We are pleased to announce the winner and show all the finalists in the August Landscape competition. The prize is a Thinktank Photo Urban Disguise 10, value US$69. These are excellent bags and I use one all the time. This was, I must say, a very tough competition to judge, with so many outstanding and …
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It seems that Apple has problems with Power Macs that were made in China with a strong and toxic smell released from the computer when running. It is not just poisoned milk. It may also be poisoned Macs in the latest about Chinese manufacture. Reports are surfacing of a toxic and potentially carcinogenic gas being …
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Window-dwelling “Reader” to Help Contribute eBooks to Schools Press Release To help combat a general decline in reading in the U.S., particularly among young people, Sony is spearheading a so-called “Reader Revolution” to spark the imaginations of young readers and engage the public in digital reading. In conjunction with National Book Month, the company will …
Photography has been benefiting from the computational capabilities of computers for many years. But so far we have only scratched the surface of what is possible. Computational photography is the application of computer algorithms and processing to the art and science of photography. It is not new but even today we have only just begun …
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We’ve had a 450D for a while now and have finally gotten around to putting up our impressions and image noise test results. The Canon 450D or Rebel XSi in the US is Canon’s latest iteration of this excellent product line. As an owner of both the 350D and 400D I was very curious to …
We consider Canon’s latest camera offerings and just what it means. Well it has been a long time coming but the replacement to the 5D is announced and it is not called the 6D. The 5D Mark II seems to be a mix of the new DiGIC 4 sensor combined with the sensor resolution off …
We test the Canon 450D for its infrared photography capability in this review. The Canon 450D/Rebel XSi is the latest iteration in this well received digital camera series of models. Starting with the 300D, and going through the 350D and 400D, this has been a hugely popular series for Canon is excellent image quality and …
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An Exhibition at the Bonita Museum International art show, running Oct 4 to Nov 15 A large exhibition showing the work of some forty-two artists from around the world opens on the 4th of October, 2008 at the Bonita Museum, Bonita, California.The Digital Art Guild brings an international print exhibit to the San Diego area. …
Yes, we do weird things. The other day I was out testing some cameras for their infrared performance and decided to test the new Nokia I also have for review. The low end of the camera market is, to a large extent, disappearing into the phone market. New mobile or cell phones (depending on where …
We got to handle the new Sony A900 and shoot some images to see what the image quality is like. The New A900 is an impressive camera. Rather than give you an exhausting listing of all the features, we will focus on taking pictures with this camera. So these are my first impressions from handling …
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