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Archive - November 2009

Canon EOS 7D Review @ DPReview

“In some respects the 7D is even a better camera than the EOS 5D Mark II.” DPReview has posted their review of the Canon EOS 7D [Specs], a Digital SLR camera with 19MP resolution using an APS-C size (22.3 x...

Google Creative Lab

The future belongs to Google… [ View the presentation at: Google ] Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)...

Getty Images Call for Artists

Getty Images are calling for artists to submit to its Flickr Collection on Getty Images. Submit a portfolio of 10 images for consideration and if your work catches the eye of a Getty Images editor, you’ll then...

Ricoh CX2 Review @ PhotographyBLOG

“The Ricoh CX2 remains a great pocket camera for the keen photographer.” PhotographyBLOG has posted their review of the Ricoh CX2, a compact ultra zoom digital camera with 9.29MP resolution, Sensor-shift...

Toyota Apologizes For Using Flickr Pictures

Lots of people now use Flickr pictures to illustrate articles and even digital photography tutorials (giving the false impression they know what they are talking about). Now Toyota U.S.A. has apologized to Flickr...

Olympus E-P2 Announced

The Olympus E-P2 adds AF Tracking and a tiltable high resolution EVF (1.44 million dot resolution). Now available in black. Main changes: Continuous Autofocus (C-AF) Tracking System Tiltable (90 degrees) hi-res (1.44M...

Olympus Announces Two New Micro Four Thirds Lenses

Olympus ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF MICRO FOUR THIRDS SYSTEM WITH TWO NEW ZOOM LENSES Lenses Maximize Design Advantages of Micro Four Thirds System Standard; Offer Outstanding Optical Performance in an Unprecedented Compact...

Canon EOS 7D Firmware Update

Firmware Version 1.1.0 incorporates the following fixes. 1. Corrects a phenomenon that in images captured by continuous shooting, and under certain conditions, barely noticeable traces of the immediately preceding frame...

Sony TX1 Review @ PhotographyBLOG

“The [Sony] TX1 produces impressive results up to ISO 800.” PhotographyBLOG has published their review of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX1 [QuickPrice Check], a 10.2M resolution (1/2.4-in. CMOS) ultra compact...

Apologies if you received spam

Apologies to all who received spam from “rachelle” purporting to be from Photoxels. We hate spammers (and their spam) as much as you do. We have removed all cgi scripts from the site so this type of spamming...

What Is Exposure Value

You’ve seen it on some web sites where instead of giving the shutter speed and aperture used to take a picture, the exposure value (EV) is given instead. A shutter speed/aperture combination is an exposure value...

Astrophotography with a Canon 500mm/4.5L lens

Bob Atkins has an interesting article on how he used a Canon 500mm telephoto lens and a 2x multiplier to take pictures of Jupiter and its moons. If you already have this lens, then you’ve got to read this article...

WWW

Lots of companies are still under the delusion that they can do business on the World Wide Web (WWW) and still discriminate among the countries they want to sell in. For example, they release a product in one country...

Kodak Pic Flick App for the iPhone

Kodak is the latest camera manufacturer to make an app available for wireless printing from your iPhone. The Kodak Pic Flick App is free to download from the Apple App Store — only for the US. [ Read more about...