Nikon lens serial numbers and production date 
Friday, June 23, 2006, 05:24 PM - News
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
  • Serial numbers
  • Specifications
  • Accessories

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


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Le Louvre, panorama 
Wednesday, June 21, 2006, 09:04 AM - General


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.


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Clarification about the DNG File format 
Friday, May 19, 2006, 08:11 AM
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 open standard in that it does not document all the essential information contained in current RAW format files like NEF and CR2 (which also don't document this information).

DNG can be viewed as simply yet another RAW format with undocumented information
- DNG has the added risk that information can be lost during conversion to/from DNG and other RAW formats.
- DNG is a step backwards.
- DNG does not address the missing elements in EXIF.
- DNG is dangerous because people believe they are storing for the future with the format, when nothing could be further from the truth.

Solutions are :
* Public documentation of RAW formats; past, present and future
* Adoption of a universal RAW format

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Cannes, panorama 
Thursday, May 18, 2006, 10:45 AM - News


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.



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2006 RAW Survey Results released 
Thursday, May 18, 2006, 10:10 AM
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, entire brands may disappear, as has already happened with Contax.


Here is it at last, OpenRAW has finally released their survey results.

You can find it here : 2006rawsurvey

If you don't know what was the purpose of the survey, feel free to read the complete story on their website
The RAW issue



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