November 2006

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November 1, 2006
 
New Night Landscape Wallpaper from Ulm, Germany

This digital wallpaper is from the city of Ulm in Germany. A tripod was used, the exposure was 8 seconds long with an aperture of F/5.6. It was taken on 7/1/2006. It is available in screen resolution sizes of 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 1024, and 1600 x 1200 the links to the different sizes are at the top of the page. If you would like to learn more about this type of photography please check out this article on Low Light and Night Photography.         Full Article

November 1, 2006
 
Sharp Night Photography Without a Tripod

Ziv Haparnas writes, "Tripods are used when you need a steady platform to take a digital photo. In some scenarios not using a tripod will result in a blurry digital photo with its objects either blurred or simply out of focus. However there are times when you will find yourself in a situation that a tripod is needed but you do not have one with you to use. Here are some alternatives to using a tripod when one is not available. Like film cameras digital cameras are also sensitive to movements and shakings while shooting a photo. If the digital camera moves while the shutter is open the result will be a soft or blurry photo."         Full Article

November 1, 2006
 
Konica Minolta OLED Development

Konica Minolta Press Release Excerpt:
On June 30, 2006, Konica Minolta announced that it had successfully developed a white OLED with a power efficiency of 64 lumens per watt, which is four times the efficiency of standard incandescent bulbs. For this development, Universal Display's red and green PHOLED technology and materials have been used in conjunction with Konica Minolta's proprietary OLED technologies, such as its own blue phosphorescent materials and multi-layer design technologies.         Full Article

November 1, 2006
 
Architectural Photography History and Development

Roy Barker writes, "If taking architectural landscape photos is one of your hobbies, it might be interesting for you to read a brief history of architectural photography. Commercial portraiture was the main area of interest in the early years of photography. The ones who made architectural landscape photos were generally travelers, for different business reasons, not only especially for photography. At that time (the middle of the 19th century), photographers usually worked from a convenient window rather than at street level, as they do now."          Full Article

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November 7, 2006
 
Professional Insider Photography Tips

Philip Krasteff writes, "No matter what memory media you have, the results depend on the quality of the camera itself and other things such as resolution, lenses, brand or technology. However if you want to take better pictures with your digital camera, you have to follow some basic rules of photography. These rules are not well known by ordinary people, so I hope that this article will help you a lot in the progress of teaching yourself ‘How to improve your photos like the pros do.’"         Full Article

November 7, 2006
 
Nokia N93 Media Player with Mission Impossible

Nokia Press Release Excerpt:
Espoo, Finland - In a Hollywood first, Nokia today announced the launch of the blockbuster movie M:i:III on memory cards to coincide with the film's DVD release. This exceptional quality, full length version of M:i:III will be available on memory cards exclusively with Nokia Nseries multimedia computers. The action-packed feature film will be offered as part of the Nokia N93 sales package with no additional cost to consumers. The Nokia N93 - with its high definition 2.4" QVGA color screen and a perfect form factor for watching videos.          Full Article

November 7, 2006
 
Digital SLR Photography Tips

Connie Fillmore writes, "Digital SLR photography churns out the most amazingly realistic photographs, in fact much better than the ones turned out by the conventional fixed lens cameras. But its prime appeal to photographers, both amateur and professional, is in the fact that he can work out a large amount of control over how his pictures end up as. Digital SLR photography is all about customized photographs that are stunning to look at, to say the least. This is because the cameras come with extremely good lenses."          Full Article

November 7, 2006
 
Expert Digital Photography Tips and Techniques

Connie Fillmore writes, "Seasoned digital photographers are unanimous on one thing: they honed their photography skills mostly by tinkering with the camera and taking a whole lot of trash shots in the beginning. Thus after you have acquired your camera, fiddle with it to your heart's content and snap at anything and everything under the sun. Tips and techniques to increase your digital photography proficiency levels include the following:"          Full Article

November 8, 2006
 
Olympus Evolt E-330 Wins Popular Science Award

Olympus Press Release Excerpt:
CENTER VALLEY, Pa, November 7, 2006 - Olympus Imaging America Inc. is proud to announce that the Olympus EVOLT E-330, the world's first interchangeable lens digital SLR (single lens reflex) to feature a true "Live View" image on the LCD screen, in addition to the optical viewfinder, has won a 2006 Popular Science Best of What's New Award in the Gadgets category. "Best of What's New is the ultimate Popular Science accolade, representing a year's worth of work evaluating thousands of products," says Mark Jannot, editor of Popular Science. "These awards honor innovations that not only influence the way we live today, but that change the way we think about the future."           Full Article

November 12, 2006
 
Release of the Ricoh Caplio RR730

Ricoh Caplio RR730 News Release Excerpt:
Ricoh is pleased to announce the release of the new Caplio RR730. This sleek new entry-level digital camera adds more exciting new user-friendly features to its extremely popular RR660 predecessor. The new 7.16-megapixel digital camera is slightly lighter and smaller than the RR660, and has a bigger crystal-clear 2.5” color TFT-LCD monitor for even easier viewing.          Full Article

Past Camera Reviews
Sony Cybershot DSC-W200
Sony Cybershot DSC-T20
Sony Cybershot DSC-W90
Olympus Stylus 770 SW
Olympus Stylus 760
Olympus SP-550 UZ
Olympus FE-250
Olympus FE-240
Olympus E-400
Fujifilm Finepix S700
Fujifilm Finepix F40fd
Fujifilm Finepix A800
Fujifilm Finepix A610
Fujifilm IS-1
Panasonic Lumix FX12
Panasonic Lumix LS75
Panasonic Lumix FX30
Panasonic Lumix TZ2

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