James Duncan Davidson has just published two interesting blog post explaining his experience with the new Apple Aperture 2.0.

The first post is a thorough analysis of the pros and cons of this product. The second is an even more interesting comparison between Aperture 2.0 and

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While all the buzz is about the new-stabilized-ultrazooms, there’s still a consistent group of people who enjoy using the old, affordable and quality 50mm primes. Glenn Wolsey has just published a interesting retrospective on his webpage in which he goes through the options available to Canon user,

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Instructables has just published a cool tutorial to build a remote shutter release for your beloved digital camera:
Make a remote shutter release for your canon digital camera (and some other brands such as Pentax, Sony, and some Nikons) for about 3 bucks in under 5 minutes.
If you enjoy DIY,

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While Adobe is still struggling to release its Photoshop Elements for Mac, Apple managed to release last week Aperture 2.0. The new version claims to have more then 100 new features grouped in four main areas:

improved user interfaces
performance improvements in all the steps of the photo workflow
enhanced image processing tools
better integration with other Mac sofwares […]

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Want to have a look to a place before going there on vacation with your trusted reflex camera? or, simply, just want to (virtually) visit some exotic place? Check EarthAlbum, a cool website which claims to be
a simpler, slicker Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the […]

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While some years ago Apple computers seemed to be the obvious choice for all photo-editing and graphic works, now the things are a bit different, especially for amateur photographers. That’s particularly clear when you notice that Adobe never shipped Photo Elements 5 for Mac.
Fast forward to the end of last year, the things aren’t […]

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Sigma APO 200-500mm F2.8/400-1000mm F5.6 EX DG is its complete name, and it’s the ultimate telephoto lens brought you by the Sigma Corporation for your Nikon, Canon or Sigma camera.
This incredible lens claims to be the first world’s lens featuring a constant f/2.8 aperture at 500mm… the perfect wildlife lens; and coupled with a […]

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Two interesting new releases from Sony: Alpha 300 and Alpha 350.

Here’s a small comparison sheet of the two cameras.

Sony Alpha 300
Sony Alpha 350

Sensor
10.2 million pixels, 1.5x crop factor
14.2 million pixels, 1.5x crop factor

Lens mount
Sony alpha, Minolta A-type

Shutter speed
30s - 1/4000s

Sensitivity
ISO 100-3200

LCD
2,7″ tilting LCD, 230K pixel, with live view

Anti-dust mechanism

Memory type
Compact flash

Weight
582g

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