Photo Jottings

6/23/07

Hewlett Packard floods market with nine new cameras aimed at people who like convenience, and don’t care too much for good-quality photos.  I don’t mean to sound pessimistic, but HP has never been much for high image quality.  It took a lot to muster up enough enthusiasm to post this article.  But, lo! All is not lost!  Among the …

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6/13/07

Notice the very pretty cameras below.  Kodak announced a new line of low-end point and shoot models with an “M” designation. It’s funny, but I recall just a couple of weeks ago Kodak was saying they were getting out of the unprofitable “low-end” digital camera market.  I’m not sure what low-end means in the world of big-business, but these …

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6/3/07

I’ve been busy the last few weeks, I’ll post some photos in the upcoming “Idle chat room” link on the nav bar.  First up, I’ve got some lens reviews in the works.  I’m going to compare the Nikon 105mm F/2.8G VR micro lens to my Sigma 105mm F/2.8 macro, which costs half as much, that’ll be interesting, yup, I’m …

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