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Carl Zeiss upgrades F-mount lenses for Nikon

Carl Zeiss recently unveiled a new line of upgraded F-mount lenses: eight ZF.2 lenses with electronic interfaces CPU inside. The lenses are built to save the photographer a lot of trouble by doing a lot of tasks automatically. The semi-pro lenses provide support for...

Tags: Nikon Corp., Photograph, Lense, Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Poll: What is your favorite digital camera brand?

Best for the purposeI prefer Nikon DSLRs for their lens compatibility. Canon point and shoots always seem to hit the sweet spot for me. I've a Casio for its innovative high speed (1000 fps) capability -- which could actually become a useful tool with more resolution in future...

Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, camera, Canon Inc., lense, favorite digital camera brand, digital camera brand, digital camera, brand

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Remember Vivitar cameras? Here's what's in store next for the brand

Remember Vivitar cameras? Here's what's in store next for the brandYou mean......Vitovar. Along with Kodiak and Palmeroid.This is the way customers actually mispronounced manufacturers' names.RE: Remember Vivitar cameras? Here's what's in store next for the brandI remember Vivitar as the maker of the world-class Series One prime and zoom lenses...

Tags: Branding, Vivitar, Remember Vivitar, Remember Vivitar camera, lens, camera, brand

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Pentax announces 10 megapixel digital camera for $140

Pentax announces 10 megapixel digital camera for $140Dont care about the megapixels, anything over 5 is nice looking. BUT!what about the lense? I have seen some super megapixels cameras out there with some CRAPPY lenses. Sony seems to have by far the best lense for low end cameras.Any...

Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, lense, camera, Pentax, digital camera

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

Nikon SB R1C1

Photo gallery:R1C1 sample imagesOne of the most difficult lighting situations you can encounter in photography is a macro shot. Since the depth of field becomes so shallow when shooting close up with a macro lens, you often end up having to shoot at very small apertures (the ones with higher...

Tags: Nikon Corp., SU-800, SB-R200, lense

Product reviews 2007-08-17

Zoom liquid lenses for digital cameras

Researchers at the University of Central Florida UCF have developed zoom lenses which closely replicate the working of the human eye. These adaptive lenses should be manufactured at a dramatically smaller size than conventional zoom lenses without compromising clarity. After being granted no less than 5 U.S. patents, the UCF...

Tags: Leisure, Engineering &, Innovation

Blog posts 2007-07-23

Digital SLRs bring lens quandary

Digital SLRs bring lens quandaryCanon LensesThe high end "L" series are about the best lenses I've ever seen. For those that don't know, just about all sports photography is done with high end Canons. They feature image stabilization, fast focus ability and high precision optics. Then again some of these...

Tags: lense, Digital-SLR, quandary

Discussion threads 2006-06-06

Additional Resources

Is the new Canon EOS 7D a Nikon D300s killer?

Missed a couple of thingsThe 7D also uses SDHC CF cards. Those appear to be required for the maximum burst rate. And according to the posted spec, HD video works not only at 30FPS, but also at 24 and 29.97. I want one.RE: Is the new Canon...

Tags: sensor, Canon Inc., pixel, Nikon Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

A feisty ride in the Chevy Volt

"But the emperor is naked"Or maybe the title should be:"Don't confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up!"The media is just full of wonderfull stories about electric carsand how they will save Michigan, the auto industry, possibiliy the whole world,and so forth.Now maybe there is something brand new...

Tags: Engineering, replacement cost, battery, car, Tesla, cell

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

Apple's 8 hour battery: breakthrough or bungle?

Apple's 8 hour battery: breakthrough or bungle?i think i'm going to get one of thesei have owned laptops before and never bought a 2nd battery... honestly, my laptops have been plugged in 80% of the time anyway. but with an 8 hour battery I may change my habits.RE: Apple's 8...

Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, battery, Apple Inc., laptop computer, Apple MacBook, Wintel

Discussion threads 2009-01-14

The end of Zune? It's not just the music anymore

The end of Zune? It's not just the music anymoreZune had nothing compelling.I was at WallyWorld, and while cheaper than any iStuff, it was still 30-40% more expensive than creative same size same screen players. The social has an incredibly bad implementation of a good concept. If, at...

Tags: Media players, Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Zune

Discussion threads 2009-01-09

Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guide

Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guideA different take on Black FridayI read an article a couple of weeks ago about Black Friday. The interesting thing is it's proven to be accurate so far.If anyone is interested, it's on http://www.uberi.comThe specific article is titled "What About Black Friday?"...

Tags: Notebooks, MicroCenter, Black Friday

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

Fujifilm ressurects the "Polaroid" and announces Instax 200 instant film camera

Fujifilm ressurects the "Polaroid" and announces Instax 200 instant film cameraTalk about uselessYou can take a digital picture with ANY digital camera and use a cheap picture printer to get the same result in less than 5 mins.And you don't have to pay $20 for instant film that may end...

Tags: camera, Polaroid

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

Talent development

Earlier this week I attended Fortune magazine's Brainstorm Tech conference which "aims to sharpen the thinking of the very well heeled attendees about the escalating impact of tech-driven change for all business and global society". There was a terrific menu of topics on offer:...

Tags: Talent, Collaboration, CEO, HCL, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Death to the glossy display!

Death to the glossy display!Amen brother JasonThe iPhone, the MacBook, the MacBook Air, the latest iMac... What's next - the Cinema Displays??RE: Death to the glossy display!Glossies are great for movies but not appropriate for anything else (i.e., business applications - the purported market of the MBA).I know what you...

Tags: Glossy screen, glossy display, display, Apple Inc., Glossy

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

Blame laptop bags for rising thefts?

Blame laptop bags for rising thefts?What kind of laptops were they? The zealots needs to knowIf they were Windows laptops then it just proves that m1cR0$$$uX is not secure and is flawed by design, etc. etc. etc.If they were MacBooks then it just proves how great Apple is for creating...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, password, laptop bag

Discussion threads 2007-05-18

Less power needed for wireless sensors

In recent years, wireless sensor networks have been deployed in inaccessible and unwired places, for example to monitor wildlife activity in wilderness parks. But all the sensor units are battery powered. So its crucial to use as less power as possible to operate these sensor networks, or "sensornets." Now, Californian...

Tags: Energy &, Environment, Engineering &, Innovation, Wireless &, Telecom, Computers &, Internet

Blog posts 2007-02-27

The exception to the digital cam scam (a.k.a. When megapixels actually matter)

The exception to the digital cam scam (a.k.a. When megapixels actually matter)Address the DPI issue?The other point that you should probably address has to do with the DPI of the output device being used to view a picture. A 500x300 pixel image viewed on an LCD with its lower...

Tags: camera, DPI, pixel, wide angle

Discussion threads 2007-02-12

More megapixels, better photos: Fact or fiction?

More megapixels, better photos: Fact or fiction?I upgraded KODAK cameras and found lower qualityI have owned several KODAK cameras, a 1 megapixel, 2 megapixel, and currently a 4 megapixel. Sadly, the DX6490 I purchased seemed to offer 4 megapixels of detail, and then used a compression engine that to...

Tags: DSLR, optics, camera, Canon Inc., megapixel, pixel, sensor, photograph, image

Discussion threads 2007-02-06

Apples and Oranges

Apples and OrangesApple MonitorsGet Dell. I used to buy Apple monitors - the dells have more features Video in a PIP window is nice, they are adjsutable, they give greta deals if you ask (I have the 30" for $1500) and they have a 3-year versus a one-year warranty....

Tags: Monitors & displays, Apple Inc., monitor, Dell Computer Corp., brightness

Discussion threads 2006-05-25