Sony USA has said the NEX-7 will begin to ship this month to some customers who pre-ordered it, following a halt in production cause by flooding in Thailand in October. Production is still limited but the company says it will ‘aggressively pursue all efforts to restore full capacity’ for the NEX-7 and other affected models (which is thought to include the NEX-5N, A65 and A77).
paintthemoon.net Photoshop Elements Actions by Paint the Moon … a tutorial using the brand new Picture Perfect Portrait Mega Set Available for Elements 6-9 and Photoshop CS2 through CS5. Shows how to utilize the actions, plus tips and tricks along the way.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Master Guitar Solos app! mhlo.co What Can You Do with Photoshop? ——————————————————————— Photoshop can be used in photography, illustration and web design. Gene and Justin will guide you through this course and show you the many facets of the program. Overview ——————————————————————— Photoshop is more than just a tool for photographers. It allows users to use tools and blend effects to achieve results that can be described as a mix between digital painting and photography. Here is a quick run down that briefly explains some of the things that Photoshop can achieve. Photo retouching and image enhancement: the image on the left has been retouched and enhanced to create the image on the right.Image manipulation: the people near the water have been removed and the colors have been brightened slightly.Color correction: the home video image on the left is tinted yellow, so Photoshop was used to give a more proper skin tone to the subject and to alter the background.Image restoration: the photographs on the left sides have been restored and color corrected to become the images on the right sides.Digital matte painting: a combination of painting and photography, mixing photographic elements and paint. This technique is typically used in movies to enhance backgrounds. Design ——————————————————————— Logos, web pages and even fashion can be …
Super Mario 3D Land Unboxing / Nintendo 3DS Exclusive Tanooki Mario Key Chain This is an Unboxing of the Nintendo 3DS game Super Mario 3D Land for the Nintendo 3DS. It was released on November 13, 2011. In this video LeftyHeat showcases the game and the Exclusive Tanooki Mario Key Chain that was a pre order bonus with the game at GameStop. Be sure to subscribe to www.youtube.com for the LP of this game. Note: All Games and Trademarks are Copyright of Their Respective Owners. Lets Unbox and Play Super Mario 3D Land Getting a high score in Super Mario 3D Land Collecting all of the star coins Recording your Nintendo 3DS Screen is fun. Playing Mario games on your 3DS.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
After watching a movie that involves illegal substances, Billy Bob, Cooter, and Lite Beer decide to do some experimenting of their own.
Here’s a sneak peak of our brand new stereoscopic 3D music project that is lined up to launch in Summer 2011 -Enhanced Dimensions’ RockCandy 3D! This range of stereo 3D music themed products will include some seriously cool 3D T-Shirts, 3D Creative Stock Videos including some brand new and exclusive After Effects Stereo 3D tutorials, and finally an option to licence these full 3D HD animations for broadcast. It’s going to be too good to miss. Register now at www.enhanced-dimensions.com to be kept informed of RockCandy 3D’s launch and exclusive subscriber introductory offer.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
It’s easy to make this interesting wine/beer. Learn how to make Chinese Rice Wine. Shot with a Nikon D90
Video Rating: 5 / 5
Nikon D90 + Photomatix Pro High Dynamics Range movie. www.switch-science.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5
A few nice visual art images I found:
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART – 53rd St. Manhattan NYC
Image by asterix611
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART – 53rd St. Manhattan NYC
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART – 53rd St. Manhattan NYC
Image by asterix611
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART – 53rd St. Manhattan NYC
Award winning photographer Chase Jarvis gives us 12 tips for better images using a variety of gear from point + shoots and natural light to high end DSLRs and strobes.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
If you’re dithering between a mirrorless and a DSLR camera for serious, down-to-earth photography, this one from Nikon fits exactly that role.
Sure, the lens is fixed but it is a Nikkor that equates to 28-200mm as a 35 SLR equivalent: a 7.1x enlargement in fact. Very cleverly, Nikon has also installed an optical viewfinder: tiny but useful.
Agreed, the CCD captures only 10.1 megapixels, meaning you can snare a maximum image size of 3648×2736 pixels or as a 31x23cm print. But note: the CCD measures a largish 15mm across the diagonal. Compare the Nikon V1, with a diagonal of 16mm.
One negative: you have to forgo Full HD video with the P7100: max res is only 1280x720p, although I did find the AF and exposure control worked effortlessly while shooting video. A downer is that you can’t shoot stills while recording video: and it interrupts the video run.
However, Nikon describes the P7100 as “the top model in the COOLPIX series.”
After only five minutes with the new camera, fiddling with the controls and scanning the copious viewfinder menus, I have to agree.
This one sits in the same territory as Canon’s well-regarded G-series of fixed lens compacts — but IMHO the Nikon does it better.
With camera in hand, the first thing you notice is the articulated screen that can be lowered 81 degrees from the vertical or upward by 105 degrees. But no sideways swing!
I particularly liked the external controls, especially the smallish knob/button at left: this gives direct control of ISO setting, bracketting, image quality/size/file format, custom picture control and white balance. After many years reviewing cameras that call for endless digging into viewfinder menus to access these features, this method has to be the pick of all the approaches.
Look across to the right of the top deck and you find the mode dial that takes you into auto, Program AE, shutter and aperture priority plus manual — and another button that gives direct access to exposure compensation, scene modes, effects. There are also three interesting positions on the mode dial that effectively give you three custom user settings.
It’s worth noting that there are four new special effects: zoom exposure, defocus during exposure, cross-processing and creative monochrome.
These are fascinating. Take ‘creative monochrome’: you can vary the degree of graininess or you could even render the image as a solarised one. With ‘cross-processing’ you can simulate the effect of processing a colour negative in chemicals intended for reversal film … or vice versa!
I have to admit that the method of selecting special effects and scene modes left a little to be desired: you begin by rotating the mode dial to either, then you must hit the menu button to make your specific choice. Surely a better way would be to present the choices on screen immediately the mode is selected.
The interesting zoom memory is operable with the use of the Fn1 button, sited on the front surface. Not sure in my own photography how I could use this but possibly a useful feature when you have to match angles; up to three focal lengths can be logged.
There is a panorama mode, along with supplied software (Win and Mac) to stitch the images together: sure, it’s not as elegant as Sony’s approach where the images are stitched within the camera … but at least it’s there.
Other niceties: a neutral density filter that can apply an exposure cut of three f stops. With this you can enjoy slower shutter speeds and shoot those dreamy, motion blurred images of breaking waves and other movement.
The big plus for many people is RAW capture (Nikon calls it NRW and it has to be converted), giving image files free of compression artefacts present in JPEG capture.
About a second and a half from startup In could shoot the first shot; follow-ons about a second apart.
I was surprised to find there was obvious barrel distortion at the wide end of the zoom but negligible pincushion distortion at the tele end.
The image noise only became noticeable at ISO 3200 but, even then, shots of some subjects could still be useful.
Why you’d buy the P7100: multiple external control points; pocketable.
Why you wouldn’t: you want Full HD; the 7.1x zoom range is not enough for you.
Having waded through a mountain of DSLRs, mirrorless models and piles of boring point-and-shooters this one shines out like a beacon on a foggy night.
A black note: the battery must be charged while in the camera, so you can’t go shooting while charging a second battery. Bummer!
Well done Nikon!
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
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Nikon Coolpix P7100 Review
Nikon has taken the unusual step of updating the firmware of its discontinued CoolPix P7000 enthusiast compact. Firmware v1.2 offers a broad selection of improvements and bug fixes, ranging from improved AF targeting to the correction of an error that meant the color temperature scale was reversed when correcting White Balance during in-camera Raw processing. The updated firmware can be downloaded from Nikon’s websites.