March 2006

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March 27, 2005
 
Camera Review of the Olympus Stylus 710 at DC Resource

DC Resource wrote a review of the Olympus Stylus 710 and said: "Photo quality is the Stylus 710's weak spot. While it took well-exposed photos with accurate color and low purple fringing levels, fine details in my photos were quite muddy, even at the lowest ISO setting. In addition, there was noticeable corner softness in many of my sample photos. While this may not matter to the typical buyer of a camera like this, those who want to make larger prints or view them at full size on their computer screen will see this and will likely be disappointed. One thing that will get you no matter what size the print is redeye, which is quite bad on the camera."         Full Article

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March 29, 2005
 
Camera Review of the Panasonic Lumix FX01 at DPreview

DPreview wrote a review of the Panasonic Lumix FX01 and said: "Of course the sensor has long been the Lumix's achilles heel, and noise is still enough of an issue here that some fairly harsh noise reduction is needed. But whereas other recent Lumix models have been so noisy that the problem threatened to overwhelm all the good stuff, here the noise is only a serious problem in daylight at ISO 400. That said, noise gets steadily worse as light levels drop, and I cannot recommend the output in low light at ISO 100 or above for anything over postcard-sized prints."     More

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March 29, 2005
 
Camera Review of the Sony Cyber-shot W30

Digital Photography Interface wrote a review of the Sony Cyber-shot W30 and said: "Believe it or not, the W30 actually used the same shutter speed and aperture values as the W50. The ISO 80 crop is not noisy at all. At ISO 100 and ISO 200, noise is still under control. The ISO 100 shot is a little blurry thanks to me handholding the camera! I still find the ISO 200 shot very acceptable. At ISO 400, noise is still okay. At ISO 800, things are starting to smudge and the colors are starting to become less vivid. At ISO 1000, things are no better, but no worse either."          Full Article

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March 29, 2005
 
Camera Review of the Nikon Coolpix S3 at Photoxels

Photoxels wrote a review of the Nikon Coolpix P3 and said: "Surprisingly, startup speed is only average, at about 2-3 sec. This may not be a concern for most people unless you are into candid shots and street photography and need the camera to wake up in an instant. More importantly, there is no practical shutter lag, so once the camera is tuned on, you won't miss anything. AF is fast and precise, and in low-light the AF-assist Illuminator helps achieve focus effectively. The only time this fails is when you are trying to take close ups in low-light: the AF-assist Illuminator is simply placed too high in relation to the lens and its light misses a subject that is too close to the lens."         Full Article

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March 30, 2005
 
New Photoshop Tutorial on Printing Methods

Many people have asked me how to easily print multiple photos on one page using adobe photoshop, there are in fact many ways of doing this but this is a simple and easy technique that can be used to create a completely customizable layout. This tutorial is to help you learn how to use adobe photoshop for printing multiples pictures on one page. This method can be used to save paper by making multiple copies of single or separate pictures. This technique can also be used to make basic collages.          Full Tutorial

March 31, 2005
 
Sony Cyber-shot W50 Review at DC Resource

DC Resource wrote a review of the Sony Cyber-shot W50 and said: "How you rate the W50's photo quality really depends on how you use the camera. Outdoors and in good light, the W50 did not disappoint. It took sharp photos with accurate color, very low noise, and minimal purple fringing. As far as noise goes, the camera performed well for an ultra-compact through ISO 400. At the ISO 800 and 1000 settings, noise levels got pretty high, and color saturation was poor. My advice is to shoot in the "P" mode, turning up the ISO as needed in order to get a sharp photo."         Full Article

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March 31, 2005
 
Digital Photography Noise Reduction Tips

Ziv Haparnas writes, "While it is impossible to completely prevent digital noise there are a few options that allow you to significantly decrease it. When taking photos in low light scenarios such as night photos there are two main parameters to play with: sensitivity and shutter speed. Raising sensitivity creates more internal noise in the CCD while slowing down the shutter allows for more noise to integrate on the CCD. The amount of noise generated by both parameters is different. It is recommended that you set your camera to manual mode and play with a few different sensitivity/shutter speed pairs to find out the one that generates the least noise." More

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