You may remember a few weeks back we directed you to part 1 of ThinkCamera.com’s Skin Retouching Master Class. As of yesterday all three parts have been completed and give an excellent step-by-step howto on magazine quality skin smoothing and retouching.
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Via Crunchgear, SOny’s new Alpha DSLR has been officially announced at a $1400 proce point. Designed as a direct competitor to the Canon 40D and Nikon D300, the new Sony boasts some impressive features including a 12.2 MP Exmor sensor, 3-inch LCD, 11-point autofocus and more.
Crunchgear coverage
Offical Press Release
We all have them, whether it be rushing a shot, or leaving the tripod at home. Jim M. Goldstein has posted a breakdown of all his bad photography habits, and I would venture to guess that many of us share a lot of what he lists without even realizing.
The wonderful folks at Digital Photgraphy School have posted an excellent piece on the proper focusing techniques to use in landscape photography. Explained are not only the proper area of the frame to focus but also basic techniques and guidlines to follow for technically proficient landscape photos.
Tech-blogger Glenn Wolsey has posted an insightful article on the timeless prime vs. zoom lens debate. He does a great job explaining the differences, and benefits of each in different situations. Check it out!
It’s a very busy times for the major DSLR manufacturers, as Nikon has now launched 2 new DSLRs, the D3 and D300 directly after Canon’s launch of the the new 40D and 1Ds Mark III. Nikon has definitely upped their game with their first FX or full-frame DSLR in the D3, the successor to the pro-level D2. It inlcudes ridiculously high ISO sensitivity and The D300 also boast very impressive improvements over the D200. To see the full specs of both, I’ve included links to several sites covering both cameras.
D3
Crunchgear Coverage
Gizmodo Coverage
PopPhoto Coverage
Engadget Coverage
D300
Crunchgear Coverage
Gizmodo Coverage
PopPhoto Coverage
Engadget Coverage
Finally Canon has officially announced the new 40D DSLR with pretty much the same specs we reported on in recent weeks, but that’s not all!!! They also announced the ridiculousli high-res, 21 Megapixel 1Ds Mark III pro DSLR. Now if they could only get around to announcing the successor to the 5D…
More info:
1Ds Mark III at DCViews
40D at DCViews
CNET Coverage
40D at CrunchGear
Via Gizmodo, it seems Amazon mistakenly released a pre-order page with the full 40D specs. The list is wayyyy too long to list here, but some key info: Release date September 20th, 10.1 MP, 6.5 FPS, 3 inch LCD with LiveView, Digic 3.
Those geniuses at O’Reilly Digital Media are at it again with a post on retouching night skies. The article shows a quick and simple method to add impact to your night sky shots.
An excellent article has been posted describing methods to completely eliminate noise from your digital photos. The article, posted at guillermoluijk.com though long, is incredibly informative on methods for reducing noise. This is the first time I’ve come across this site, which seems to have a lot more good articles, unfortunately for me, most of them are in Spanish.
