Photo curiosity

  • Alpha 290 & Alpha 390: This is official now

    This time, the rumour became a full-fledged announcement and Sony presented officially their new 14MP DSLR photo cameras: Sony Alpha 290 and Sony Alpha 390. They will be offering renewed entry-level solutions for the amateur photographer willing to have a Digital SLR camera with up-to-date technology. Key features both the A290 and A390 share: A…

  • Vintage photo cameras

    It’s been years that I fell in love with the excellent Dark Roasted Blend web site. Today, I found a nice post showing some of the most beautiful vintage photo cameras they could find. Recommended visit if you have a couple of minutes to spend.

  • Joel Sartore

    Let’s celebrate the book from Joel Sartore, co-published by National Geographic, “Rare: Portraits of America’s Endangered Species”. It started out as something for him to work on close to home while his wife was treated for breast cancer (thankfully, she has since made a full recovery.) Showing animals on simple black and white backgrounds gives…

  • New Sony DSLR: Alpha 290 & Alpha 390

    According to a message on the forums of Dyxum, a Swedish magazine, “Digitalfoto för Alla”, just presented the new SLR photo cameras from Sony. This looks terribly like an error in the publication date (a leak a few days before the official launch). The two photo cameras (A290 et A390) will both be equipped with…

  • Nikon D4?

    According to a reader of Nikon Rumours Forum, here is the upcoming Nikon D4. Possibly a neat Photoshop job, but it looks quite nice. What would be the feature set of such a Nikon D4?

  • Laser reticle for your SLR

    If you are as found of action movies and action video games as you love photography, you may appreciate the looks of this small hot-shoe accessory which will help you align your camera with your subject. Four separate reticles (Point, Circle Point, Circle Cross, Cross), two colors (green, red), and three laser strengths define this…

  • Sony and nVidia: 2 partners, 3 dimensions

    You wanted 3D photography, Sony decided to bring it to you without even modifying your photo camera. To reach this point, Sony decided to partner with nVidia, the PC graphics card specialist, which presents now a solution for post-processing any picture in order to bring a 3rd dimension to it.. The result is still quite…

  • 5 years of lifetime for a DVD archive

    You have been told so repeatedly (I even wrote in 2007 an article about the weaknesses of CD/DVD, a few years ago already), it is mentioned again in an article about backups for the photographers, but there are still some people to believe that the CD or the DVD is a good solution to the…

  • Sony news and predictions

    It’s clear that this time of the year, we are hearing a lot about Sony. But this is only the beginning and I will take some time to come back on the recent events and what is coming in the news for the manufacturer of the Alpha line of SLR photo cameras. After the launch…