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January
2006
This page is the archive of the
news published on JuzaPhoto in January 2006. The links (in red) are
no longer active.
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| New
Landscapes Gallery -
January 31, 2006 |
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I updated the Landscapes gallery : other than
the improvements in size and descriptions, I
renewed the structure of the pages to make
them easier and faster to browse. Updated Gallery :
Landscapes
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| New
Various Gallery -
January 28, 2006 |
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I updated the "Various" gallery
according to the new standards :-) Updated Gallery :
Various
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| New
Flora Gallery! -
January 27, 2006 |
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I updated the flora gallery (more than 80
species and 400 photos!). The new gallery has common names, larger photos,
technical info and the place where I toke the
photo. Moreover, it is clearly specified if
the photo has been taken in the wild or if the
subject is a garden specimen. Updated Gallery :
Flora
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| Olympus
E-330 -
January 26, 2006 |
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Olympus has announced the E-330, a 4/3 DSRL
with an unique "live preview" mode,
that allows to frame the scene using the large
rear LCD. The camera has a 7.5 CMOS sensor,
iso 100-1600 and shutter speeds from 60"
to 1/4000.
Press release : Olympus
E-330
Preview : E-330
Preview at Dpreview
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| New
Fauna (Macro) Gallery -
January 23, 2006 |
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I updated the entire fauna (Macro) gallery,
with common names, larger photos and
descriptions.
Updated Gallery : Fauna
(Macro)
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| The
End of Film Era -
January 22, 2006 |
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In the latest weeks, there had been a couple
of major announcements, that - in my opinion -
mark the end of film era.
- on Thursday 12 January, Nikon has announced
that it is going to focus on digital, and all
Nikon film cameras are now discontinued with
the exception of the recent Nikon F6. The
majority of manual focus lenses had been discontinued, too.
- on Thursday 19 January, Konica Minolta
has announced that it is withdrawing from the photo
arena, both film and digital. Sony will
continue to develop digital SLRs with KM
mount.
Nowadays, Canon is the last major
manufacturer that still produces film cameras,
but I bet that they will focus exclusively on
digital as soon as they have a $400
entry-level DSLR.
The future is digital, and I think that we
will see some great innovations this year,
beginning from the first "DSLR"
camera with live preview and digital
viewfinder, that will be announced the 26 of
this month by Olympus. Many other innovations
are going to be announced in the next weeks
:-)
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| New
Fauna Gallery -
January 21, 2006 |
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I updated the entire fauna gallery - all the
pages now have larger photos and descriptions
:-)
Update Gallery : Fauna
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| New
Photos and Updated Galleries -
January 19, 2006 |
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I have added new photos in the galleries and I
have updated the structure of the pages to
make then even more useful and interesting :-)
All the new photos will be bigger (640px
instead of 525px); if possible, I'll update
also the older photos. Moreover, I'll list all
the techs of the photo (camera, lens, shutter
speed, aperture, ISO, etc.), and the new pages
will have a new index structure (similar to
the structure of the portfolio) :-)
Updated Gallery : Dionaea
muscipula
Updated Gallery : Lake
Moo
Updated Gallery : Nure
Valley
Updated Gallery : Perino
Waterfalls
Updated Gallery : Leaves
Other galleries : GALLERIES
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| Zeiss
ZF Lenses -
January 18, 2006 |
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Zeiss has officially announced the
introduction of the new Zeiss ZF, high quality
lenses with Nikon F mount. So far, Zeiss had
announced only the 50mm f1.4 and the 85mm
f1.4, but more lens will come during the year
(the most interesting are surely the "DigitalPrime"
40mm and 14mm, that you can already see in some
photos on the Zeiss website).
Press release : Zeiss
ZF Lenses
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| Nikon
D200 Review -
January 15, 2006 |
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Bjorn Rorslett has published the detailed
review of the new Nikon D200!
Review : Nikon
D200 Review by Bjorn Rorslett
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| Sigma 180mm f3.5 EX APO Macro HSM
- RAW Image Samples -
January 09, 2006 |
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I added the original RAW files of the image
samples to the Sigma 180 Macro Review. Review
: Sigma
180mm f3.5 EX APO Macro HSM Field Review
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| Hasselblad
H2D-39 and Digital Backs -
January 07, 2006 |
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Hasselblad has
announced the impressive H2D-39, a medium
format camera with 39 megapixels sensor. The
same sensor will be available also into
Hasselblad CF and Hasselblad CFH digital
backs. Press
release: Hasselblad
H2D-39 Press release: Hasselblad
CFH Press release: Hasselblad
CF
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| Four
New Links -
January 06, 2006 |
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I added four new
websites in the link page : John Hide (www.wildthingsphotography.com/),
Julian Li (www.julian.li),
Marc Adamus (http://wildphoto.smugmug.com/),
Marco Baracco (http://marco.baracco.net/).
Links : Photographers
Websites
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| Image Quality : The Dynamic Range
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January 05, 2006 |
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The article about
dynamic range was the last one that hadn't
been updated yet - the improved version is now
online! The human
eye has a great ability to distingue the
detail into highly contrasted scenes : it has
been estimated that it can view correctly a
scene with 12 stops of difference between the
brightest and darkest area.
In digital photography, the range of
brightness values that can be registered by a
sensor is called dynamic range; a wide dynamic
range is better since it allows to capture
more detail... Article
: Image
Quality : The Dynamic Range |
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| Great
News Are Coming! CES and PMA -
January 03, 2006 |
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The CES
(Consumer Electronic Show) is very close (Jan
5-8), and the PMA
is coming (February 26-March 01). In the next
two months we well see quite a lot of news and
as usual, all the news regarding
SLRs, lenses and accessories will be promptly
reported on Juzaphoto - stay tuned! :-) |
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| Nature
Photography by Juza - Introduction -
January 02, 2006 |
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As some of you
might already have noticed, the structure of
the "Nature Photography Articles"
page has evolved; in these months all the
articles had been updated and now they forms
a coherent structure, a real
"e-book" about nature photography.
The
introduction, that presents the structure of
the book, is not online :-)
Article : Nature
Photography by Juza - Introduction
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