

    Kudos to OK1000 Pentax Blog for their actual review of the new Pentax K-7. Short, but apparently not only a rewriting of the Pentax Press Release.