Photo curiosity

  • Flickr group for the friends of YLovePhoto

    I just started a small experimentation. For those of you who may be interested, I opened a Flickr group under the name of YLovePhoto. Instead of making a sort of closed beta test upon invitation only, I chose to open the doors widely. The operation may still be a bit imprecise during a few weeks…

  • Glass at the Photokina

    As we all know, the upcoming Photokina in September is already the center of rumours coming from all parts. I have been trying to give an idea of what could be coming for the major brands in the DSLR market, concentrating mostly on the new bodies to be seen. But there is no end to…

  • Sony Alpha 560 and Alpha 580

    If you listen to PhotoRumours.com ramblings, it is now clear that the next DSLR photo cameras from Sony will be APS-C cameras from the Alpha series: Alpha 33 Alpha 55 Alpha 560 Alpha 580 The first two (Sony Alpha 33 and Alpha 55) would be entry-level cameras able to capture HD video and using the…

  • Big lenses for the iPhone

    After some years of people trying to hook big lenses onto an iPhone (like above), there is now somebody trying to make this a serious affair: Here is the prototype of something that could become a real product from Vid-Atlantic, a way to solidly attach a Nikon DSLR lens to your iPhone. Little cameras like…

  • Pentax K-7 : The new firmware is out

    A major firmware update for the Pentax K-7, version 1.10. I think that K7 owners should have a look right now. Download firmware for Pentax K-7, from Pentax Japan web site. Features: Added Movie editing function on playback mode palette. You can divide a movie into multiple segments and erase unwanted segments from the movie.…

  • Canon EOS 60D confirmed by DxO

    The Short-term DxO Optics Modules Roadmap is very clear: Canon EOS 60D available at most in December 2010. There, it’s no longer a leak, but a confirmation. But, nothing about the feature list, of course… Thanks Liaud.

  • 3 new lenses for Sony

    Sony did not wait for Photokina to announce a batch of three new lenses for the Alpha line of DSLR photo cameras. The Distagon T* 24mm f/2 ZA SSM (SAL24F20Z) complements the already existing beautiful large-aperture wide-angle lenses from Carl Zeiss (Planar (SAL85F14Z) and Sonnar (SAL135F18Z)). It should be priced high but appealing for most…

  • A batch of Lightroom links

    In this fire storm of Lightroom special links, you will find a lot of articles coming from the excellent Digital Photography School web site whose tutorials are definitely on my best-of list. How to Remove Sensor Dust With Lightroom Adventure Photographer Tyler Stableford’s Lightroom 3 Beta 2 Workflow (Video on YouTube) 10 de los mejores…

  • Sony A750, 16MP

    The echoing sound of a conversation that I just transcribe here: The next Sony Alpha 750 (or at least, what will be the successor to the Alpha 700) will receive a new Sony EXMOR 16 mega-pixel digital sensor, able to also shoot 1080p videos at 30 frames/s. Presentation in Photokina 2010, or a few days…