Photo curiosity

  • It’s arrived: Picasa for Mac

    Mac lovers were waiting for a version of Picasa specifically built for their Apple machine. Now, it’s done and you can freely download Picasa, the Google photo management software. Your opinion will be welcome.

  • Pentax K30D, coming in Summer?

    Rumours are loose on the Internet about what will be the next generation of digital SLR photo cameras at Pentax. Even more, after some leaks organized by Pentax, it seems possible that the Pentax K30D will be a Full Frame camera, rushing to compete directly with the latest pro offers from Canon, Nikon and Sony.…

  • Most memorable shooting in 2008

    What is your most memorable photo event of this just-ended year? For me, it will obvioulsy be the discovery of this Paris subway station (Charles-Michel) just a flight of stairs down from my own Paris flat. RATP decided to renovate it seriously and totally removed all coverings revealing the previous walls complete with 30-year-old markings,…

  • Photo reporter in a riot

    You may never have to do it, but it is a kind of experience that only an excellent pro reporter could deliver: How to cover a riot. John Camp (Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist) gives us the essentials about shooting photos in this kind of high-tension, fast-action environment. The photographer (pro or amateur) does not want to…

  • What’s left of the D900? A Nikon D800?

    During quite some time it had been rumoured that there would be a Nikon D900 (or a Nikon D800) to replace the Nikon D3. Quite obviously, the simultaneous development of the Nikon D700 and Nikon D3x led many observers to misinterpretation of the inside signals they were getting in the Nikon naming game. Who really…

  • Adobe Photoshop CS3 cheat sheets & cheat cards

    Among the many features of Photoshop is the near impossibility to memorize all of the commands and keyboard short-cuts. This list is reserved for Photoshop CS3 free cheat sheets, keyboard shortcut lists and cheat cards. Source: CreativeTechs.comCS3 keyboard shortcuts for Mac, for Windows/PCPossibly the most complete documents of this list. Source: CreativeTechs.comPen tool cheat sheetApplicable…

  • SLR technologies for 2009

    The year 2009 is about to begin and here we are asking ourselves what it will be bringing for digital SLR cameras. As a matter of fact, it is possible to predict a few central issues in our prefered manufacturer’s ranges. Here is the list: In-body correction of vignetting. After all, it is enough to…

  • Infrared on EOS 450D

    So, you wanted to do some Infrared (IR) photo with your Canon EOS 450D/Rebel XSi? Just have a look at the IR tests done by Wayne J. Cosshall. By the way, traditionnally, since the Foveon technology of sensors does not use infrared filters, the Sigma dSLR cameras are very good candidates for IR photo.