These photos are from a trip to Italy in 1999. For more details and more photos, see Part 2.
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Photos taken by Raoul Pop
A slideshow of Paris architecture
Just got this by email: Architecture Parisienne. Photos by Gérard Thérrin. Enjoy!
A very cool walk around the Gaza pyramids
This fellow called Jason Clay is working out of Cairo, Egypt, as a graphic designer, and he’s put together these great videos of the pyramids made up of hundreds of still shots. He walked around them, and took shots every 10 seconds. The result is very cool!
Camera preview: Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 DSLR
I’ve been reading reviews about the Sony Alpha DSLR-A100, and I’m impressed. It looks like the successor to Minolta’s D-SLR line is a worthy one, and the features it packs for its price point are powerful. This camera has a 10.2-megapixel image sensor, improved 40-segment metering, a 2.5-inch Clear Photo LCD Plus, and Anti Dust technology. It will have 19 high-quality Sony lenses and a wide range of accessories, not to mention that it will be compatible with Minolta’s line of lenses. The lithium-ion battery will let you get up to 750 shots per charge.
I would love to get my hands on it for an up-close review, but until I do, I’ll leave you with links to some good reviews:
Some detailed specs are also in order:
- Lightweight and durable magnesium alloy body: frame is 545g and frame+lens is 630g
- Sony a Alpha/Minolta-A bayonet lens mount
- 10.2-megapixel Sony CCD sensor with 10M/5M/2.5M image sizes
- Recording choice of JPEG, RAW, or RAW plus Fine JPEG
- Super SteadyShot anti-shake system with viewfinder indicators
- Anti-dust system automatically shakes dust off the imager
- Large 2.5-inch TFT color Clear Photo LCD Plus
- Pentaprism viewfinder with 95% coverage and Eye Start AF
- 9-point AF with Wide, Spot and Focus Area Selection
- Image adjustments: Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness (5 levels)
- Shooting modes: Full-auto, Programmed AE with program shift, Aperture priority, Shutter priority, Manual and Scenes
- Dynamic Range Optimizer using the Bionz image processor
- TTL metering: 40-segment honeycomb-pattern, Center-weighted or Spot
- White Balance: Auto, six presets and Manual color temperature
- Unlimited Continuous 3fps shooting Large/Fine JPEG images, up to 6 RAW
- Shutter speeds: 30 to 1/4,000 seconds, 1/160 sec. flash sync
- ISO Range: 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 (with lo80 and hi200)
- Built-in TTL popup flash with red-eye reduction.
- Hot shoe for Sony/Minolta Program Flash units
- CompactFlash I/II card slot, Microdrive and FAT32 compatible
- Video Out with selectable NTSC or PAL timing
- High capacity lithium-ion battery pack and charger included
- Exif Print, PRINT Image Matching II, PictBridge compatible
A few up and coming gadgets
Time has a great slideshow of up and coming gadgets. A few that I really like are a new cellphone from Samsung that’s thinner and lighter than the Razr, the Sanyo Xacti HD camcorder, the swivable laptop display from Intel, and the “sideshow” display that allows you to check email and play music without opening the laptop, compatible with Vista. Click on the thumbnails below to view the photos, courtesy of their manufacturers.
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