Photo curiosity
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Color calibration? Really?
Take a minute to have fun with this cartoon from XKCD. Thanks Xtian for the pointer!
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Ricoh & Pentax: 1 + 1 = 1
Everybody was expecting some changes after Ricoh purchased Pentax. As a matter of fact, Ricoh just announced that all their photography-related activities would be grouped under a single banner and inside a single common subsidiary, Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company which will take charge of all the developments. This should reinforce the role of Pentax, but…
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Sigma SD1: Back to mental stability
After trying to sell their SD1 Digital SLR camera at the unreasonable price of $9,700 or 7,000€ or £6,199.99 (inc VAT), Sigma finally decided that customers are not completely wackos about the camera and just announced a much more normal price of $3300 (with a minimum advertised street price of $2200/2500€). It may seem still…
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Olympus OM-D
Olympus has finally announced this very weird camera now known as the Olympus OM-D. Don’t let the photo mislead you, this is not a good old APS-C digital SLR camera. On the contrary, this is a surprising little camera taking its inspiration from many books and many different worlds. The Olympus OM-D goes back to…
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Nikon D800 videos
Collected from everywhere… YouTube link YouTube link Official promotional video, with feature list: YouTube link Movie modes: YouTube link YouTube link Nikon D800 In the Studio with Rob Van Petten from Rob Van Petten on Vimeo. Joy Ride from Sandro on Vimeo. Joy Ride – Behind the Scenes from Sandro on Vimeo.
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13000€ for the big grey Sony 500mm
Sony announced it suggested retail price for its upcoming 500mm f/4 (which has been eagerly expected for years, which was seen in nearly all international photo fairs under various model guises): 13000 euros. This is not for everybody. This is heavy in all senses of the word. Availability of the Sony 500 mm f/4 G…
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Nikon D800 and D800E
We dreamed about it, Nikon made it! Here is the Nikon D800 and its brother the D800E. Simply put, the D800 is a 36 mega-pixel Full Frame digital SLR photo camera (Thanks to sony for the digital sensor technology). Curiously, Nikon ran directly in the opposite of the Nikon D700 whose sensor sacrificed a little…
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Leaked or fake videos of Photoshop CS6
Be warned: Browsing through YouTube to discover the future of Adobe Photoshop CS6 can be revealing, interesting or deeply unsatisfying. There is probably as much fakes, clunky demos as pre-alpha versions. So, don’t count on all this being real and final from Adobe. However, if you still want to have an idea of the future…
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Ricoh GXR: The future is in APS-C