Aperture – YLovePhoto https://www.ylovephoto.com/en Intrigued by photography Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:30:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Operation of aperture blades https://www.ylovephoto.com/en/2011/06/08/operation-of-aperture-blades/ Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:42:30 +0000 https://ylovephoto.com/en/?p=10379

Aperture Revealed – 120 fps – HD from Camera Technica on Vimeo.

The same at a slower speed:

Aperture Revealed – 240 fps – HD from Camera Technica on Vimeo.

Thanks to Camera Technica for these videos.

]]> Widen your horizons with Aperture https://www.ylovephoto.com/en/2011/03/03/widen-your-horizons-with-aperture/ Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:10:48 +0000 https://ylovephoto.com/en/?p=5520 The Apple software program, Aperture, has many fans. But, it had been a long time since I last grouped and presented my prefered links toward tutorials, tips-and-tricks and idaas. So, here is a full shipment of them to go further with Aperture:

]]> Apple Digital Camera RAW enhances compatibility with new cameras https://www.ylovephoto.com/en/2011/02/17/apple-digital-camera-raw-enhances-compatibility-with-new-cameras/ Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:15:14 +0000 https://ylovephoto.com/en/?p=9574 This update adds RAW image compatibility for the following cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto 2011:

  • Canon EOS Rebel T3 / EOS 1100D / Kiss X50
  • Canon EOS Rebel T3i / EOS 600D / Kiss X5
  • Olympus E-5
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ100
  • Pentax K-r
  • Pentax K-5

It also addresses processing issues for the following cameras:

  • Nikon D7000
  • Nikon Coolpix P7000
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1
  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2

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]]> Cheap Aperture 3: 62.99€ or $79.99 https://www.ylovephoto.com/en/2011/01/08/cheap-aperture-3-62-99e/ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:19:35 +0000 https://ylovephoto.com/en/?p=9184 Aperture 3

It is not only a bargain, but a bargain in the Mac App Store: The version 3 of Aperture is now available for the record-low price of 62.99€ or US$79.99.

This is about one third of the normal price. Not bad!

]]> Aperture v3.1.1, with more RAW support https://www.ylovephoto.com/en/2010/12/21/aperture-v3-1-1-with-more-raw-support/ Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:45:35 +0000 https://ylovephoto.com/en/?p=9064 ApertureThis new update to Apple Aperture software addresses overall stability and performance issues, and also includes specific fixes that:

  • address compatibility with the iLife Media Browser
  • improve reliability when upgrading existing Aperture libraries
  • address issues with publishing photos to MobileMe, Facebook and Flickr

It should be complemented with the new update to Digital Camera RAW which adds RAW image compatibility for the following cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’11:

]]> Small programs for big ISO https://www.ylovephoto.com/en/2010/08/20/small-programs-for-big-isos/ Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:15:39 +0000 https://ylovephoto.com/en/?p=6366 Many French-speaking lovers of the Sony (ex-Minolta) photo cameras know about the excellent web site of Alpha Numérique which is providing a wealth of varied informations (often appearing in the link lists I publish monthly in relation with photo software programs).

Eiffel Tower, by night - Copyright (C) Yves Roumazeilles

Eiffel Tower, by night – Copyright (C) Yves Roumazeilles

Now, I would like to underline the quality of a full series of posts, published by Patrick Moll on Alpha Numérique, and dedicated to comparing as precisely as possible the various offers now on the market to develop and improve as much as possible the pictures that -sometimes- we must shoot using very high levels of ISO sensitivity (with the troubling levels of digital noise that come with big ISO levels).

The list of the software programs taken into account is quite respectable:

  • Image Data Converter 3
  • Lightroom 3 / Camera Raw 6
  • DxO Optics Pro 6
  • Aperture 3
  • Bibble Pro 5
  • Capture One Pro 5
  • ACDSee Pro 3
  • Silkypix 4
  • Lightzone 3
  • Raw Developer 1 (dcraw)

Not bad, eh!

Even if the comparisons done here are not only for Sony photo cameras, Patrick Moll applied its tests to a quite appreciable list of cameras too:

Even if you are not reading French, I highly recommend checking these (most of the posts are made of image comparisons using the yellow buttons to select the software program results you want to see). Even if you are equipped with Pentax, Canon or Nikon gear, the lessons you will draw from this are applicable on all the photo camera brands, concerning strengths and weaknesses of each of these software tools.

To understand the review process and the methodology, I would recommend the reading of (here, all in French):

With the tests, body by body, you will immediately recognize the excellent results of Lightroom 3/Camera Raw 6 (these two Adobe software programs share a single common RAW file management core). Just behind, comes DxO Optics Pro 6 which is a bit more violent (or more accentuation prone) and the (not famous enough) Bibble Pro 5.

From this point, you will always be able to get the best from the photos you were forced into shooting in poor lighting conditions which required big ISO figures.

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