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Sigma 50mm f1.4 EX DG HSM
Sigma has announced a 50mm f1.4 lens for Four Thirds system DSLRs, the Sigma 50mm f1.4 EX DG HSM. The 50mm lens, long considered the standard in 35mm SLR photography, will have a 35mm equivalent of 100mm on a Four Thirds camera, making it a 100mm f1.4 lens effectively. That is a very fast medium telephoto lens, great for lowlight shooting, or portraits with a very shallow depth of field.
Wickedly Cool Lightning Photograph
I’ve seen this several time and it’s cool everytime. I’ve tried to take photo of lightning but none of mine ever turn out quite like this. kudos to the photographer.
via: Micklanders
Nikon D700 DSLR: 12.1MP, 51-point autofocus, EXPEED processor
Nikon finally put all the speculation and rumors to rest over the new D700 DSLR digital camera making the official announcement on July 1st. The new camera has some nice features, sporting a 12.1-megapixel FX-format sensor, Nikon’s EXPEED Image Processing System, a 51-point auto focus system with 3D Focus Tracking and two Live View shooting modes for the 3-inch preview display. Although for the price tag ($2,999.95) it won’t be gracing my camera bag anytime soon. You can check out a preview over at DPRview.
This Girl Cleans Up Real Nice (Photoshop Tutorial)
Here’s a nice Photoshop tutorial I ran across while Stumbling today. Mizuno who is a member at Photography-on-the.net posted this Super Airbrush PP Tutorial in which he uses several techniques to clean up the photo of a really hot girl to give it a more airbrushed look. This one’s going in the archives as it’s sure to come in handy. Before & After pictures are below.
The before photo
The After Photo
Read the full tutorial Super Airbrush PP Tutorial
Is She Really Real?
Surprisingly the image above is not real. It’s a computer generated digital sculpture of Korean Actress Song Hye Kyo. The piece was created by CG artist Max Edwin Wahyudi using Pixelogic Zbrush and Autodesk 3DS Max for animation modeling. It’s a pretty remarkable piece and extremely life like when compared with other digital photographs of live people. Once this technology hits hollywood full force they’re a lot of actors and actresses going to be going on welfare.
You check outMex Edwins complete write up of how he created this piece at CG Arena.
Gizmodo (via: Insignificant Thoughts)
Olympus Unveils Two New E-Series Digital SLRs
Olympus announced today two new E-Series cameras for the photo hobbyists. The EVOLT E-510 (available in July) and the E-410 (available in June). Both cameras sport anti-dust Supersonic Wave Filtering to dustless high quality photos. Both cameras are 10 mega-pixels with image stablization and live preview. Specs for each camera are after the jump, thanks to Ubergizmo for detailing them.
I have an E-500 and I love it but there are a few things that could definitely be improved, the first of which is noise. According to the specs Olympus is using a TruePic III Image Processor which reduces noise by one step at higher ISO settings. This is good, but the actual results will be key. They’ve also introduced a Full Time Live LCD which allows you to use either the LCD or view finder to frame a picture. This is one feature I do miss from the point and shoot cameras.
I’m not sure yet if I’ll spring for the camera right away, but I’ll definitely get my hands on one to test out and we’ll review. If someone from Olympus wants to “hook me up” feel free to contact me.
There is no word yet on actual prices but Amazon.com has the E-510
Photoshop: Professional photo retouching in 10 minutes
Here’s a handy video showing how to retouch a photo in Photoshop. It’s a bit fast, so it’s not really for the novice, but if you make quick use of the pause button you can get a good idea of what the author is trying to explain. Video after the jump.
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Photoshop: Remove wrinkles in 8 steps
Here’s a handy tutorial showing how to remove wrinkles from a picture using Photoshop. Video submitted to Metacafe by fatmetacafe after the jump, thanks for tip it’ll be put to good use.
Olympus Evolt E500 Review (5 stars)
I bought this camera a few months ago, having decided to step into the world of digital SLR’s. After a bit of research I settled on the Olympus Evolt E500 for a couple of reasons. First, I’ve always had either Olympus or Minolta equipment and never had major issue with either of them, so I’m partial to those products. The E500 however, is an entry level camera and at the time the other model Olympus offered was the E1, their professional model. I’m no professional photographer, I wouldn’t even consider myself an amateur, but I wanted a nice setup and my point and shoots just weren’t doing it for me, but I didn’t want to spend a small fortune for something I might not be able to use. I bought the popular kit that comes with the E500 and two lenses, a 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens and a 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko lens. It offers an 8 megapixel resolution, 2.5″ HyperCrystal LCD, Sonic Wave Filter, TruePic Turbo Image Processor, Pop-up flash, fifteen scene modes and full exposure control. Plus it’s compatible with both an xD-Picture Card and CompactFlash card.
