March 2005 Archives
Nikon confirms D50 March 31, 2005 - Nikon has uploaded the users manual of the new D50. It was found minutes after it was uploaded. The D50 is the new consumer entry camera. It has a 6.1mpix sensor, depth of field preview and 5 auto focus…
Nikon D70s March 31, 2005 - “We are now developing a full range of new models from the top-end to popularly-priced models, but we can’t say anything more now” — Susumu Enomoto Nikon has not confirmed the existence of another new digital SLR called the…
PhotoShop CS2 March 28, 2005 - Adobe made a mistake and put an announcement on their site for the next PhotoShop release. A number of new tools for digital photography will be available, including an enhanced Spot Healing Brush, for handling common photographic problems such…
Sony PSP includes browser March 27, 2005 - The new Sony Play Station Portable includes a hidden browser!…
Binary XML? March 26, 2005 - having worked with XML for some time, the first thing you observer that it is sloooow. Especially with larger documents of about 100kb or more, the parsing step take quite some time. However it seems that the W3C is already…
GUI Gallery March 26, 2005 - The Graphical User Interface Gallery shows you various graphical operating systems and applications between 1983 to 2003. From Apple to BEOS, from windows to Red Hat Linux. Nice to see is the very complete list of splash screens for various…
PictureProject InTouch March 26, 2005 - Now you can share your memories with friends and family using PictureProject In Touch. NikonNet has launched a new member to the PictureProjec family of tools. As I had never used PictureProject — still using NikonView — I though of…
I Pod- You Pod- We Pod March 25, 2005 - I Pod- You Pod- We Pod; march 2005; nikon 5700; © janco tanis…
iPod's missing link March 24, 2005 - Finally the missing feature for the iPod Photo is available! I cannot imagine how someone can market a gadget with the “photo” suffix which is not able to natively capture images from a card. Now finally apple has developed…
Not my cuppa thee March 23, 2005 - Not my cuppa thee; march 2005; nikon 5700; © janco tanis…
TomTom Go 5 firmware update March 20, 2005 - At the CeBit in Hanover, TomTom announced the new versions of the Go product line. At the same time a firmware update is presented for the current Go. Since the last upgrade in September 2004 (release 4.4), the Go…
The battle of Corrin; ISBN 0765301598 March 20, 2005 - Legends of Dune, Book 3 Having read the complete series of Dune since Frank Herbert started the first novel, it is a shame that the quality gets worse and worse. The books his son wrote do only give additional…
New fonts in LongHorn March 19, 2005 - Microsoft is planning to release a set of brand new fonts with the Longhorn operating system. In total six new fonts will be supplied of which three are sans serif, 2 serif and one monospaced font. Calibri might be my…
Finger paint March 19, 2005 - Finger Paint; march 2005; nikon 5700; © janco tanis…
Nikon D100 dead pixel remover March 18, 2005 - For people who have found dead pixels on their Nikon D100 there is good news! There is a utility — Q50ImageAdjust — described at Mathias Pohl’s log that is able to remap the CCD. I think this might be very…
New stylish Nikon Coolpix S1 March 17, 2005 - The new Nikon Coolpix S1 has been announced. It took quite some time before Nikon created a competitor for Canon Ixus range. It has some — new to Nikon — nice features like a 2.5” LCD display and folded…
Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro review March 16, 2005 - Phil’s review of the S3 pro has just been posted. The S3 Pro has Fujifilm’s SuperCCD SR sensor which should have much more dynamic range. Every pixel has two photosites. The camera is based on a Nikon F80 body….
Foveon not dead March 15, 2005 - Foveon seems still alive. The first consumer level camera is introduced using an X3 sensor! Polaroid has annnounced the x530. A new feature in the chip is inhouse JPEG conversion. With previous X3 chips — like in the Sigma…
Wild tree March 14, 2005 - Wild tree; december 2004; nikon 5700; © janco tanis…
New quote March 14, 2005 - I have updated the quote in the footer. After 2 years I thought I could do with another one. So here is the old one for the last time: “There is no dark side of the moon. As a matter…
The next Nikon D3 March 13, 2005 - So the D2x is out and it seems up to the expectations. Now we only have to wait for phil’s review. In the meantime we can dream up specs for the D3. Some rumors say that it will be announced…
It's not funny if I have to explain it; ISBN 0740746588 March 8, 2005 - Another compilation about daily dilbert comics. I must agree that when Scott Adams explains some of them, they become even funnier. Reading the comments show clearly that Scott follows the same pattern in a lot of them. On eof the…
Nikon Face-priority AF March 7, 2005 - Nikon has introduced a new gimmick in the Coolpix line of cameras: “Face-priority AF”. It is primarily intended to get sharp portrait images. It looks like Nikon is using the Coolpix line to introduce new and advanced firmware to distinguish…
Quote of the day March 4, 2005 - “I’ve learned to ignore what experts say I should do. Instead I do what they do!” — Scott Adams…
Snow in March March 4, 2005 - Snow in March; march 2005; nikon 5700; © janco tanis Since we measure temperature in 1900 it has never been as cold in March as this year. It went down to -20.7 °…
Stop whining about digital noise March 2, 2005 - “Personally, I get tired of hearing about and folks whining about noise (what, you had grain free film?). It is what it is and it’s part of the digital experience.” — Moose Peterson A quote from Moose Petersons D2X…
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