Strictly No Photography - Photos Taken Where You’re Not Supposed To

no photography
Originally uploaded by duncan

Like a Flickr for the forbidden, ‘Strictly No Photography’ features user-submitted photos taken in all the places where photography is strictly off-limits. Concerts, museums, classified government installations, nothing’s sacred. Check out these cool pics before they get a cease & desist!
read more | digg story

Canon 5D Mark II Unofficially Official?

A poster over at fredmiranda.com forums pointed out that he was filling in the bug/feedback form on his Capture One beta 4 software when he noticed that the Canon 5D Mark II was an option to select as a camera model. If you recall, we saw similar leaks prior to the release of the [...]

Pentax K10D Reviews and Resources

The Pentax K10D is a 10.2 megapixel DSLR, coupled with a 22-bit analog-to-digital converter and in-body Shake Reduction (.pdf fact sheet) which also provides a dust removal feature to keep dust off the sensor surface. The K10D features a new image processor called PRIME (Pentax Real IMage Engine), which interfaces with DDR2 RAM, providing [...]

Master Your DSLR Camera, Part 1: Program Mode

In auto mode your camera makes just about all the decisions for you. It’s time to take control, hit the highway, and learn what you can do in program mode. Switching to program mode, however, allows your camera to make some decisions for you, but also puts three things in your control: the flash, the [...]

Photo of the Day

Drinking Straws
Originally uploaded by -Nicole-

Shot with an Olympus 790SW.
Technorati Tags: photo of the day, macro, straws, olympus, 790sw

Google Adds Picasa Images to Search

Finally, Google has integrated Picasa Web Albums into Google Image Search. Public albums can be enabled for a public search option, meaning your images will be more likely to come up in Google image results. And that’s a huge improvement, because previously images on Picasa (and Blogger, and Google Docs) were not searchable at all.
read [...]

Adobe Lightroom 1.3

Adobe has released a Lightroom version 1.3 update, which is now available for download for Windows and Mac. The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.3 update includes these enhancements:

Additional camera support for the Canon 1Ds Mark III, Nikon D3, Nikon D300, Olympus E-3, and more
Updated Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard support
The import dialog now offers the [...]

Pentax K100D “Super” Reviews and Resources

The Pentax K100D Super is an incremental upgrade from the K100D. The upgrades include a dust reduction system, SDHC card compatibility and full compatibility with SDM lenses. It still features the same 2.5″ LCD, an 11 point AF system with 9 cross-type sensors, ISO 200-3200 and 16-segment multi-pattern metering found on the K100D.  [...]

Location Scouting With Flickr

Wouldn’t it be great to know exactly what to expect before you packed your camera for a shoot?
You could know what sort of filters you’d need, what sort of lenses to bring and even what sort of techniques you’d be experimenting with at the location.
read more | digg story

Reliable Red

Reliable Red
Originally uploaded by hawridger

Shot with my Nikon D40 and kit lens.
Technorati Tags: tractor, photo, pic, red, nikon, d40, 18-55mm