By Wayne | Published:
July 2, 2009
My most recent column on the HP Professional Photography blog looks at developing a lifelong learning philosophy. You can read it over on the HP site.
By Wayne | Published:
June 29, 2009
The July competition is now open.
July 09 ThinkTank Photo - Happiness
Prize - Digital Holster 10, value US$45
See the competition page for details. Please note that I have changed the upload process to stop people affecting others.
By Wayne | Published:
June 23, 2009
Kodachrome was my film of choice for so many years of my photography. At least when I wanted to shoot color film. The color was stunning when well shot. I loved both Kodachrome 25 and 64 and used it as my main color film for some 10 to 15 years. This was basically my middle years on photography, after my years as a cash-strapped teenager who shot mainly black and white film and processed it in the bathroom, and before my growing love affair with digital photography.
While it has now been many years since I shot my last roll of Kodachrome, it is certainly sad to see it pass. Kodak believes stocks will run out by the US fall, meaning it will all be gone within, say, three months. I suspect there will now be a burst of tutorials on how to get the ‘Kodachrome look’ in Photoshop.
By Wayne | Published:
June 9, 2009
The June Thinktank Photo competition is on the theme of Flowers. It is open to photography and digital art. Entry details on the photography and art competition page.
The prize is an Urban Disguise 30 camera bag.
By Wayne | Published:
May 27, 2009
Retouching photos to remove skin blemishes and wrinkles is a common task. For faces with only a few wrinkles the Rubber Stamp Cloning Tool works well. But for other images you need another approach.
This technique uses the blur filter. Read More »
By Wayne | Published:
May 23, 2009
George Simian is running his photography workshop again in Bali in August, 2009. Look at this website for details. Note: Australians should contact him directly rather than book through the US travel agent from his website.
email <george@georgesimian.com>
web site <http://www.georgesimian.com>
photography workshop in Bali<http://www.ubudbali.com>
By Wayne | Published:
May 23, 2009
Canon, Nikon, Sony and most of the rest of the camera companies, plus the third party lens makers, like Tamron, Sigma, etc., all make two series of lenses, on designed for full frame digital SLRs and 35mm film cameras, and another range designed for use on their smaller sensor digital SLRs. But there is a lot of confusion about these lenses. Read More »
By Wayne | Published:
May 23, 2009
Canon’s 5D Mark II digital camera has picked up Japan’s top camera award for 2009. It also picked upa TIPA camera award earlier this year.
Posted in Cameras | Tagged News |
By Wayne | Published:
May 23, 2009
New Camera Boasts Variety of Technological Firsts and Major Improvements Over Previous K Series Cameras
Comment: This looks like an interesting camera model for Pentax. Strong features are the weatherproofing, movie capture and some unique features like the built-in HDR capability. Read More »
By Wayne | Published:
May 19, 2009
Sony is making it easy for first-time digital SLR buyers to step up from point-and-shoot digital still cameras with the introduction today of three new easy-to-use α (alpha) cameras (models DSLR-A380, DSLR-A330 and DSLR-A230), four new lenses, a flash and accessories. Read More »
By Wayne | Published:
May 7, 2009
Following comments about our After the Fires in Infrared Photography first article (the second will go up shortly), I am also putting up a series on the fire locations that I am shooting in color. Read More »
By Wayne | Published:
May 3, 2009
MaxMax.com, the people who converted my 350D and will do my next camera, also sell filters. I’ve been testing a number of their infrared filters of late and the first one I will talk about is their unusual XDP filter. Read More »
By Wayne | Published:
April 30, 2009
PENTAX Imaging Company has announced another INSTANT REBATE PROGRAM effective May 1 – May 9, 2009 on select digital cameras. The instant savings consist of a $30.00 USD instant rebate on the PENTAX X70 Megazoom camera and a $50.00 USD savings on the PENTAX K2000 digital SLR single lens kit. Read More »
By Wayne | Published:
April 29, 2009
New Macro Lens Features Best-In-Class Working Distance at 100mm
Maxwell International Australia and Tamron Co., Ltd, have announced the development of the SP AF60mm F/2.0 Di II LD (IF) MACRO 1:1 (Model G005), a life-size macro lens designed exclusively for digital SLR cameras with APS-C size image sensors(1) that offers a fast maximum aperture of F/2.0. Read More »
By Wayne | Published:
April 29, 2009
VUE 7.5 PRE RELEASE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FOR USERS UNDER MAINTENANCE
e-on software, maker of Vue, the leading solutions for natural 3D environments, today disclosed the new features available in its upcoming professional solutions, Vue 7.5 xStream and Vue 7.5 Infinite. Release 7.5 of Vue xStream and Infinite will add significant new functionality to Vue 7. Following the terms of e-on software’s maintenance contracts, users of Vue 7 xStream or Vue 7 Infinite who subscribed to a Standard or Premium maintenance plan will receive the upgrade to the corresponding Vue 7.5 product at no charge. Read More »
By Wayne | Published:
April 29, 2009
With the popularity and use of its award-winning large format printer line continuing to grow, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging and office solutions, today unveiled four new large format printers – the 36-inch imagePROGRAF iPF755 and iPF750, and the 24-inch imagePROGRAF iPF655 and iPF650 – at the International Reprographic Association (IRgA) Convention and Trade show (Booth # 825). Read More »
By Wayne | Published:
April 29, 2009
Samsung Electronics America Inc., a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, today announced the SMX-C14 and SMX-C10, two new ergonomically designed, compact digital camcorders offering industry-leading style and design. The new SMX-C14 and SMX-C10 also feature Samsung’s stylish Touch of Color™ (ToC™) finish that was first introduced in the company’s line of flat-panel HDTVs. With ToC design, a hint of color is naturally blended into the deep black body for an attractive crystalline appearance. Read More »
By Wayne | Published:
April 28, 2009
B&H Photo have told us the 5D Mark II is now back in stock with the following pricing:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital Camera (Camera Body)
Price- $ 2,699.95 + Free Shipping = $ 2,699.95
Posted in Cameras | Tagged Sales specials |
By Wayne | Published:
April 28, 2009
Free Applications Provide 1 Click Photo-Sharing From BlackBerry Smartphones
SnapMyLife, a leading mobile photo-sharing site, today announced the launch of two free camera-oriented applications for BlackBerry smartphones®* from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM). Both the SnapMyLife and Snap2Twitter applications are now available on BlackBerry App World™. Read More »
By Wayne | Published:
April 28, 2009
DxO Labs announces today the publication of detailed RAW-based image quality data and DxOMark Sensor rankings on its popular www.dxomark.com website for two new D-SLR cameras, the Pentax K-m and the Olympus E-30. Read More »
Posted in Cameras | Tagged News, Review |