Ted Ritzer: Digital PhotographyLatest & Greatest Internet Posts(Untitled)- October 29, 2003 Just posted! Pentax ist D review. Just posted! Our full in-depth review of Pentax's first digital SLR, the ist D. The ist D is based around the design of the ist film SLR, it features a six megapixel APS size CCD sensor and a Pentax lens mount. The ist D is the smallest and lightest lens interchangeable digital SLR and is packed with manual controls and advanced features. On paper the ist D appears impressive, see how it performed in our tests and how it compared to the Canon EOS 10D and Nikon..http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/digitalPhotography/2003/10/28.html#a3083 Skype Hype or the Next VOIP King- October 27, 2003 Skype has the potential to be strategic Snagged this form Roland, who got it from Stuart Henshall, at any rate this does looks disruptive!!! Thursday, September 11, 2003 -- Skype P2P free telephone service is disruptive (SOURCE:Unbound Spiral - Stuart Henshall's blog:)- Stuart's usual insight! Maybe I should install the sound card in my one and only PC (I have 4 Macs) and try this out! Might be able to use it to make free calls to my sister in Rotterdam ifwhen they.http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/digitalPhotography/2003/10/26.html#a3079 (Untitled)- October 27, 2003 Sigma announce new DC lenses. Sigma today announced two new lenses designed specifically for digital SLR APS sensor size. The 18 - 50 mm F3.5 - 5.6 DC and 55 - 200 mm F4.5 - 5.6 DC lens can be made considerably smaller and lighter because they are designed to produce an image circle specifically large enough for an APS size sensor (all current digital SLRs except the Canon EOS-1Ds and Kodak DCS-14n). Both lenses are notably lighter and more compact than 35 mm equivalents. Used on the Sigma SD9..http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/digitalPhotography/2003/10/26.html#a3074 (Untitled)- October 27, 2003 Sigma SD10, preview and samples. Sigma today announced the new SD10 digital SLR. The SD10 is a successor to the SD9, originally announced in February last year. The SD10 has an updated 10M X3 sensor from Foveon, the new sensor promises improved dynamic range, color response and sensitivity (thanks to the addition of microlenses). The primary differences between the SD9 and the SD10 are extended ISO sensitivity (up to 1600 in extended mode), longer exposures, a single battery power supply, 13 EV.http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/digitalPhotography/2003/10/26.html#a3073 (Untitled)- October 24, 2003 Picasa launches photo "Hello" digital photo communication thingy. Two words that explain why this -- and similar new services I'm seeing of late -- are so important: Image conversations. Online consumer digital-photo-organizer service Picasa just launched a new realtime share feature called Hello. I had a chance to sit down with PicasaHello CTO Michael Herf for a demo over coffee a few weeks ago, and was totally blown away by it. Don't think there's a Mac version yet, but for Windows users, it..http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/digitalPhotography/2003/10/23.html#a3048 |