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Canon 18-200 vs Sigma 18-250 vs Tamron 18-250 and 18-270 -
July 01, 2009 |
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Superzoom are popular lenses between amateur
photographers: they are extremely versatile,
and they allow to take almost every kind of
photo with a single lens. They are relatively
small and light, and not too expensive. But
are they good? Or the compromised made to
create a 11-15x zoom at a low price gives
unacceptable image quality? I have tested the
latest superzooms from Canon, Sigma and Tamron
to aswer to this question...
The new article is online! Canon
18-200 vs Sigma 18-250 vs Tamron 18-250 and
18-270
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JuzaForum
Photos Of The Week June 22-28 - June
29, 2009 |
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As every week, I have selected the best photos,
for artistic and technical quality, between
the images posted on JuzaForum during the
latest week! I highly recommend the visit to
the photo os the week gallery, it is a great
inspiration! Landscape gallery winner: Light & Shadows III
by CPR
Birds and
wildlife winner: fighting great crested grebe
by jfm
Macro and Flora winner: Charaxes jasius
by IoDaniela
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DRB:
Weird and Wonderful things - June
26, 2009 |
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Sometimes when surfing on the web I find true
jewels - one of these is www.darkroastedblend.com,
a website about weird and wonderful things...I
highly recommend the visit!
The galleries/articles that have caught
most my attention are those about travel,
nature
and animals...super
cool :-)
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Selecting, Storing and Cataloguing the Photos - June
25, 2009 |
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If you are seriously interested about
photography, you will soon end up with
hundreds or thousands of photos, and ordering
and cataloguing them become a necessity. There
are various good systems to organize your
images, and you have to choose the one that
fits better your way of work. A simple and
rational cataloguing strategy can really
improve your work..
I have update and rewritten the article!
Selecting,
storing and cataloguing your photos
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Video:
Finland 2009 - June 24, 2009 |
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I have published a short video about my recent
trip to Finland! The video is taken with Canon
500D and various Canon and Sigma lenses, and
post processed with Adobe Premiere Elements.
Details and discussion: Video: Finland 2009
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JuzaForum
Photos Of The Week June 15-21 - June
22, 2009 |
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As every week, I have selected the best photos,
for artistic and technical quality, between
the images posted on JuzaForum during the
latest week! I highly recommend the visit to
the photo os the week gallery, it is a great
inspiration! Landscape gallery winner: Jagged Mist
by tidyboy21
Birds and
wildlife winner: Two little bears and their mother
by darietto84
Macro and Flora winner: Conopid
by morfa
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Kingston
128 GB pen drive (and other storage solutions)
- June 20, 2009 |
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Few days ago Kingston has announced a 128 GB
pen drive: it does not require energy, it is very drop-resistant and very small and light!
You can read more and discuss this interesting
technology here: Kingston
128 GB pen drive.
I think that in future pen drives will
replace external HDD, but for now the price/GB
ratio is still in favor of the HDD: I have
just bought three Transcend 500 GB portable
(2.5") drives, to replace my old
3.5" drives...and I love them! Details
and discussion: Transcend 500 GB 2.5" external HDD...very good!
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Travel
Notes: Ireland - June 17, 2009 |
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Ireland has been a pleasant surprise. I have
travelled all around the country with Agata,
for a trip focussed on landscapes - we visited
mainly the coastline...some places are truly
impressive! The most beautiful places I have
seen are the "Giant's Causeway",
thousand of basaltic columns with geometric
shapes, created by a volcanic eruption
millions of years ago...
I have added a section about Ireland to the Travel
Notes from the World article!
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JuzaForum
Photos Of The Week June 08-14 - June
15, 2009 |
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As every week, I have selected the best photos,
for artistic and technical quality, between
the images posted on JuzaForum during the
latest week! I highly recommend the visit to
the photo os the week gallery, it is a great
inspiration! Landscape gallery winner: Land before Time
by Blueripper
Birds and
wildlife winner: Flamingo
by kutyafej
Macro and Flora winner: Resting on drops
by William
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JuzaForum
Photos Of The Week June 01-07 - June
14, 2009 |
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As every week, I have selected the best photos,
for artistic and technical quality, between
the images posted on JuzaForum during the
latest week! I highly recommend the visit to
the photo os the week gallery, it is a great
inspiration! Landscape gallery winner: Waterfall at Early Morning
by O.K.
Birds and
wildlife winner: European Tree Frogs-Hyla arborea
by Jeroenski
Macro and Flora winner: Jewel wasp (Chrysidae)
by eurythyrea
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JuzaForum
Photos Of The Week May 25-31 - June
14, 2009 |
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As every week, I have selected the best photos,
for artistic and technical quality, between
the images posted on JuzaForum during the
latest week! I highly recommend the visit to
the photo os the week gallery, it is a great
inspiration! Landscape gallery winner: Dance of small sparks
by Giacomo Radi
Birds and
wildlife winner: Vipera aspis francisciredi - Close-Up
by Giacomo Radi
Macro and Flora winner: Red
eyes
by Grzehoofr
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Travel
Notes: Finland - June 12, 2009 |
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In May 2009, I have spent eight days in
Finland for wildlife photography. The trip has
been organized by Memy - a nature photographer
and member of the Italian JuzaForum - and
there were 16 persons! Usually I prefer trips
with much smaller groups, but thanks to Memy's
effort, the trip has been a success! We
reached Helsinki by plane, then we rented four
cars and we traveled towards north. Traveling
in Finland is...
I have added a section about Finland to the Travel
Notes from the World article!
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Landscapes
of Ireland! - June 11, 2009 |
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The gallery of landscapes taken in Ireland is
online! All the photos had been taken with
1DsIII, 500D and wide angles, in particular
with my Sigma 12-24...that has died in this
trip :-/ I was shooting on the Cliffs of Moher
when the tripod with 1DsIII and 12-24 fell due
to strong wind...the camera has survived with
just few scratches, while the lens was
destroyed. I have already ordered a new copy -
I love this lens :-)
Gallery:
Landscapes of Ireland
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I
am back from Ireland! - June 10, 2009 |
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I have just come back from a fantastic trip in
Ireland! We (me and Agata) have visited some
spectacular places; in the next days I am
going to publish the first photos!
In the meantime, you can see a photo taken
at the Giants Causeway in the cover of the
website!
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Canon
500D: photo and video samples -
May 30, 2009 |
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During my trip to Finland, I have used a lot
the Canon 500D, both for videos and for still
photos. These are some samples that show the
image quality in the field and in studio...
update: May
30, 2009: photo and video samples!
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Canon
500D: White Balance matters! -
May 29, 2009 |
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When I take still photos, I don't care about
white balance: I always keep the WB on Auto
and I select the correct white balance during
RAW converstion. With video, it is not
possible: even though you can correct the
color balance during post processing, the
result is not as good as using the right white
balance. In natural light Auto WB works well,
but with artificial light, it is easy to get a
result like that..
update: May
29, 2009: White Balance matters!
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Landscapes
from Finland -
May 28, 2009 |
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I have added new landscape photos taken in
Finland in the:
Norway,
Sweded, Finland gallery!
The photos had been taken with the 1DsIII
and with my new Canon 500D, with 24-105 L IS
and Sigma 12-24 EX DG HSM.
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Canon
5D2 Firmware update: manual video controls! -
May 27, 2009 |
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Canon has announced a new firmware update for
the 5D MarkII, available from June 2, that
gives manual controls in video mode: you can
select aperture, ISO and shutter speed!
Details and discussion: Canon
5D2 Firmware update!
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Sigma 100-300 f/4 vs Canon 300 f/4 IS and Canon 100-400 -
May 26, 2009 |
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The Sigma 100-300 f/4 is an unusual tele zoom:
unlike the majority of other tele-zooms in its
price range, it has a constant maximum
aperture of f/4. It is cheaper than Canon
100-400 and 300 f/4, and it is not much
bigger, in spite of the aperture and internal
zoom. I had heard very positive opinions about
its image quality, so I have decided to
compare it against the Canon 100-400 and the
Canon 300 f/4 IS. How does these lenses
compare, with and without teleconverters?
The new article is online! Sigma
100-300 f/4 vs Canon 300 and 100-400
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JuzaForum
Photos Of The Week May 18-24 -
May 25, 2009 |
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As every week, I have selected the best photos,
for artistic and technical quality, between
the images posted on JuzaForum during the
latest week! I highly recommend the visit to
the photo os the week gallery, it is a great
inspiration! Landscape gallery winner: Under a Blood Red Sky 2
by Blueripper
Birds and
wildlife winner: Tarentola delalandii - Tenerife
by Giacomo Radi
Macro and Flora winner: Zerynthia polyxena
by IoDaniela
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Pentax
announces K7D -
May 21, 2009 |
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Pentax has announced the new Pentax K7D! The
new camera has 14.6 megapixel sensor, 5FPS x
14 RAW, live view with 3" LCD, video mode
(720p at 30FPS) and image stabilization!
Details and discussion: Pentax
K7D
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Birds
and Wildlife from Finland! -
May 20, 2009 |
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The wildlife photos taken in my recent Finland
trip are online!
Birds
and Wildlife of Finland
The photos had been taken with the 1DsIII
and with my new Canon 500D; I have used Canon
600 f/4 L IS USM and Sigma 120-300 f/2.8 EX DG
HSM.
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JuzaForum
Photos Of The Week May 11-17 -
May 19, 2009 |
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As every week, I have selected the best photos,
for artistic and technical quality, between
the images posted on JuzaForum during the
latest week! I highly recommend the visit to
the photo os the week gallery, it is a great
inspiration!
Landscape gallery winner: Mt Cook
by shaun
Birds and
wildlife winner: White flies
by TatyanaZarubo
Macro and Flora winner: Blue Fungi
by pointr
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JuzaForum
Photos Of The Week May 04-10 -
May 19, 2009 |
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As every week, I have selected the best photos,
for artistic and technical quality, between
the images posted on JuzaForum during the
latest week! I highly recommend the visit to
the photo os the week gallery, it is a great
inspiration! Landscape gallery winner: Sun
Blast by CPR
Birds and
wildlife winner:
Noctua by Noctua
Macro and Flora winner:
What's up:)
by Grzehoofr
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I
am back from Finland! - May 18, 2009 |
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I have come back from Finland! The trip has
been a success, and in the next days I'm going
to update the website with many new photos and
articles!
The first photo is already online, as new
JuzaPhoto cover! :-)
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Canon
500D vs 350D - May 08, 2009 |
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After so many tests about video, today I have
decided to try the still capabilities of the
500D, comparing it with the old 350D...
update: May
08, 2009: Canon 500D vs Canon 350D
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Canon
500D: Picture Styles and "video RAW"
- May 06, 2009 |
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While for photos you can use RAW so you don't
have to worry about the setting of sharpness,
contrast, etc, during video these settings
become very important. If your setting give
oversharpened video, for example, you can't
remove the excessive sharpening during post
processing, so it is important to set the
picture styles on the right settings: the
video quality can be quite good...
update: May
06, 2009: Picture Styles and "video
RAW"
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Canon
24-105 vs Sigma 24-70 2.8 HSM vs Tamron 28-75
2.8 - May 05, 2009 |
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The standard zooms are the most popular lenses
for every manufacturers; there are dozens of
standard zoom, and nearly every photographer
owns one of these lenses. In this test, I have
compared the best standard zooms of every
manufactuter (in Canon EF mount...in future
I'm going to test also Sony and Nikon). I own
the super versatile Canon 24-105 IS, and I
have compared it with the new Sigma 24-70 2.8
HSM and with the Tamron 28-75 f/2.8, one of...
The new review is online! Sigma
24-70 f/2.8 vs Canon and Tamron
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JuzaForum
Photo Of The Week (Landscapes) -
May 04, 2009 |
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As every week, I have selected the best photo,
for artistic and technical quality, between
the images posted on JuzaForum during the
latest week! The photo of the week 27/04/09-03/05/09
(Landscapes Gallery) is:
Double Rainbow on Amazon river by
Herb
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JuzaForum
Photo Of The Week (Birds and Wildlife) -
May 04, 2009 |
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As every week, I have selected the best photo,
for artistic and technical quality, between
the images posted on JuzaForum during the
latest week! The photo of the week 27/04/09-03/05/09
(Birds and Wildlife Gallery) is:
Avocets: flight in formation
by Hanskoot (photographer
website: hanskootphotography.com)
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JuzaForum
Photo Of The Week (Macro&Flora) -
May 04, 2009 |
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As every week, I have selected the best photo,
for artistic and technical quality, between
the images posted on JuzaForum during the
latest week!
The photo of the week 27/04/09-03/05/09 (Macro&Flora Gallery) is:
I want You!
by Grzehoofr
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Canon
500D: Low
light and bright lenses - May 02,
2009 |
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As shown in
yesterday's test, the 500D is not a great
performer in low light. How can you improve
the results? There is only one way: bright
lenses. Since the video is taken at 30 frames
per second, the shutter speed can not be
longer than 1/30; the only way to have more
light is to use a brigh aperture. Until now, I
have liked a lot my Sigma 20 f/1.8, but with
the 500D I have changed my mind: for video
this lens is an awesome choice... update:
May
02, 2009: Low light and bright lenses
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First
tests with Canon 500D! - May 01,
2009 |
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In late april
2009, I have bought the small Canon 500D. The
main reasons for this choice is to have a
reflex camera with video (I want to take
videos with the Canon EF lenses!) and the 15
megapixel APS-C sensor, that allows to make
very precise lens tests and to take photos of
distant subjects (birds, wildlife) with good
quality. I'm not going to publish a
traditional review of the 500D. Instead, I'll
publish here a "500D blog": what I
learn every day from tests and experiences in
the field with the 500D! The first test is
online: May 01, 2009: Video Quality...big sensor advantage?
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My
Canon 500D has arrived! - May 01,
2009 |
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The Canon 500D is in my hands! If you have
questions or curiosities about this camera,
feel free to ask!
Canon
500D in my hands
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