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12/12/2009 Join us on Twitter

We plan to post now more messages on Twitter that might not be shown here in the news.

12/12/2009 Dxomark added new cameras to its database

12/11/2009 FDRCompressor Tonemapping Plugin

12/10/2009 RAW Developer 1.8.7 released

12/10/2009 Epson Stylus Pro 3880 Printer

We repeat this because we had mentioned a "3800" by mistake in the previous link.

12/09/2009 Intentional HDR Ghosting

12/05/2009 Interesting Article on Aliasing with HDSLRs (via DVXUser.com)

12/04/2009 Photo Motion: Making Still Image Move

12/04/2009 Alain Briot's Navajoland Workshop Openings

Alain Briot has only 2 openings left for his Navajoland Workshop this Spring. This workshop takes you to the heart of Navajoland, where Alain and Natalie lived for 7 years. During the workshop you will study photography with Alain and Natalie, you will have your work reviewed and you will photograph some of the most photogenic locations in the Southwest.

12/01/2009 New Script: DOP EasyDS LE

Update: The sales and demo link pointed to the wrong page. This is now fixed.

This is a lite version of our top DOP EasyDS Detail & Sharpness script.

11/30/2009 Shooting short drama “Present Tense” on the Canon 7D (via Philip Bloom)

11/30/2009 Summit 2009 Diary: First Trip Portfolio

11/28/2009 Lightzone 3.8.2 released

11/28/2009 About and Disclosures

We follow the FTC guidelines and disclose our review and business policy. The link stays permanent in the left navigation. Also a good time to mention that only your support makes this site possible.

11/27/2009 New Front Page Photo

Even on our way to the turkey dinner we could not resist.

11/26/2009 Panasonic updates m4/3 lenses

11/25/2009 New Free Script DOP_LayerStackOpacityBlending (presented by Tony Sweet)

Last year in Bryce at our Summit 2008 Tony Sweet showed a very interesting technique to simulate the in camera blending of Nikon cameras. The technique and results are excellent. But it was a bit tedious for my taste. So I created a script (CS3/CS4) that makes it way more fun to use. Because the concept is clearly by Tony we made this a free script. Right for the holidays. You can find the new free script on our scripts page (at the bottom).

Updated: Now we also include a German version of the script.

For other languages read the readme.txt file.

11/24/2009 Phase One releases Capture One 5.0.1

This seems like a minor release. But it also now allows to process Panasonic GH1, G1 and GF1 raw files. We love this because now Capture One can process nearly all our many different raw formats.

11/23/2009 Combo Cam Tripod/Head: Miller DS-10 Solo 2 Stage Alloy

11/22/2009 Nikon Podcast with Ami Vitale

This is a Nikon marketing podcast. But I have to say that Ami Vitale's pictures and videos are excellent. She demonstrates how well video and stills can complement eachother. Also the interview is nice.

11/21/2009 Zion Movie updated

The new version combines video clips and animated still images. This way we can show scenes that were not captured on video. Here is or Summit 2009 Diary.

11/20/2009 New Front Page Photo

We have a few more machinery photos in our SmugMug Gallery.

Shots from a local machine shop.

11/20/2009 Photomatix Tone Mapping Plug-in for Photoshop Beta 1 released

This an important news for all Photomatix users. The Tonemapping Plugin inside Phoshop now behaves exactly like the Tonemapping in the Photomatix application.

11/19/2009 Camera Raw 5.6 and Lightroom 2.6 release candidates available on Adobe Labs

11/19/2009 Epson Stylus Pro 3880 Printer

11/17/2009 Zeiss announces new ZF.2 Lenses for Nikon DSLRs

With these new lenses the aperture can be controlled via the body (as it is the case with the new ZE lenses for Canon).

11/16/2009 Nikon D300s in Video Mode

11/15/2009 Photo Tuning Filters, get all the detail you want: e.g. DOP EasyDS Detail Sharpness Resolver

11/15/2009 Bibble Labs posts Bibble 5 Public Preview

11/13/2009 Canon publishes a EOS 1D Mark IV White Paper

11/13/2009 Summit 2009 Diary: Zion Movie

11/12/2009 Nikon goes Hollywood with Film Festival

This contest can win a $100,000 prize.

11/12/2009 Summit 2009 Diary: Printing and Print Review

11/10/2009 Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 RAID

11/07/2009 Summit 2009 Diary: First Impressions