Photo curiosity

  • Canon G12 leaked by CNET

    CNET Asia seems to have been observed while preparing the article for the upcoming compact point-and-shoot digital photo camera following the Canon G11. The main features of the Canon G12 will be: 10 mega-pixel CMOS sensor 5x optical zoom (28-140mm equivalent) 2.8″ tilt-and-swivel LCD Manual exposure control HD quality video capture Multi aspect ratio image…

  • Canon EOS 60D on Sept 22

    Next Canon announcement, of September 22nd, should be used to present the newest Canon EOS 60D.

  • Nikon Coolpix S1100pj with video projector

    The 2nd Nikon digital point-and-shoot photo camera with an integrated video-projector. YouTube link

  • New Nikon lenses

    Nikon did not stop at announcing the Nikon D3100 as a new beautiful entry-level digital SLR. Here are four new lenses: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4G (estimated selling price of $1699.95) AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR (estimated selling price of $1049.95) AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR (estimated selling price of $1299.95) AF-S DX NIKKOR…

  • Nikon D3100

    Nikon disclosed its new DSLR (that we will be able to see at the Photokina show in Köln, Germany at the end of September): Nikon D3100. As expected from the recent weeks of rumours, it brings at the entry-level the following features: 1080p HD video capture, with Full AF mode during recording (through contrast detection),…

  • Infrared (IR) photograhy

    During the analog years of photography, it was possible to photograph pictures taken in the Infrared part of the light spectrum. Quite often, it led to a images that were simultaneously eerie looking (for the shift in colors) and slightly blurred by a reduced quality/resolution. It was only a matter of buying an IR filter…

  • Stages of a photographer

    Found at RobertBenson.com, here is probably the best description of how a photographer evolves in time (from larva to beautiful butterfly, one would say). You may be any location on this evolution chart, but it’s good to recognize that you still have the possibility to move forward to the right of the graph. Stages of…

  • A simple variable Neutral Density filter

    A long post from Instructables (Simple Variable Neutral Density Filter) invites us to build easily a Neutral Density (ND) filter whose density can be adjusted (using only two polarizing filters). The simple and neat idea is to flip back one of the filters in front of the other. Correctly aligned, they become nearly totally black…

  • Photograph a lightning

    During the warmest days of the Northern hemisphere, it is more pleasant to go and photograph the stars or even the storm coming at the end of a day too hot. The PhotoArgus web site will tell you all about it: Lightning, a photography primer.