Photo curiosity
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Quick, the best hybrid camera, please!
Let’s assume that in these times of preparing for the end-of-the-year gift purchases, you are looking for the best EVIL/hybrid photo camera, or the best camera of this type from the point of view of the Image Quality (IQ) of its sensor. DxOMark will give you a quick answer. This is not perfect (it does…
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Nikon in space
Photography and space: Two adventures sharing one sense of passion. Nikon has been going to space for years and they want us to know in this video. YouTube link
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Kuwait: DSLR prohibited
Surprising decision in Kuwait: The use of a DSLR photo camera has just been prohibited by a coordinated decision of three ministries (Ministry of Information, Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Finance) which determined that the Digital SLR cameras could only be used by professional news people. The prohibition seems not to apply to…
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Nikon works on a replacement for the 80-400mm/4.5-5.6
The Nikon users will want to see some improvements on the (already) old 80-400mm/4.5-5.6 telephoto zoom will probably be satisfied soon. Nikon recently issued two patents (1 & 2) for a zoom in this category. It does not tell us when it will be available, but according to the yellow brand habits, the end of…
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Michele Roohani
Now, this is a post I have been wanting to write for a very long time. Michele is a great friend of mine (independently of her photography work) but (I think) this has only a limited impact on my appreciation of her work. I definitely love the way she does small documentary-like photographic reports where…
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Firmware v1.01 for Pentax K-5
Pentax has presented a new firmware version for the brand new Pentax K-5. According to Pentax, the improvements are: Increased number of maximum pictures taken in continuous shooting in RAW, throughout the sensitivity range. For instance, in RAW, this firmware increases the number of pictures from a maximum of approx 8 frames to approx 20…
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Olympus E-PL1s
Olympus launches a new hybrid photo camera, the E-PL1s. But, this is certainly not a major announcement: It’s an evolution of the Olympus E-PL1 bringing the ISO 6400 ability You will find it in Japan only It stays the samllest EVIL/Hybrid camera in the world right now Tow lens kits will be available with the…
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Olympus plans micro-safaris
Olympus is also known for the design of microscopes what is a good explanation for their organization of an annual microphotogrphy contest. It is clear that the participants must practice a photographic art which does not rely on AWD SUV cars and long telel-lenses. But the winners of this year brought back pictures that seem…
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Monitor color calibration for Linux
When they want to use GNU/Linux to manage a photographic work flow, most people are afraid that they would not be able to obtain a good color calibration for their monitor. This has long been an issue, but this is no longer the case thanks to the ArgyllCMS set of open source color calibration tools…