Category: Use
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Bugs, bugs, bugs…
This is starting to look like a bring refrain, in these recent weeks: The most recent photo cameras seem to have been launched before all the bugs could be detected and wiped out. As a simple reminder, I would list the following cases: The Canon EOS 5D MkIII files are not handled perfectly well in…
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Nikon D3100 User Manual
As always helping the user, YLovePhoto found direct links to freely download the user manuals for the Nikon D3100. Nikon D3100 User’s Manual – English – File Size: ~ 15.8 MB Nikon D3100 Manual de Usuario – Spanish – File Size: ~ 16.1 MB Manuel d’utilisation du reflex Nikon D3100 – Français ~6,52 Mo
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Adobe Photoshop CS6 Beta
the CS6 version CS6 of Photoshop is not here yet, but it is now possible to test the official beta version (normally, the last test version before the official launch) provided that you accept to limit yourself to the English version (not to hard on you, isn’t it?). Download it freely from Adobe Labs. A…
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Alpha 77 & Alpha 65 – Firmware v1.05 released
Sony has just published a new updated firmware for its α77 and α65 SLT cameras. This version 1.05 adds the following important features: Improved response times (no more “processing” message while waiting for display of pictures, faster power-off, faster dial response times) Shading and aberration compensation now available on the following lenses: SAL-24F20Z (Carl Zeiss)…
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In front of the lion
If you are a wildlife photographer, your experiences may vary from one place to another. But what would be your own reaction in the situation that Mattias Klum found himself into? He found a lioness who failed to see him at first, then walked so near that he could no longer focus on his long…
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Ansel Adams documentary
YouTube link Thanks to PBS for this documentary about Ansel Adams, landscape star photographer.
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Nikon D800, the User Manual
It’s always difficult to decide to dump a few thousands dolalrs/euros in a new DSLR camera. If, like me, you would like to check the user manual first, Nikon is making all possible attempts to make this complicated, but here are direct links I could find to these manuals in various languages. Download the Nikon…
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Jens Olof Lasthein
Documentary in panoramic photography format. Jens Olof Lasthein is a Swedish photographer who grew up in Denmark. He concentrated on reportage (for magazines) he gave a specific personal style from his mix of wide panoramic format and use of wide-angle lenses. Both techniques force the photograph to “enter” into the subject, to confront its intimacy…
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Linux is RAW
Even if you adopted Linux as your Operating System of choice, you should not be a photographer limited in his or her choices. As a matter of fact, even if you do not know it, Linux is offering a wide range of “serious photography” options. It is quite obvious from the posts you can read…