Infrared test The Kodak P880 is a new SLR-like digital camera with good specifications. The full review will be posted in a few days. It demonstrates reasonable IR sensitivity. Exposure times on the images here were 1/2 second at f3.6 The raw infrared image from the camera. And another one. A straight grayscale conversion offers …
Infrared test. The Fuji S5600 sensitivity to IR does not appear to be very good at all. The image below was taken with maximum extra exposure compensation dialled in: The JPEG straight from the camera, exposure 1/4second at f3.2. After the use of Levels. In fact the issue with the 5600 seems to be both …
Infrared test. The Canon G6 is a lovely camera in normal use. As you will see, its IR performance is also excellent, with the advantage over an SLR that, being a ‘rangefinder’ camera, you can still use the optical viewfinder to compose your shots with the IR filter on the lens. Shot in RAW mode, …
Konica Minolta is to shutup shop in the camera area and transfer appropriate assets to Sony. In a not unexpected move, Konica Minolta is getting out of the camera business and transferring the appropriate assets to Sony, who are expected to go ahead with plans to develop digital cameras using the Minolta lensmount. The only …
Infrared test. The Nikon D70s digital camera is a truly lovely dSLR to work with and offers 6MP performance with plenty of features to appeal to the dSLR purchaser. Its IR performance is very good, with fast exposure times, the shots here being taken at 1/30 second at f3.5 (and other shutter speed/aperture combinations) and …
Epson have two lovely A3+, 19″ x 13″ inkjet printers, the R2400 and the R1800. How do you make a choice between these two printers, given that both have pros and cons. The photographer, designer and artist certainly can’t say that Epson is ignoring them. Apart from the huge range of A4/Letter printers, the lovely …
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A new research development offers the potential to re-focus a photograph after it has been taken and provide a use for the higher and higher pixel resolution that sensors are capable of. Researchers at Stanford University have developed a way to refocus photographs after they have been taken. The technique involves placing a special filter …
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Popular futurist and technologist David Smith (Vice President, TFI) states “These trends are of great consequence to those involved with global business, technology business process, science and universities, government agencies, federal labs, corporate labs, and technology savvy consumers.” Press Release Once again, Technology Futures, Inc. (TFI) provides important emerging technology trends for 2006 and beyond …
In response to questions, we get some answers from Canon about ink going stale Following on from the earlier article about Epson ink use by dates and ink going stale, we contacted Canon for their angle. Their response is below: From Canon’s experience, they have not encountered issues with useby dates on cartridges. Cartridges are …
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US patent application by an Australian company for a multi-color inkjet pen Yes, yet another interesting use of the inkjet technology, this time in a pen. Australian company Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd has filed US patent application number 20050265770 for a pen that uses multiple ink heads to be able to print variable width lines …