NEW: Unlike back when I had a real job, you people won't let me slack. You insisted I get some speed numbers for the Moshi Cardette Ultra Card Reader and the Lexar 32GB 600x CF Card, so I just clocked some and posted them at each review...
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Kudos to Celtx for figuring out exactly what to include and what to leave out when designing a screenwriting app for mobile devices. Celtx Script (US$9.99) is the first iPad screenwriting app that “just works” in the way that Apple users e...
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We’ve shared a good number of time-lapse videos here on PetaPixel before, but this one is pretty unique in the way it was created: François Vautier put an ant colony inside his scanner, and scanned the colony once a week over the course of five years. He then compiled the resulting images into a time-lapse
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Discovered Photography Eggstatt, Germany by John Bragg Great collection of photographs by Sarina Finkelstein of a new breed of gold prospectors. This photograph is pure summer.  Drink it in. Really diggin’ this photograph of buildings in the reflections of old windows. Win Something! Life Signatures is holding a contest giveaway for a 16 x 20
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Okay, I confess I know nothing. I am not a giant corporation that knows all, sees all, and tells little. I am not worth billions of dollars and I do not have minions strung around the globe doing my bidding...
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Canon S90. NEW: Canon S90 User's Guide.  
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Canon ELPHs are known for high quality in a small package, but the advent of an f/2 lens in the slick PowerShot SD4000 is something special. To further enhance the Canon SD4000's low-light abilities, its 10-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor is designed for bet...
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If you’re into HDSLR cameras and are wanting to learn more about Canon, Nikon, Sony, Panasonic and everything used to rig them up, then you’ll definitely want to attend the continuation of last year’s highly successful “Collision Conference” – this year being put on by PhotoCineNews called PhotoCine EXPO. It will be held again at
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PANASONIC’S TAKE… Now it’s your turn! Recording 3D images is now as easy as attaching the 3D conversion lens that comes with the worlds first* consumer 3D camcorder, the HDC-SDT750. Powerful, true-to-life 3D images like those created ...
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Just a couple months after we reported that a 45-gigapixel photo of Dubai had become the world’s largest, a new panorama has arrived to steal the crown. 70 Billion Pixels Budapest is a 70-gigapixel panorama of Budapest created using a setup of two 25-megapixel Sony A900 cameras fitted with 400mm Minolta lenses and 1.4X teleconverters.
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Everyone is expecting news of a new Canon 60D soon, and a leak yesterday by DxO seems to indicate that it will be in our hands by November of this year, meaning that Canon is probably planning to announce the new camera in late September at Photokina 2010. The camera was listed with an assortment
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Finished for the year with workshops at my favorite aging hulk of a building down by the Hudson. Had a studio there for about six or seven years, and for a while, during a very turbulent time in my life, I actually lived there. With the trains, there was no need for an alarm clock.
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This part 2 of Jon Lightroom 3 review. You can see the introduction in is first post. Import DialogOne of the first things you’ll notice about LR3 is the new import Dialog, which is largely different than previous versions. The simple dialog box of old is gone and replaced with a full screen window completeRelated posts:

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This amazing video shows what lightning looks like when slowed down to 9,000 frames per second. Even if you’ve seen lightning in slow motion before, this video might surprise you. Even at extremely slow speeds, many of the bursts and flashes that go on during a lightning strike happen in what appears to be real
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