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New lenses from Sony and Panasonic
- July 28, 2010 |
Sony has announced three new lenses: 24mm f/2.0, 35mm f/1.8 and 85mm f/2.8.
Panasonic, instead, has announced an unusual lens for the micro 4/3 format: a
"3D lens".
Details and discussion:
New
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JuzaForum Photos Of The Week July 19 - July 25
- July 27, 2010 |
| 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 of the week gallery, it is a great inspiration!
Landscape gallery winner:
Dawn
Storm by ianplant Birds and wildlife winner:
Beautiful flight by jirous.michal Macro and Flora winner:
Spider by Vcfm
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Getting creative with photo equipment
- July 24, 2010 |
Sometimes, the photo equipment itself can be an interesting compositional
element. For my work, I often take photos of cameras and lenses, as illustration
for the articles published on JuzaPhoto. But in some situations, the camera or
the photographer can become the key for an artistic and unusual photo. A couple
of days ago, I was taking photos at few kilometers from home: there was a
beautiful sunset and the clouds in the sky had a gradient of color from red to
deep blue...
The new photo essay is online!
Getting creative with photo equipment |
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JuzaForum Photos Of The Week July 12 - July 18
- July 20, 2010 |
| 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 of the week gallery, it is a great inspiration!
Landscape gallery winner:
Road
to Yerevan by Nico Birds and wildlife winner:
Black
Drongo 2 by Honson Macro and Flora winner:
Out
of the shadows... by Grzehoofr
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JuzaForum Photos Of The Week June 05 - July 11
- July 13, 2010 |
| 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 of the week gallery, it is a great inspiration!
Landscape gallery winner:
Sea by
am30 Birds and wildlife winner:
A
window on the world by Luigi Piccirillo Macro and Flora winner:
Moth by
John Miller
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The empty space
- July 09, 2010 |
The emptiness, the silence and the stillness of the desert are something
amazing. In some places along the road to Ksar Ghilane, we stopped just to
"hear" that silence...it is a kind of weird sensation, as when you listen to
music at maximum volume for hours and then you it abruptly ends...so it is in
the desert: when there is no wind, you feel like being deaf, like if the whole
world had become a movie with no audio. In other places, as in Chott El-Jèrid...
The new photo essay is online!
The
empty space |
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JuzaForum Photos Of The Week June 21 - June 27
- July 05, 2010 |
| 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 of the week gallery, it is a great inspiration!
Landscape gallery winner:
Farewell by am30 Birds and wildlife winner:
Roller
in Hungary by Fitisz Macro and Flora winner:
The
Plush by Bluesteel
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JuzaForum Photos Of The Week June 14 - June 20
- July 05, 2010 |
| 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 of the week gallery, it is a great inspiration!
Landscape gallery winner:
Sun
in the Otways by Aycee Birds and wildlife winner:
White-bellied Sea Eagle by Jawright Macro and Flora winner:
Mating Milkweed Beetles by John Miller
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JuzaForum Photos Of The Week June 07 - June 13
- July 05, 2010 |
| 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 of the week gallery, it is a great inspiration!
Landscape gallery winner:
Reflection by am30 Birds and wildlife winner:
Neophron percnopterus. Bulgaria/Madjarovo by Hristov2256 Macro and Flora winner:
Big-head fly by Tukki
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Tunisia, part II
- July 02, 2010 |
I have added several new photos to the gallery
Landscapes and reportage: Tunisia!
Almost all new photos had been taken with the Sigma 8-16mm. |
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First photos from Tunisia!
- June 30, 2010 |
The first photos from Tunisia are online!
Landscapes and reportage: Tunisia ...and
a lot more will come in next days!
In this trip I have carried with me
only the Canon 7D - for the first time, I have left the 1DsIII at home (and I
have not regretted this choice). Other than that, I have really enjoyed my new
Sigma 8-16mm, it is the perfect wide-angle on 7D! |
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I'm back!
- June 29, 2010 |
I've come back from the beautiful trip to Tunisia! I have seen the Sahara
desert, ancient abandoned villages, spectacular beaches...I'm going to post very
soon the first photos!
As always, please be patient with the mails, I
have a ton of e-mail and it will take some time to reply to everyone! |
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See you! Tunisia trip from June 14 to June 28!
- June 13, 2010 |
I'm leaving! From June 14 to June 28 I'll be away for a photo trip in
Tunisia. During these weeks, I'll have limited access to internet, so I won't
reply to mails or update the website until I am back. In the meantime, you can
read dozen of ARTICLES, browse the
GALLERIES - hundreds of photos with captions
about camera and settings - and, more important, you can participate to the
JUZA FORUM! It is a great, friendly community with a lot
of good photographers (please remember that new registration will be activated
when I am back). If I find some wi-fi connection, I'll provide a couple of
updates from the trip on my
Facebook page.
Enjoy! |
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Useful travel phrases in four languages
- June 11, 2010 |
When you travel around the world, it is very important to be able to
communicate with other persons, at least for the basic things. In this page, I
have listed some of the most useful phrases for the traveler in three of the
most widespread languages of the world: English, French and Spanish. I have
added Italian, too...
The new article is online!
Useful travel phrases in four
languages |
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Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 EX DC (vs Sigma 12-24 on FF)
- June 09, 2010 |
For years, there has not be any equivalent of the Sigma 12-24 for APS-C
users. I have really appreciated the 12-24 on FF, and I wished to see something
similar for my Canon 7D. In early 2010, Sigma has announced such lens: the
8-16mm, a lens created exclusively for APS-C cameras. It gives exactly the same
angle of view of the 12-24 on FF (if you have a Nikon APS-C camera, 1.5x crop
factor), and...
The new review is online!
Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 (vs
12-24 on FF)
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JuzaForum Photos Of The Week May 31 - June 06
- June 07, 2010 |
| 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 of the week gallery, it is a great inspiration!
Landscape gallery winner:
New
life by Enrico Grotto Birds and wildlife winner:
Zebra's under the clouds by sanjayfg Macro and Flora winner:
Crab
spider by kliton77
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Some more macros!
- June 04, 2010 |
It's the macro season, so...here you are some other macros! :-) I have added
new photos to the Macro: Italy VII
gallery!
In these days I am busy planning my next trip (Tunisia), and
I'm working on some interesting stuff for next week - the Sigma 8-16 review and
other articles! As usual, be patient if I take ages to reply to mails, I have
always a lot of work and endless mails and messages :-) |
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Poll: what Nikon or Canon camera do you use?
- June 03, 2010 |
I have done a couple of polls to see the most popular Nikon or Canon SLRs
between nature photographers! (you need to be registered to the forum to vote, but it takes
just a couple of minutes!)
Canon
SLRs poll
Nikon
SLRs poll |
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Macro photos with Samsung M8910 camera phone
- June 02, 2010 |
I am a big fan of camera phones: I am always amazed by the results that you
can get with the tiny camera of the phone. Few months ago, I bought a Samsung
M8910 mobile phone: it has high resolution touch screen, wi-fi, GPS, a lot of
applications, and...a 12 megapixel camera! I bought it mainly for snapshots, but
the results were so good that I decided to try it even for serious photography.
Of course, it does not make much sense to use the camera phone when...
The new photo essay is online!
Macro
photos with Samsung M8910 camera phone |
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