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  • 2007
    • May
    • April
      • the Eiffel Tower
        04/10/07


        Date of birth: March 31, 1889 (hoisting the flag to the top), built for the Universal Exhibition in celebration of the French Revolution.
        Age: 117 years
        Contractor: Gustave Eiffel & Cie
        Composition: 18,038 pieces, 2,500,000 rivets
        Total weight: 10,100 tons
      • Guide to Greener Electronics Ranking April 2007
        04/05/07
        I would like to point out this ecological report concerning harmful chemicals in the production of electronics

        Just remember before buying an Apple product, they are in the worst place.



        Check the reports at greenpeace.org

    • March
      • Sensor cleaning system on DLSR
        03/22/07
        People from PIXINFO.COM has reviewed the dust cleaning system from SONY, OLYMPUS, PENTAX and CANON



        The ranking is :
        1. Olympus: good
        2. Canon: poor (we are disappointed)
        3. Pentax & Sony: useless (we are very disappointed)

        and the conclus

      • Meebo, an instant messenging aggregator
        03/21/07
        I would like to point out this live tool that I discovered recently, Meebo is a website for instant messaging based on a web accessibility.

        You can easily merged ICQ, AIM, Messenger, JABBER, GTalk on a same web 2.0 screen, protected by a secure password with an HTTPS access.

        Of

  • 2006
    • August
      • Two new AF-S lenses out
        08/09/06
        In addition with the D80, 2 new AF-S zoom are going to take place in the line-up

        AF-S DX 18 - 135 mm F3.5 - F5.6G ED
        (27 - 202.5 mm equiv. FOV, 7.5x zoom)


        AF-S 70 - 300 mm F4.5 - F5.6G VR
        (105 - 450 mm equiv. FOV, 4.3x zoom)

      • Nikon D80 officially launched
        08/09/06
        The D80 has been launched officially on time



        Please find here the characteristics:
        * 10.2 megapixel DX format CCD (1.5x FOV crop)
        * Image processing engine (similar to D200 / D2X)
        * 3D Color Matrix Metering II, 420 pixel sensor (same as D50)
        * 11-area AF sy

    • July
      • Nikon D80 leaked pictures
        07/26/06
        It seems that Nikon, japan has released some pictures of their upcoming and secret model.

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      • A brand new Nikon 10.2 mp DSLR in 20 days
        07/20/06
        More power, more control, more versatile, more excitement, new Nikon
        That's the terms used by Nikon Japan to tease his new DSLR model.

        Rumors says that's concerning the next D70s. Make yourself an idea by visiting the campaign
        Nikon website

      • Nikon Capture NX released !
        07/07/06
        Nikon Capture NX Advanced software for simpler, more intuitive full-scale digital image processing and editing.

        You can try a 30 days Trial version here :

        Download NIKON NX Trial

      • Free Paper Lens Hoods
        07/03/06
        This site is offering lens Hoods that can be printed and cut out to make lens hoods for a variety of 35mm and digital SLR camera lenses

        Take a look here or just go to and buy a real one :)

      • Pont du gard, panorama
        07/03/06


        Over twenty centuries have passed since the construction of what is one of the best known civil engineering feats in the world.


        The well known "Pont du Gard" has been designed by an anonymous architect.

        Culminating at a height of 49 metres, the Pont

    • June
      • Nikon lens serial numbers and production date
        06/23/06
        photosynthesis.co.nz (author : roland vink)

        I've just discovered this site concerning the Nikon lenses and maintains by Roland Vink. It has a cross reference between

        Furthermore, I am not sure that Nikon itself has a such detailed database about their lenses :)

      • Le Louvre, panorama
        06/21/06


        This one has been shot during my journey in Paris few weeks ago, just in front of the Louvre Museum' main entrance located in the pyramid.

        It contains 6 pictures taken at 28mm without any pod , the footage has been composed by using the PanoTool.

    • May
      • Clarification about the DNG File format
        05/19/06
        Digital Negative Specification (DNG) is an ostensibly royalty free raw image file format Adobe Systems announced on September 27, 2004.

        Digital Negative was a response to demand for a unifying camera raw file format BUT DNG is not an in that it does not document all the essential informa

      • Cannes, panorama
        05/18/06


        Another panorama has been added recently ! This one has been shot in Cannes in february 2006, it contains 6 pictures taken with my 50mm 1.4.

      • 2006 RAW Survey Results released
        05/18/06
        The question was
        Closed, proprietary, RAW file formats present many immediate and future challenges for photographers and anyone who uses digital images.
        Photographers will find their older images inaccessible, as future software versions lose support for older cameras. In the worst cases,