There is just a hint of Autumn here but we can expect to see the colors of the Fall at full display soon. It is a great time for photographers, not just for landscape but also for outdoor portrait.
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Links on September 25th, 2009.
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It has been a while since the last Digital Photography Links was published. It has become quite difficult for me to keep up the work here due to a newborn. Hopefully things will slowly get better. Here are some interesting digital photography links:
Have a great weekend!
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Links on August 28th, 2009.
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There are still some interesting things happening in the world of digital photography even as the world economy sees little sign of recovery. The following are this Friday’s Digital Photography Links.
- Creating a digital legacy – USA Today columnist Kim Komando shows you how to digitize your old memories, create video slide-shows, and burn the video to DVD without depleting your wallet.
- AMD Fusion Media Browser – It is a cool way of browsing your digital photos and other digital media contents, but it only runs on Microsoft Vista and computers with AMD CPU. A review by PC Magazine can be found here.
- Obama poster copyright saga continues – Remember the old story? Well, the legal case between Shepard Fairey and Associated Press continues. AP has accused Shepard copyright infringements while Shepard lawyers saying AP isn’t totally clean either.
- Nokia Photo Browser – Got bunch of snapshots on your Nokia smart phone? In the past, browsing photos on the phone hasn’t been a pleasant experience. Now it is changing. Nokia has released a beta software called Nokia Photo Browser for many of its smart phones. The software offers innovative and exciting ways of browsing photos, with 3D visual effects, image zooming and face detection that automatically cycles through faces in a photo. It is a little sluggish but overall good on my Nokia E71. Check out this review or go straight to Nokia Beta Labs for more information.
- Photo frame with a built-in scanner – The Skyla Memoir Photo Frame (FS80) was introduced during CES 2009 in January. Now it is becoming officially available by end of April. If you’d rather like to have a digital photo frame with a built-in printer, there is one we found earlier.
- “Infinite Photograph – As Seen on Earth” – National Geographic Digital Media (NGDM) launched Infinite Photograph, a very interesting online photography mosaic application that will allow users to interact with shared online photographs by clicking on color patterns to create an infinite array of stunning mosaics in a variety of themes.
That is all for this edition of Digital Photography Links. Have a nice weekend!
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Links on April 17th, 2009.
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Welcome to this edition of Digital Photography Links. Bad news continues on the Wall Street, but what can we do? Not much. We can’t get a piece of the 1.2 trillion dollars the Fed will print either. So stop worrying and enjoy some photography.
Have a good weekend.
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Links on March 20th, 2009.
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It is Friday again. Time goes by unbelievably fast. Are you regretting another wasted week or happy about a coming escape from the hectic world around you? Whatever, let’s all wish for a better day tomorrow. Here is what I have for this edition of Digital Photography Links.
- Eye-Fi doubles storage and adds video support – The amazing SD-card with built-in Wi-Fi that allows you to upload your photos from your camera wirelessly has doubled its size to 4GB and added video support.
- 10 best iPhone apps that do Photoshop tricks – Art filters, fake model (tilt/shift effect), stitching photos (panorama), etc.
- An amateur’s guide to time lapse photography – Complete Guide with many examples, gears, software, and additional resource links. High end cameras have built-in interval timer, others need a special hardware or tethered shooting.
- GE introduces water proof cameras – I didn’t know GE makes digital cameras but it does. The G3WP is a 12MP compact that is water-proof up to 10 feet underwater (spec) so you shouldn’t be afraid to bring it to the pool when the summer comes. For me, I am more interested in the Canon Powershot D10, a funny-looking compact that offers “waterproof to 33 feet, cold resistant from 14-104°F and shockproof up to 4 feet”.
- Analysts see bright spots in dark photo market – Unless you live under a rock, you know the economy is getting worse. Any glimpse of hope is good at this time.
That’s all for today’s Digital Photography Links. Have a nice Friday and weekend!
It is Friday again. Like many of you, this means not going to work tomorrow.
- The Nikon Down site announced yesterday has quietly changed its name to “D-Town TV“. The Nikon logo and names are gone. I guess Nikon doesn’t like the unauthorized use of its brand identity.
- Have you seen any good reviews of the AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G yet? Bjørn Rørslett has his mostly subjective review up on his site confirming what I expected: sharp lens (evident from its MFT chart) with some chromatic aberration (can be seen in sample images).
- It is probably not very surprising to see the gadget guys tell us that lenses are the real key to stunning photos. Silly, it is the photographer!
- It is the gadget guys again, they didn’t “spend any time in a lab for testing”, but produced a review Canon 5D Mark II vs. Nikon D700 Review Shoot-Out ”on real-world experience”.
- Olympus E-620 12.3 megapixel DSLR is a very interesting new comer. It has built-in image stabilization, dust reduction, swirl liveview LCD screen, multiple aspect ratio support, face detection, art filters, and preview function that allows users to check the possible results of different photographic effects before even taking the shot. With an attractive prices of $699.99 (body only) and $799.99 (kit with ED 14-42mm f3.5/5.6 Zuiko Digital Zoom Lens), it will be a strong competition against Nikon and Canon entry to mid level offerings.
- Hongkong based Hi-Den Vision introduces the world first HDMI 1080p digital photo viewer (HD-0310). Remember we discussed the options of viewing photos on HDTV? For a low price of $60, this new gadget with its nice features and specs looks like a perfect choice. I already hit the buy button. If this isn’t a scam, I will tell you how it works out when I get it.
That’s all for today’s digital photography links. I wish you a great Friday and weekend!
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Links on February 27th, 2009.
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It has been a while since I did the last one. So here we go: Digital Photography Links – February 11, 2009 Edition.
That’s all for today. Have a nice day!
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Links on February 11th, 2009.
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According to New York Times, Israel computer scientists have create a “beautification engine”, a new computer software. This is not the typical portrait retouch program you’d expect. The software program uses a mathematical formula to alter the original photo into a theoretically more attractive version, while maintaining an “unmistakable similarity” to the original. It doesn’t remove any skin imperfections, or change eye/hair colors. All it does is to re-arrange the facial features so the distances between them fit into a most attractive form…
Read> Skin Deep – The Sum of Your Facial Parts
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is shipping. Be the center of attention at your next party.
on Amazon and will be available from Amazon itself on August 30th. Can we say it is the best DX format DSLR on earth?
