R.I.P., Wall Arch

August 10th, 2008 - 07:58:04 PM:

Wall Arch in Arches National Park has collapsed.

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Olympus starts making radical changes to DSLRs

August 5th, 2008 - 06:37:47 PM:

Olympus has now started to make radical changes to DSLRs, as announced here. They basically started doing what I've predicted in my essay “The future of digital SLRs”. I've therefore updated my essay.

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The future of digital SLRs

August 5th, 2008 - 06:04:26 AM:

Currently DSLR design still concentrates on packing more pixels onto the sensor and adding features to the camera firmware. As the megapixel race continues, however, it becomes more and more pointless. Most lenses can not resolve enough detail to require tens of megapixels, and sloppy technique often prevents that both lenses and sensors are used to their full potential. So as there is a limit of information that reaches the sensor, there's no point to use more and more pixels to record it. Once the pixel number of the sensor is higher than the total resolving power of the lens-photographer system, there is no advantage of adding more pixels. Also, more and more people will realize that they don't need 20 megapixels even for full page magazine prints. The novelty value of ever larger numbers in sales brochures will soon fade out.

So efforts will shift towards other areas. Mid- and longterm there will be increased emphasis on quality, usability, and getting rid of the past. Let's start with my look into the crystal ball:

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Images didn't display when using Google Reader

July 29th, 2008 - 06:35:35 PM:

When reading this feed with Google Reader, the images were not displayed. This is caused by the way Google Reader aggregates and presents the feed. It's fixed now. If you see a similar problem when using other aggregators, please let me know.

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IFA 2008 preview

July 28th, 2008 - 09:13:02 PM:

On friday, August 29th, the IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) opens in Berlin, Germany. It's the largest trade fair for consumer electronics.

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What's this spot in my pictures?

July 24th, 2008 - 09:07:49 PM:

Ever had a spot like this in your pictures?

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The Carl Zeiss DT 16-80/3.5-4.5, give it a break

July 22nd, 2008 - 09:24:58 PM:

In June 2008 I finally got me the Carl Zeiss DT 16-80/3.5-4.5, despite some critical reviews. I was expecting to do some critical testing and maybe having to return it. It didn't turn out this way.

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Speculating on the announced Sony wide-angle lens

July 18th, 2008 - 10:35:18 PM:

On PMA 2007 Sony has announced a number of lenses, of which they have released two in the meantime. More were promised for later this year. Today I'd like to speculate on what Sony called just "wide-angle fixed lens".

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New main page design

July 17th, 2008 - 09:53:32 PM:

As you can see I have made a new design of the main page.

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2 million visitors

May 8th, 2008 - 09:21:21 AM:

Tonight the line of 2 million visitors was crossed. Last summer there was a steep drop in the number of visitors after Google has changed their ranking system. Since end of July there were significantly fewer referals from Google. But since then the numbers have risen continuously and approach the earlier level. Thank you for your interest!

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