Chinese accessory maker Match Technical has introduced a version of its ‘Thumbs Up’ accessory grip for the Fujifilm X100. The Thumbs Up EP-5S is an updated version of the grip we featured in our Leica M9 preview, and slots into the camera’s hot shoe. It features a revised, ‘ergonomic profile’ thumb rest, includes a silicone insert to cushion the join between the grip and the camera, and is available in either black or silver. (via DCWatch)
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
Archive for August, 2011
Match Technical launches Thumbs Up EP-5S thumb rest for Fujifilm X100
08
Aug
Just Posted: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3 in-depth review
08
Aug
Just published: Our in-depth review of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3. With the touchscreen-equipped GF3, Panasonic goes further to embrace compact camera upgraders, but makes yet another break from the chunky, enthusiast-friendly ergonomics of the GF1. The smallest Micro Four Thirds camera yet introduces some new features, including all-area AF system and slightly improved JPEG image quality at high ISO settings. We have also taken the opportunity in this review to publish studio comparison shots from the Sony NEX-C3 and Olympus PEN E-PL3, both of which will be reviewed in the coming weeks.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
omarion ft lil wayne i get it in lyrics
08
Aug
ilove dis sonq
Video Rating: 5 / 5
The Intro Sucks. Skip to 1:30 for Specials. Critical fi – I mean Super Finishers start from lame and end at awesome. This is only my opinion. Some may not agree with me. Enjoy. By the way, the game sucks. It has novelty and thats it. Think of an alpha version of the first soul calibur (Soulblade I think)…
Kenko-Tokina launches NDX variable neutral density filter
08
Aug
Kenko-Tokina has announced a variable neutral density (ND) filter that can be adjusted fro ND2.5 to ND1000. The Kenko NDX filter can darken the scene by anywhere from 1.3 to 10 EV. The filter allows the use of wide apertures while keeping the correct exposure within the shutter speed range of your camera, or of very long shutter times to emphasise motion. The company suggests its use for shooting video with shallow depth-of-field, for instance. Its variable nature allows the amount of filtration to be reduced for focusing, then increased to the desired amount, without having to remove the filter. The filters can vignette when used with lenses wider than 28mm equivalent and are available in 77mm and 82mm filter thread sizes.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
Boot Camp III Assignment #2: Results
08
Aug
Results from Assignment #2, in which you were asked to choose a local object, significant to your community to photograph.
In addition to a plethora of beer photos (quelle surprise!) some pretty cool stuff came back upstream from all over the world. I'm also guessing some of you have newfound respect for the NatGeo photographers who often have to tell the story of a place with photos of things… Read more »
Most-popular Online Tools and Applications
07
Aug
Grow your own Farm with your Friends
Grow delicious fruits and vegetables and raise adorable animals on your very own farm, with the help of your Facebook friends.
Watch your Favorite TV Show
Hulu is a free online video service that offers hit TV shows including Family Guy, 30 Rock, NBA and the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, etc. Our extensive library also includes blockbuster movies like Lost in Translation as wells as classics like Fiddler on the Roof. You can start watching now. No registration or downloads required (USA only)
The Zooming Presentation Editor
Prezi allows anyone who can sketch an idea on a napkin to create and perform stunning non-linear presentations with relations, zooming into details, and adjusting to the time left without the need to skip slides. You can create zooming maps of texts, images, videos, PDFs, drawings, and more.
Post Everything via Email
If you can use email, you can have your own website to share thoughts and media with friends, family and the world. Posterous lets you post things online fast using email.
Global Music Radar
With Blip.fm you can get an access to millions of streaming songs, create your own music station, a station programmed by your friends, an audience of music enthusiasts.
You are now Free to be Entertained
On a laptop or connected to an HDTV, Boxee gives you a true entertainment experience to enjoy your movies, TV shows, music and photos, as well as streaming content from websites like Hulu, CBS, Comedy Central, Last.fm, and flickr.
Only the Very Best Online Games
Friv operates pretty much on a system of one in one out, so when a new game is added it simply replaces the least popular one in the existing selection.
Your Social Lifestream
FriendFeed enables you to keep up-to-date on the web pages, photos, videos and music that your friends and family are sharing. It offers a unique way to discover and discuss information among friends.
Draw and Share Diagrams Online
Application that provide platform independent Internet applications with rich user interfaces for collaboration. Diagrammming in your web browser without donloading additional software.
Create and Share Fun Artworks with Friends
Kerpoofs flagship activity, now called the Kerpoof Art Studio, allows children to create artwork in a variety of themes and styles that they can print, e-mail, create greeting cards or coloring pages. There are more than 45 Kerpoof settings available in the Art Studio ranging from wacky cartoon worlds to historical worlds, animal habitats and many more.
Refreshing Money Management
Mint allows you to view all of your banking and credit card transactions side-by-side, making identifying all of your transactions much easier and faster than ever before. Mint makes it easy for you to track down erroneous charges or bank fees, and keep a closer eye on your money.
Find and Share Professional Documents
Docstoc is a free online document exchange database and social networking site that allows users to store, search, and share virtually any type of document (word, excel, powerpoint, pdf, illustrator, etc). Similar in concept to Flickr.com (for photos) and YouTube.com (for videos) Docstoc will be the online community for sharing all types of documents. The users will post, categorize, and rate thousands of documents that can be reused by other users for a variety of purposes.
The end of Slideshows
Animoto is a web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos using their own patent-pending technology and high-end motion design. Each video is a fully customized orchestration of user-selected images and music.
Online Photo Editor
FotoFlexer is one of the most advanced online digital photo editor. It performs advanced effects previously only available to professionals using expensive software. FotoFlexer integrates with leading photo sites and social networks. Import and export photos with ease.
Better Way to Search for Information
Lijit Creates a social network search, based on your blog(s), your opml, and your social networks and web 2.0 sites including digg, flickr, reddit, myspace, linkedin, and youtube. It creates a Google CSE using an Google account you provide.
Documents and Spreadsheets – Free Online Application from Google
With Google Docs and Spreadsheets you can create basic documents and spreadsheets from scratch. You can easily do all the basics, including making bulleted lists, sorting by columns, adding tables, images, comments, formulas, changing fonts and more. And it’s free. You can also upload your existing files. Google Docs & Spreadsheets accepts most popular file formats, including DOC, XLS, ODT, ODS, RTF, CSV, etc. So go ahead and upload your existing files; all your formatting and formulas will come through intact.
Universal Personalized Music Mashup
Foxytunes Planet is an aggregates music videos, photos, news, bios and much more from any number of sources all over the Web into one convenient place. The Planet is universal – it can support any music site, service or store. Many great sites are already supported, and the list will be growing fast.
Making Forms = Easy + Fast + Fun
Wufoo is an Internet application that helps anybody build amazing online forms. When you design a form with Wufoo, it automatically builds the database, backend and scripts needed to make collecting and understanding your data easy, fast and fun. Because Wufoo host everything, all you need is a browser, an Internet connection and a few minutes to build a form and start using it right away.
What are you Doing?
A global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing? Answer on your phone, IM, or right here on the web.
An Open, Decentralized, Free Framework for User-Centric Digital Identity
OpenID has emerged as the de-facto user-centric identity framework allowing millions of people to interact online. Developers of Open Source projects are rapidly adding support for OpenID in order to enable their communities. The OpenID framework provides the means for users to share other components of their digital identity. By utilizing the emerging OpenID Attribute Exchange specification, users are able to clearly control what pieces of information can be shared by their Identity Provider, such as their name, address, or phone number.
Photo Sharing / Teen Social Network
Piczo has created a space that gives teens around the world the freedom and tools to express themselves and connect with friends in a safer social networking environment.Piczo allows its users to create fully customizable personal websites that do not require any understanding of html code. Users share their life stories with friends by designing their sites with multiple pages featuring photos, graphics,
guest books, comment boards, music, and more. Each site can be linked to other friends sites and users can interact with them and their friends, and meet new people online.
Online Photo Editing Made Fun
With Picnik you can quickly edit all your online photos from one place. It’s the easiest way on the Web to fix underexposed photos, remove red-eye, or apply effects to your photos.
A New Way to Watch TV
Combining the best of TV with the best of the internet, Joost gives you more control and freedom than ever before – control over what you watch, and freedom to watch it whenever you like. Joost providing a platform for the best television – a platform that will bring you the biggest and best shows from the TV studios, as well as the specialist programs created by professionals and enthusiasts.
Access Millions of Original Documents – Most Never Seen on the Web Before
At Footnote you can view some of the most exciting original source documents available for the first time on the internet. Easily explore historic documents and photos in fine detail. Easily detail people, places & dates you find. Write about what you find & let others in on your discovery.
Technology News Website Combined with Social Bookmarking
Digg is a technology news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, RSS, and non-hierarchical editorial control. With digg, users submit stories for review, but rather than allow an editor to decide which stories go on the homepage, the users do.
Upload, Enhance and Share your Videos
Viddler is a fresh, creative web application that lets you upload, enhance, and share digital video quickly and easily inside your web browser.
Snap Preview Anywhere
Snap Preview Anywhere enables anyone visiting your site to get a glimpse of what other sites you’re linking to, without having to leave your site. By rolling over any link, the user gets a visual preview of the site without having to go there, thus eliminating wasted trips to linked sites.
Take Control of your Money
Wesabe makes it easy to better understand how you spend your money and links you to a community of people dedicated to helping each other make better financial decisions.
Free Online File Conversion
ZAMZAR will allow you to convert any files you want without the need of download software to your computer. Just a good, free – web based tool!
Relationships Matter
Your professional relationships are key to your professional success. LinkedIn mission is to help you be more effective in your daily work and open doors to opportunities using the professional relationships you already have.
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Nik Software reduces Viveza 2 pricing and opens up Snapseed
07
Aug
Nik Software has released an updated version of its Snapseed image processing app and lowered the price of its Viveza color and light control software. Viveza 2, launched in 2009 will now be available for €99.95 (down from €199.95), with upgrades from Version 1 also halved to €49.95. Meanwhile, the company has also released a ‘universal’ version of its Snapseed image processing app, allowing it to run on the iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as the iPad.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
An Interview with Arnold Newman
07
Aug
If you make environmental portraits, you can trace your photographic lineage to this man. Arnold Newman is widely recognized as the father of the genre. In fact, a young Greg Heisler famously camped out on Newman’s doorstep until he agreed to take him on as an assistant.
It’s not every day that you get to spend half an hour listening to the photographic equivalent of an Old Master. He’s seen here circa 1981 as interviewed by Barbaralee Diamonstein, with much wisdom to be had.
(Many thanks to Michael for the tip.)
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IT’S A DOG’S LIFE.by retired man..wmv
07
Aug
TIP:-To view full screen,first up the resolution to 1080p on the video control bar. Title:- IT’S A DOG’S LIFE. Dog’s name:-JAY. Now retired,and living in Malltraeth,Anglesey.I don’t know who enjoy’s it most me,or Jay. found a interest in photography again,not brilliant,but I enjoy it. Photo’s made all the better with the music. all photo’s are taken with Sony Alfa 200 or Nikon D80. No processing. MUSIC Title:-MELTING By DISTANT EARTH @SOUNDCLOUD.COM.
Video Rating: 5 / 5
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