efix:photography

Off-topic: Good news – ozone layer recovering

efix — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:54:18 +0000

According to a report on Spiegel ONLINE, scientists have now proved that not only has the ozone layer been recovering in the northern hemisphere, but also that its recovery is due to the banning of CFC and other substances in the late 1980′s. They also predict that the ozone layer will have fully recoverd by the [...]

Visiting the sulfur mines at Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia

efix — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:39:30 +0000

rangefinderforum user leicashot recently visitied the sulfur mines at Kawah Ijen, a volcano in east Java, featuring the world’s largest lake of sulfuric acid. Around the lake, between clouds of sulfur dioxide gas, some 400 workers collect rocks of pure sulfur, which they then carry over four kilometers down to the processing plant at the foot [...]

Lightroom 3.2 and the M8′s high-ISO noise

efix — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:20:31 +0000

The Leica M8 has always had a reputation of being rather bad noise-wise at its higher ISO settings of 1250 and 2500. At least that’s what its opponents claimed – especially those with a Canon full-frame DSLR background. On the other hand, especially in black and white, the M8′s JPEG output has a very film-like look [...]

Canon PowerShot S95 reviewed by PhotographyBLOG

efix — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:06:08 +0000

Canon’s latest enthusiast’s compact, the PowerShot S95, successor to the succesful PowerShot S90, has been reviewed by PhotographyBLOG. The S95, which is rather an upgrade than a successor to the S90, sports largely the same features as its predecessor, with some minor improvements here and there. Chief among these are an integrated HDR mode, multi-aspect-ratio support [...]

Picture of the day (August 31, 2010)

efix — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:57:07 +0000

Just when we thought summer was over, the sun and warmth came back – and even some flowers I hadn’t seen before! It’s like spring again …

"Remnants of summer" | Olympus E-P1 + Lumix 20/1.7 @ f/1.7, 1/1000 sec, [...]

UPDATED: The E-P2 comes all in chocolate!

efix — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:14:36 +0000

According to 43rumors.com, tomorrow will be an exciting day for fans of Olympus’ Micro Four Thirds lineup. For one thing, two new lenses will be announced. One will be the long-awaited Micro version of the Zuiko Digital 40-150mm f/4-5.6 tele zoom, the other will be a new super tele zoom with 75-300mm focal range (150-600mm in [...]

Picture of the day (August 29, 2010)

efix — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:50:40 +0000

“Life ain’t a movie!” Marburg, Germany, old market. Processed in Lightrom 3.2 RC, using the “CP3″ cross-processing filter.

"La vita non è un film" | Olympus E-P1 + M.Zuiko 14-42/3.5-5.6 @ 34mm, f/5.1, 1/50 sec, [...]

Picture of the day (August 26, 2010)

efix — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:57:19 +0000

"Calling grandma" | Leica M8 + Biogon 35/2 @ f/2, 1/45 sec, [...]

HOT! Cosina join Micro Four Thirds, announce 25mm f/0.95 lens!

efix — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:40:37 +0000

This has to be the most exciting news this year so far, and I’m not certain if it can be surpassed by anything else! Last night, it was rumored on 43rumors.com that an exciting Micro Four Thirds announcement would be made soon, and that it wouldn’t be any of the major players. Later is was also [...]

Some thoughts on hybrid system cameras

efix — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:31:36 +0000

With Sony having just introduced their new α33 and α55 DSLRs featuring translucent mirrors, EVFs and HD video with phase-detection AF, one naturally wonders what is next to come. As I stated in my previous post about the two new Sony DSLRs, these seem to be the first in a yet-to-come line of new hybrid DSLRs, [...]