I am late in bring this, but since it is better to be late than sorry I will point you to this short article on the Electronista website: “Small batch of Nikon EN-EL15 batteries overheat“. You shouldn’t worry unless your recently bought a camera using those batteries – or unless you recently bought a spare [...]
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Check Your Nikon D7000 Battery
Posted in Photography on 16/05/2012 |
Fantastic Pictures On A Harsh Reality
Posted in Photography, Society on 25/04/2012 |
Through Stumbleupon, I stumbled upon this photo story:Â America’s poorest county: Proud Appalachians who live without running water or power in region where 40% fall below poverty line. Fantastic pictures on a harsh reality…
Making Movies With A DSLR?
Posted in Personal, Photography on 14/04/2012 |
It’s a bold move on behalf of Canon, but I can’t help wondering if this is really a good idea: “Canon announces EOS-1D C 4K DSLR with 8-bit 4:2:2 1080p HDMI output“(DP Review). I love the ability of my Nikon D7000 to record movie fragments, but I use my camera first and foremost for still [...]
New Nikon D800 Camera Shows Great Promise
Posted in Photography on 02/04/2012 |
I am very fond of my Nikon D7000 camera: it’s the best and most versatile digital camera I have owned until today. The professional cameras in the Nikon range have never tempted me, even when their higher resolution or fantastic low-light capabilities could have come in handy. But now there’s the D800, and I must [...]
Remembering My Early Days In Photography
Posted in Personal, Photography on 22/02/2012 |
As I have written earlier in this blog, my first camera was an Olympus OM-1. Rationally, I know I had to sell it – there’s only so much space in a house that you can fill. But I remain very fond of it: the build quality as well as the optical performance of the Zuilo [...]
The Big Picture
Posted in Design and Art, Photography on 19/02/2012 |
Great story about a great (big!) camera and big pictures: “Gear Behind the Career: Elsa Dorfman and the Giant Polaroid Camera“.
Waiting For The Real Thing…
Posted in Personal, Photography on 17/01/2012 |
Since we still don’t have winter weather here in Belgium I have decided to update the header of this blog with a picture of autumn leaves ;-) Now can we please have a bit of real winter, with snow at night and sunny weekend days?
Nikon Arrives On The Mirrorless System Camera Stage
Posted in Photography on 22/09/2011 |
Yesterday, Nikon announced the arrival of a new digital camera system: the Nikon 1 series. Here’s a family picture: The Digital Photography Review website already has had the occasion to handle the new cameras, and explains some of the key capabilities of the cameras: the 1 inch sensor built by Nikon itself, the high-speed autofocus [...]
Small Is Beautiful?
Posted in Photography on 28/06/2011 |
It’s hard not to see it: “compact, mirrorless cameras with interchangeable lenses” are very fashionable these days. Pentax has its own view of the category: they’re not going for the largest sensor possible, but aim to please the photographer who desires an almost classical compact camera – with interchangeable lenses. www.dpreview.com has a preview of [...]
Discovering Ubuntu (7)
Posted in Personal, Photography, Ubuntu on 08/05/2011 |
Two weeks ago, Nikon published an update for the D7000 DSLR camera. The update process requires copying a .BIN file onto an SD card, so I thought: let me try that on the EePC netbook, which has a built-in SD Card slot. Unfortunately, Nikon has downloads for Windows (an .EXE file) and Mac OS X [...]
Remember All War Victims…
Posted in Photography, Society on 21/04/2011 |
They’re not the first journalists to die in Libya: “Photojournalists Hetherington, Hondros dead in Libya“. The press is all over their case, since both of them are recognized to be truly great photographers, and rightly so. But The Washington Post reports on their death in the Lifestyle pages… and if you think about it, you’ll [...]
Canon? Nikon!
Posted in Photography on 05/04/2011 |
At first sight, it looks like a Canon DSLR – just look at the rounded corner of the body. And like the recent Canon DSLRs like the 600D it has a hinged LCD screen on the back, to help photographers and videasts alike. But it’s a Nikon, and its features seem well balanced for many [...]
Discovering Ubuntu (3)
Posted in Photography, Software, Ubuntu on 03/03/2011 |
I admit it: this post is more about the richness of the open source software “offering” than about Ubuntu, but it’s through the installation of Ubuntu that I (re-)discovered a series of high-quality tools for my hobby – (digital) photography. In summary: I have already installed the following tools on the EeePC: DigiKam – http://www.digikam.org [...]
Another Noteworthy Compact Camera
Posted in Photography on 11/01/2011 |
Many years ago, my father gave me a camera. He was kind enough to let me choose one, and somehow (don’t ask me how or why – I was 16 at the time) I picked the Olympus OM-1. Later I added the 135mm tele lens and an original Olympus shoulder bag. I have always admired [...]
Details About The X100
Posted in Photography on 17/12/2010 |
I mentioned the FinePix X100 compact camera in September. In the mean time, this camera has received its own website, unimaginatively called The FinePix X100 Professional Photographer’s compact digital camera from Fujifilm. Fujifilm uses the site to explain the technology in the camera – and to prep the market, of course. It’s a nice site, [...]
