Archive for January, 2008

The Tony Awards 07 (a bit late, but well…)

Over the year I get to try a lot of software in the digital imaging and related computer area. Some is good and some unashamedly awful. I felt like having a small ceremony to give an award of no value whatsoever as a way of celebrating the best and worst in a few simple categories. [...]

DNG vs RAW vs Jpeg-the mission continues…

DNG vs RAW vs Jpeg-the mission continues… Kia ora: in a post not long ago, I pointed out that sooner or later, I would respond to Mary Jo’s request for some sort of statement on the question of the DNG format and why you might want to use it instead of Raw or JPEG format. [...]

And now, the camera for the person who really does own it all…

Kia ora tatou: MaryJo sent me an email detailing this vital piece of photographer’s kit . I checked my diary to see whether the months had slipped by and it was April 1. Then I followed the link. I am still not sure about the date…. So I include her letter in toto.. Like shooting [...]

Not another cupholder post!

. Kia ora tatou: Lightroom 2.0. I love it! The list of cool things goes on, and while it is slower than 1.4.1, the new features justify the slight slowdown. I have converted to using .dng, ie importing and converting my .cr2 files to dng. After a conversation with Adobe Ambassador John Doogan (look for [...]