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Digital Outback Photo have reviewed yet another product that offers a way to sharpen your images. Noel Carboni’s Fractal Sharpening actions uses a version of Genuine Fractals to achieve the sharpening effect:
“If you own Genuine Fractals we would urge you to get Noels actions. For some it even might be reason enough to buy Genuine Fractals.
Noel writes on his page “I’ve designed a great set of sharpening actions that do something different: They actually sharpen images!”. We find that this is not just marketing.”
Digital Outback Photo have reviewed yet another product that offers a way to sharpen your images. Noel Carboni’s Fractal Sharpening actions uses a version of Genuine Fractals to achieve the sharpening effect: “If you own Genuine Fractals we would urge you to get Noels actions. For some it even might…
Digital Outback Photo have started a report on the Olympus E-1 digital SLR in the form of a regularly updated diary.
“As a camera we just love the E-1. The viewfinder is bright and easy to use. The autofocus works for us although it is not as sophisticated as the systems from Canon and Nikon. But no problem for us. We even like the electronic controlled manual focus feature as the mechanical manual focus for some lenses is not always fun to use (often not that precise). The shutter and mirror slap is soft and very silent.”
Website: Digital Outback Photo - Olympus E-1 Experience Report
Digital Outback Photo have started a report on the Olympus E-1 digital SLR in the form of a regularly updated diary. “As a camera we just love the E-1. The viewfinder is bright and easy to use. The autofocus works for us although it is not as sophisticated as the…
The danish website Akamera.dk have reviewed the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P72, a $349, 3-megapixel digital compact camera.
The danish website Akamera.dk have reviewed the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P72, a $349, 3-megapixel digital compact camera. Website: Akamera.dk - Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P72 Review
A Digital Eye have posted a First Look at of a pre-production version of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T1, which is due to be released in January 2004.
“The Sony T1 is a tiny 5 megapixel Camera with a sliding cover that protects the lens while not in use. The camera is very thin, it has a fairly flat body that is rectangular in shape, making it very compact. The sliding lens cover is somewhat rounded and does stick out about 1/8 of an inch, however it opens very easily once you know what to do.”
A Digital Eye have posted a First Look at of a pre-production version of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T1, which is due to be released in January 2004. “The Sony T1 is a tiny 5 megapixel Camera with a sliding cover that protects the lens while not in use. The camera…
DPReview have published their usual exhaustive review of the Olympus E-1 digital SLR camera.
“Olympus are clearly aiming the E-1 at the professional market, this in my opinion is a hard sell. From a marketing and positioning point of view I feel that the E-1 is stuck between a rock and a hard place. It doesn’t really offer the continuous shooting or AF speed required for professional sports photography. At the other end of the spectrum it doesn’t offer the resolution expected by professional studio photographers, ignoring the ‘megapixel race’ I feel that it falls short of delivering the full potential of a five megapixel sensor with a vertical resolution of 1920 photosites.”
Website: DPReview - Olympus E-1 Review
DPReview have published their usual exhaustive review of the Olympus E-1 digital SLR camera. “Olympus are clearly aiming the E-1 at the professional market, this in my opinion is a hard sell. From a marketing and positioning point of view I feel that the E-1 is stuck between a rock…
Imaging Resource have recently published an enthusiastic review of Adobe Photoshop Album 2.
“Album does a lot of things. It transfers your photos to your hard disk, organizes them so you can find them, touches them up a bit, assembles them into productions you can share and archives them, too. You can enhance the image editing substantially with Elements (or Photoshop for that matter) or any free Windows image editor.”
Imaging Resource have recently published an enthusiastic review of Adobe Photoshop Album 2. “Album does a lot of things. It transfers your photos to your hard disk, organizes them so you can find them, touches them up a bit, assembles them into productions you can share and archives them, too…
Sony Japan have just posted some more sample images from the new DSC-F828 8-megapixel digital camera, due to ship sometime in December. There are 4 ISO 100 images for you to take a look at and evaluate, but none of them have the full-sized original available, so it’s very difficult to be able to judge what the image quality is like.
Website: Sony Japan - DSC-F828 Sample Images
Sony Japan have just posted some more sample images from the new DSC-F828 8-megapixel digital camera, due to ship sometime in December. There are 4 ISO 100 images for you to take a look at and evaluate, but none of them have the full-sized original available, so it’s very difficult…
Digital Outback Photo have published a review of Nikon Capture 4, raw conversion software for Nikon digital SLR cameras.
“Nikon Capture 4 has to be bought extra. NC 4 is a very powerful and feature rich application. Actually we think that NC 4 is one of the best raw converters that are made by a camera manufacturer (Sigma’s Photo Pro is not bad either). Nikon takes NC and the RAW (NEF) format very seriously.”
Digital Outback Photo have published a review of Nikon Capture 4, raw conversion software for Nikon digital SLR cameras. “Nikon Capture 4 has to be bought extra. NC 4 is a very powerful and feature rich application. Actually we think that NC 4 is one of the best raw converters…
DCResource have published their review of the HP Photosmart 945 digital camera, which features a 5.3-megapixel total resolution and 56x total zoom (8x optical zoom). The HP Photosmart 945 digital camera is available now and has an estimated U.S. retail price of $549.
“Color and exposure are both accurate, and images are sharp (since HP cranks up the in-camera sharpening). One thing I did notice (probably due to the image sharpening) were a lot of “jaggies” on edges in my test photos. They’re not hard to find—just open up any image. Purple fringing (chromatic aberrations) were higher than average, a common trait of ultra zoom cameras. Noise was also a little higher than I’d like, but it’s no worse than other top models in this class.”
DCResource have published their review of the HP Photosmart 945 digital camera, which features a 5.3-megapixel total resolution and 56x total zoom (8x optical zoom). The HP Photosmart 945 digital camera is available now and has an estimated U.S. retail price of $549. “Color and exposure are both accurate, and…
This is the final reminder for you all that the first ever PhotographyBLOG Competition is due to finish tomorrow, at the end of 30th November.
This is a monthly photography competition with a specific theme and prizes for the top 3 photos. The winning entries will be decided by a panel of judges. You just have to submit a single photograph to the Competition Gallery that best interprets November’s theme, which is “Autumn Colour”.
Please make sure that you read the Monthly Competition Rules before submitting your entry. The competition is worldwide and open to everyone.
See the November Competition Entries
The theme for the December Competition has also been decided. As the days are now so short here in the UK (it gets dark at 4pm!), the new theme is simply “Night”. Submit your best photograph that you think inteprets the theme, whether it be an urban cityscape or a moonlight landscape. If you’ve never attempted any night photography before, then grab your tripod, torch and a friend and get out in the dark!
You can start submitting entries to the December Compeitition on 1st December here:
December Competition
This is the final reminder for you all that the first ever PhotographyBLOG Competition is due to finish tomorrow, at the end of 30th November. This is a monthly photography competition with a specific theme and prizes for the top 3 photos. The winning entries will be decided by a…
DCViews have reviewed the Sony DSC-V1 compact digital camera, which features 5 megapixel resolution, 4x optical zoom, flexible exposure control and an infrared laser hologram.
“Shot to shot time is excellent, one of the fastest on the market, although admittedly if you have chosen to save your images in TIFF format, you will have to wait about 40 seconds before the camera is ready to take the next image. Our advice would be to leave TIFF format to the professionals and stick to JPEG, as the latter format in its fine compression mode is easily good enough to make large prints with any of today?s cameras.”
Website: DCViews - Sony DSC-V1 Review
DCViews have reviewed the Sony DSC-V1 compact digital camera, which features 5 megapixel resolution, 4x optical zoom, flexible exposure control and an infrared laser hologram. “Shot to shot time is excellent, one of the fastest on the market, although admittedly if you have chosen to save your images in TIFF…
This morning it was so cold that there was a frost in London. I had to scrape a thin layer of ice off my car windscreen for the first time this winter. It was one of those beautifully clear, sunny and cold mornings that are fantastic for photography. As I sped northwards along the M1 motorway at 70mph (or thereabouts), slightly late for work as usual, I had to force myself to look forwards rather than sideways, as I drove past countless great photo opportunities. Mist rising as the frosty fields were slowly heating up, causing localised fog in small dips in the terrain. The sun barely visible on the horizon, but still giving a warm glow. A winding river just visible through the white mist hanging above it. The sort of vistas that any photographer would give their right arm for, even someone like me who isn’t all that interested in landscape photography.
But I had to got to work to do a job that has no connection with photography. Like most amateur photographers, I don’t have the luxury of being able to pick and choose when to get out there and take photos - I’m restricted to weekends, late evenings and early mornings. And like most photographers, I’m not in a position to give up the day job just yet. I only wish that I had been in that position this morning…
This morning it was so cold that there was a frost in London. I had to scrape a thin layer of ice off my car windscreen for the first time this winter. It was one of those beautifully clear, sunny and cold mornings that are fantastic for photography. As I…
ePhotoZine are exclusively reporting that Tamron has added a new product to its DI range of lenses. The 17-35mm lens has a fast aperture of f/2.8 at its widest angle. The lens gives an angle of view equivalent to 28-55mm on a digital SLR camera (as most digital SLRs have APS-C sized CCDs). Visit ePhotoZine for the full story and a picture of the lens.
ePhotoZine are exclusively reporting that Tamron has added a new product to its DI range of lenses. The 17-35mm lens has a fast aperture of f/2.8 at its widest angle. The lens gives an angle of view equivalent to 28-55mm on a digital SLR camera (as most digital SLRs have…
The Hungarian website Index Digicam have reviewed the 4 megapixel EasyShare DX6490 digital camera, a digital camera which features a 10x optical zoom lens (38-380mm focal length). The Kodak EasyShare DX6490 has a suggested retail price of ?399.99.
The Hungarian website Index Digicam have reviewed the 4 megapixel EasyShare DX6490 digital camera, a digital camera which features a 10x optical zoom lens (38-380mm focal length). The Kodak EasyShare DX6490 has a suggested retail price of ?399.99. Website: Index Digicam - Kodak EasyShare DX6490 Review
The Hungarian website Index Digicam have published their review of the A4 HP Photosmart 7960 printer. Can this new printer compete with the likes of the Canon i950 and the Epson Stylus Photo 950? Read Index Digicam’s review to find out.
The Hungarian website Index Digicam have published their review of the A4 HP Photosmart 7960 printer. Can this new printer compete with the likes of the Canon i950 and the Epson Stylus Photo 950? Read Index Digicam’s review to find out. Website: Index Digicam - HP Photosmart 7960 Review
Digital Outback Photo have updated their experience report on the Nikon D2H DSLR with two new entries. The first contains sample images from a recent trip to Santa Cruz Pier, whilst the second compares the D2H with the Canon 1D in terms of the noise at high ISO settings.
“We used the Nikon AF-S 28-70mm f/2.8 and Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 lenses which are both excellent zooms. The Canon 1D shots came out a bit brighter and the Nikon D2H shots have more contrast. Sharpening was done in both case with PhotoKit SHARPENER (only basic Capture Sharpening).”
Website: Digital Outback Photo - Nikon D2H Experience Report
Digital Outback Photo have updated their experience report on the Nikon D2H DSLR with two new entries. The first contains sample images from a recent trip to Santa Cruz Pier, whilst the second compares the D2H with the Canon 1D in terms of the noise at high ISO settings.“We used…
A New firmware version has just been released for the Minolta DiMAGE A1. Version 101e corrects the following issues:
- When using DiMAGE Capture, the camera stops while interval recording.
- When using a 2GB or larger storage media, the camera cannot record movies.
The new firmware is available for both Windows and MAC platforms.
Website: Minolta Support
A New firmware version has just been released for the Minolta DiMAGE A1. Version 101e corrects the following issues: - When using DiMAGE Capture, the camera stops while interval recording. - When using a 2GB or larger storage media, the camera cannot record movies. The new firmware is available for…
The New FotoStation Pro for Microsoft Windows started shipping November 20th.
Read about all the new features, such as the new fully integrated Color Management, the workflow-oriented interface and the configurable ?Actions?.
“Take full control of your digital assets”
- The most powerful, yet easy to use DAM workstation available
- Fully integrated Color Management
- Intuitive, workflow-oriented interface
- Configurable ?Actions? for automation of time-consuming operations
- Advanced printer output with configurable templates
- Compatible with all major publishing software (QuarkXPress?, Adobe PageMaker?, Adobe InDesign?, Microsoft? Office)
FotoStation Pro has been designed for people who work professionally with digital assets. It puts you in command whether you work alone or in a large organization, and whether you have just started building an archive or need a fast, powerful solution to organize you existing one. FotoStation Pro offers powerful workgroup collaboration tools and adapts perfectly to even the most complex workflow requirements.
The New FotoStation Pro for Microsoft Windows started shipping November 20th. Read about all the new features, such as the new fully integrated Color Management, the workflow-oriented interface and the configurable ?Actions?. “Take full control of your digital assets” - The most powerful, yet easy to use DAM workstation available…
HP UK Press Release 27/11/03
No strings attached with the HP Deskjet 5850: wireless connectivity wherever you are
-?Wirelessly connect to up to five computers
-?Fast printing in professional colour or black and white
-?Ideal for home or small office
London, November 27 2003 ? HP (NYSE: HPQ) today unveils the HP Deskjet 5850, fast and versatile, networkable printer for the home or small office - offering photo quality and laser quality text printing at high speeds, all without wires.
If your small office resembles an assault course more than an organised working space, the HP Deskjet 5850 could be for you. Ridding your office of cluttering cables, you can wirelessly connect up to five computers. There?s no fiddly wiring connections, just simply place your new printer where you want it, make the wireless connection and hit the print button.
If you?re working from home and are worried about the children rampaging through your office and tripping up on wires, there is a solution. Why not take your laptop into the garden with your children and send your print jobs wirelessly back to your home office? You can be much more flexible with the HP Deskjet 5850 and maximise the time and enjoyment you have with your family.
The HP Deskjet 5850 is the ideal printer to fully prepare you and enhance your business? image. From colour presentations to take to a pitch, to photos that will really sell your products, the HP Deskjet 5850 will print fast, professional images and documents in black and white and in colour. You can even print leaflets or pages automatically on both sides with the built-in two-sided printing accessory. With this printer?s professional photo quality colour printing, you can work comfortably without the worry of poorly printed documents or grainy photos - leaving you with great documents that are sure to impress.
For those looking to expand their small business, you?ll need to ensure your office systems are able to cater for the extra staff you may have - from an extra computer and more space, to additional printing. The HP Deskjet 5850 will have no problems, allowing you to simply add another user to its wireless network without having to re-route cables or buy another device.
The HP Deskjet 5850 is available at the recommended street price of ?199 (actual prices may vary).
HP UK Press Release 27/11/03 No strings attached with the HP Deskjet 5850: wireless connectivity wherever you are -?Wirelessly connect to up to five computers -?Fast printing in professional colour or black and white -?Ideal for home or small office London, November 27 2003 ? HP (NYSE: HPQ) today unveils…
Picasa is a software program from Picasa Inc. that allows you to manage and organize your digital photos. Hello is a program from the same company which enables instant sharing of photos. Together Picasa and Hello offer a unique two-part solution. Are Picasa and Hello the ideal combination for you? Find out in my review.
Website: Picasa and Hello Review
Picasa is a software program from Picasa Inc. that allows you to manage and organize your digital photos. Hello is a program from the same company which enables instant sharing of photos. Together Picasa and Hello offer a unique two-part solution. Are Picasa and Hello the ideal combination for you…