Photo curiosity

  • Resize, rename, realign, change format with 1 simple tool

    When we shoot a large number of pictures, we often end up with a lot of unpleasant work at photo edition time: file name modification according to one simple rule, format change or image size modification for all pictures going to the web or sent to somebody. But always in bulk: We have to endlessly…

  • Joseph Linaschke

    I was always slightly fascinated by concert photography, with all its technical obstacles and the added attraction of a spectacle for both eyes and the ears. Here, I was attracted by a picture from Joseph Linaschke (twitter: travel_junkie). The different perspective is the obvious distinguishing element. This photo was made while covering the Seal SOUL…

  • Why not 1 ISO?

    photo credit: lrargerich This is some sort of silly question, but when people look at ISO sensitivity, we tend to be impressed by the increasingly higher values (which mean that you can take pictures without much light and without adding a flash). But no manufacturer seems not willing to offer us the low ISO values…

  • Nikon D7000, from Italy

    It’s on HardwareUpgrade (Italy) that we can discover a short hands-on preview of the Nikon D7000, and even more important raw pictures taken by the camera at different sensitivity levels (up to ISO 25,600). Nikon D7000, primo contatto e primi scatti Beware: The camera was still using a pre-production firmware (v0.28) and this should be…

  • Dramatic fire for Philip Plisson

    Fortunately, with more destruction than victims, the “Plisson La Trinité” studio-gallery burned to the ground on September 19. Unfortunately, this is a 30-year-long archive which flared up in flames. Those are thousands of pictures, the years of life of a great man who will have to rebuild from nearly nothing, except his eyes, his heart…

  • First look at the Pentax K-5

    WhatDigitalCamera.com demonstrates the Pentax K-5 to us through a first look video. A kind of short guided tour. YouTube link

  • Sony A55 10 fps continuous shooting demo

    Check the continuous update of the AF while the train enters the station, have a look at the artificial horizon in the viewfinder and, then, listen cautiously: You’ll hear the 10 frames per second burst which does not obscure the viewfinder (thanks to the semi-transparent mirror, of course). YouTube link

  • Not really photo: History of the telescope

    photo credit: anthonycmaki Sometimes, during Summer time, it’s fine to switch to low gear and to wander far from the normal path of things. So, if you like lenses (specially long focal length primes), you may be interested in looking at the dinosaur age of tele-lenses: The Telescope era, which started in 1611 (nearly 400…

  • Sigma SD1

    YouTube link By WhatDigitalCamera.com