David duChemin has posted a very good article about working out exposure and metering in digital photography. Very valuable informations and great tips given. Go read it.
Random stuff breaking through my RSS feeds.
- Romain Laurent‘s personal works. Great stuff.
- Misty Isle is a serie of pictures taken in Scotland.
Via DesignYouTrust
Canonrumor gives hypothetical specs which have leaked of the upcoming 1D mkIV. Should be announced beginning of September by Canon.
A rumor has spread out about a Canon 7D of which has only leaked an estimate price of 2700$, and that it would come with a 28-135 mm lens. Nothing about the camera’s specs though.
Via Le Journal du Geek and Canonrumors.
After the annoucement made by Fuji that they would discontinue the pro 800z film in September, it turns out that they will keep it in production after all.
A “non-visible light emitting flashgun” developed by a student at N.Y University has been unveiled today on The Photography Blog. It’s obviously in the early stage of its development, but sounds already promising.
Adobe recently launched online a new blog named Phosphors, dedicated to Photoshop and Lightroom, and where users can find lots of very useful information such as help on specific topics, tutorials, tons of useful links and even contribute to improving Adobe’s products by participating in tests, workflow observations and interviews.
They have recently published, among other things, a help topic on backing up catalogs and sharing files online with Lightroom 2.0.
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Here it is : I’ve finished a DIY snoot grid made of cardboard and straw bits, reinforced with gaffer tape.
If you want to achieve the same results, you can find tutorials and links to videos at the Strobist’s (101 flashgun tutorials), which leads in turn to Lighting Mods .
One of the rare colour films available at 800 ASA is to be discontinued soon. More information there.
Plase visit Polapremium.
Via CONSTANT SIEGE.