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- Aperture
- An orifice. It often refers to an opening in which light is allowed to pass in optical systems such as cameras and lasers. See f-stop and numerical aperture.
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- Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 Pro - headphones
- Ultimate Ears has been a familiar name to musicians and other audio professionals for a decade, but in the past few years, the company has churned out a variety of headphones for several consumer lines that range in affordability. Earphones in its Metro.fi, Super.fi, and Triple.fi lines have gained a...
- Tags: aperture, Y-cable, Ultimate Ears, Triple.fi 10, ear piece, headphone
- Product reviews 2008-07-22
- Nikon AF-S DX 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 G ED VR lens
- For those looking to go beyond what a kit lens has to offer their Nikon dSLR, there's Nikon's AF-S DX 16-85mm f3.5-5.6 G ED VR. Compatible with all Nikon DX digital SLRs including the D300, D60, and D40, there's an awful lot to decipher in its name. geekbox...
- Tags: Nikon Corp., aperture
- Product reviews 2008-06-11
- Nikon Coolpix P80
- For megazoom shooters, the Nikon Coolpix P80's 18x zoom, 27-486mm-equivalent f/2.8-4.5 lens likely sits at the top of the list of the P80's attractions. The range provides a good combination of wide-angle and telephoto views at relatively wide maximum aperture values. Nikon supports the lens with an agreeable and functional...
- Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, P80, ISO, aperture, Nikon Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-06-09
- Approach Adobe Lightroom 2.0 Beta with caution
- Approach Adobe Lightroom 2.0 Beta with cautioncompetition is great!I love the competition between Apple and Adobe in this space. I'd like to think that Lightroom pushed Apple on making Aperture 2 better. Now Aperture is pushing Adobe to make Lightroom better.They're both great tools so it really comes down to...
- Tags: Adobe Lightroom, Approach Adobe Lightroom 2.0 Beta, Aperture
- Discussion threads 2008-04-03
- Wither Aperture?
- Wither Aperture?Wither? Hardly.This article is sounding a little like FUD. Yes, I agree that Aperture should have the same functionality and then some as iPhoto, but I don't think that photographers using Aperture using going to drop it in favor of some. Aperture withering because iPhoto can do one thing...
- Tags: Aperture, Wither Aperture, Apple iPhoto
- Discussion threads 2007-08-14
- Whither Aperture?
- One of the most exciting parts of Apple's announcements last week was the overhaul of the picture uploading capabilities to the company's subscription Mac.com service. Web gallery offers a bevy of new features to Mac.com subscribers including uploads directly from iPhone, better themes, slideshows, downloads, sharing and others. A sample...
- Tags: Web, Apple Inc., Apple iPhoto, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2007-08-14
- Aperture 1.5 - complete package
- Though it might seem as if Apple spawned the raw-workflow-software category--or any other category--with a mere fiat lux from the lips of Steve Jobs, fiat fiat probably hits closer to the mark. With the launch of Aperture in early 2006, Apple bestowed its design sensibility and hefty marketing budget on...
- Tags: Aperture, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe PhotoShop
- Product reviews 2007-04-11
- Leica M8 series
- As a camera company, Leica built its reputation on the back of its rangefinder cameras. From the Leica II, introduced in 1932, through the M7 still available today, Leica rangefinders have endured, in no small part thanks to a reputation for top-notch craftsmanship. On September 14 of this year, Leica...
- Tags: Leica M8, Leica, rangefinder, camera, SLR
- Product reviews 2006-12-21
- Adobe taps the power of negative thinking
- Adobe taps the power of negative thinkingAdobe is king of negative thinkingand besides the tools they foster, will have negative amount of penetration into the habits of people over a format shift. They'll need to use their seed money to put this change into place, nothing naturally, but Adobe...
- Tags: Aperture, Adobe Systems Inc., negative thinking
- Discussion threads 2006-11-20
- What iTunes can learn from Aperture 1.5
- About six months ago I switched from iPhoto to Aperture and the switch has not been painless. I originally switched to Aperture when I purchased a new Canon Rebel XT DSLR camera because I wanted to use some of Aperture's advanced features. Once I got used to the Aperture...
- Tags: Aperture 1.5
- Blog posts 2006-09-26
- EarthLink, GE fund broadband over power line provider
- EarthLink, GE fund broadband over power line providerActaully, Google should buy EarthLink. But, more ways to get broadbandjust limits the ways the telcos and cable providers can screw us. This is all great news.Symmetrical 10 Mbps upload/download BPL speed for TXU !!!from: http://broadbandoverpowerlines.blogspot.com/===Everyone will love this !!!"Upload and download...
- Tags: Network technology, aperture, U.S. Patent, broadband over power line, magnetic core, General Electric Co., EarthLink Inc., coupler, powerline, broadband
- Discussion threads 2006-05-04
- Calif. regulators OK broadband over power line test
- Calif. regulators OK broadband over power line testf'ing sweeeeeeeeet.....choices choices choices, maybe now we'll catch up to the rest of the modern world as far as speed goes. 25+ Mbps here we come!Here's to wishin,- SamCan BPL bring back homeplug networking?I remember seeing home networking via electrical outlets, but that...
- Tags: Network technology, magnetic core, broadband over power line, powerline, coupler, Ambient, Ambient Corporation`s, Ambient Corporation`s patent, broadband, inductive coupler, aperture, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Discussion threads 2006-04-27
- Apple Aperture
- Until introducing Aperture, Apple's only photography application was the consumer-friendly iPhoto. With Aperture, Apple squarely targets pro and prosumer digital photographers who need a work-flow tool for quickly sorting, editing, managing, and outputting lots of images. Designed to address multiple needs, Aperture's feature set provides sorting and culling capabilities as...
- Tags: Aperture, Apple Computer Inc., image
- Product reviews 2006-03-15
- Adobe Lightroom Beta
- Adobe's Lightroom debuts hot on the heels of Apple Aperture; for those who don't require the compositing and effects tools in Photoshop, these applications provides a more work-flow-oriented approach to photographic production tasks--specifically viewing, selecting, organizing, retouching, and outputting photos.After working with the initial beta version a bit, Lightroom feels,...
- Tags: Memory, Desktops, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Systems Inc.
- Product reviews 2006-01-12
- Aperture on PowerBooks
- Aperture on PowerBooksProbablly slow on PB's!But it works!Show me the competition ..... um .....ahem ...... I gotta go to lunch.Limited use?I can see the pros using Aperture on their PBs for limited uses, then getting to serious work when they get back to the PowerMac in their office home. ...
- Tags: Engineering, battery, Aperture, digital camera battery
- Discussion threads 2005-10-27
- Aperture on PowerBooks
- Apple's new post-production tool for photographers, Aperture, is one of the most promising applications to come along in a while and it has the potential to revolutionize photography as we know it. I'm wondering how it will perform on real world PowerBooks in the field. Apple lists Aperture's minimim...
- Tags: Apple PowerBook, Aperture
- Blog posts 2005-10-27
- The right attitude to the job
- My Rx for Linux series last week drew the usual flack from people who maintain that Windows dominates the market because it's easier to use. Personally I don't think so. On the contrary I think that the hypothetical man from Mars who had never seen either system before would find...
- Tags: Aperture
- Blog posts 2005-10-26
- Heinz Kluetmeier interview
- I had the opportunity to interview legendary sports photojournalist Heinz Kluetmeier after today's Apple press conference about his experiences with Apple's new all-in-one post production application for photographers - Aperture. Heinz is one of the three photogs featured in the Apple promotional video for Aperture and is the Senior Staff...
- Tags: H.J. Heinz Co., Heinz Kluetmeier, Aperture
- Blog posts 2005-10-19
- Apple annouces new PowerBooks, PowerMacs; Aperture
- Apple annouces new PowerBooks, PowerMacs; ApertureThe new Power Mac should tie people over and well through the Intel switch.That is some serious horsepower there, FOUR processing units and 16GBs of RAM. That's well enough power to justify the purchase of a PPC Mac even if the Intel Macs will...
- Tags: Desktops, POWERBOOKS, Apple Power Mac, Intel Corp., Apple Inc., Aperture
- Discussion threads 2005-10-19
- Apple unveils 'pro' photo software, Power Mac Quad
- Apple unveils 'pro' photo software, Power Mac QuadWowApple coming through with another genious idea. Stock: Bought in at $14 and i've been riding this bich ever since.strangeIt seems very strange for apple to release photo editing software when I have found that mostall MAC people prefer Adobe products to acomplish...
- Tags: Desktops, Digital photography, POWERBOOKS, Apple Inc., photograph, Apple Power Mac, Power Mac Quad, Apple Macintosh, photo software, Aperture, software
- Discussion threads 2005-10-19
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