There’s a new man in town …
June 16, 2009
The long silence can be explained by the fact, that I changed location. Being now based in Berlin there are 
so many spots to discover. This city is full of photogenic locations ! I can already promise updates in the architecture section. So much for today.
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The Art of moving
March 22, 2009
Volvo
Each year the latest and most stylish cars are presented to the public at the Geneva Automobil Salon. One thing that was new, is the large amount of “environmentally friendly” cars put on display: Hybrids, Natural Gaz or Electro-Cars, you name it. This might sound a bit boring to the sports-car enthusiast – but times have changed. Even driving a Porsche can be green in the near future.
Porsche Greenster
The impressive thing is, that most of these new cars are not just show-cars but already working prototypes or even already on-sale models. Change has come !
and you can safe on fuel ....
Feel free to check out more by clicking
here.
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Change has come …
January 20, 2009
The inauguration of President Barack Obama
With Millions of people following live what happened today at Capitol Hill, change has also come in the way of news coverage. Thanks to the internet, wireless networks nearly everywhere, mobile phones, MMS, SMS etc. the exchange of information is just instantaneous. Live-streaming on various big news-websites with the possibility of leaving comments and within the second to see it on the TV screen is making all of us part of it. Just minutes after putting a “CNN screen shot collage” on my website, I received comments and remarks.
This gives us great possibilities but also larger responsibilities. Just my two cents …
Getting over the cold days
January 18, 2009
view from the Mt. Saleve
While some prefer to stay at home in front of the warm wood stove, other are keen on capturing breath taking and chilly winter shots. I rather belong to the second group. With sub-zero temperatures at high altitudes good clothing is obvious, but how to prepare your camera gear ?
Nobody likes freezing, especially not rechargeable batteries of DSLRs. So besides having one better two spare battery packs with you, the best advice I can give, is to keep the batteries warm – in the pockets of your trousers e.g. and only put them into the camera for shooting. A very handy gimmick I found in a local outdoor shop: A so-called hand warmer, a little sealed plastic bag with some fancy chemistry going on inside which keeps up a nice and comfy temperature for at least a couple of hours. This put in a little bag together with the batteries guarantees even a longer winter shooting free of any worries. Last but not least, cold tripod legs are a nightmare, as the alloy can get so cold even your fingers get stuck to it. Also here, easy solution ahead: Some handle bar foam or rubber grip from the nearest bike store together with some heavy duty tape and the tripod is ready.
All in all just a few little pieces of equipment that make the winter outdoor photographer a happy. One thing I’ve forgotten – a thermos bottle with a hot tea is unbeatable.
Happy New Year … !!
January 1, 2009
fireworks 2009
I wish all of you a happy and successful NEW YEAR 2009 !
Laforet Movies …. Here we go again !
December 28, 2008
Many of us have been already very keen on getting a first insight into Vincent Laforet’s actual movie project. For those of you, who did not know – he is shooting a film about Pro-Surfer Jamie O’Brien on the beaches of Hawaii these days.
A growing series of “behind the scenes” films is giving very interesting information about the project.
Check it out here…
Digital Large Format Macro Photography
October 24, 2008
Besides architectural photography the Digital Sinar View Camera is the perfect tool for Macro Photography, showing an enormous amount of detail in the final image.
Digital Large Format Macro Photography
Here, we see a 100percent crop of an image that would print 96×55 cm (at 300dpi) …
Please go to the Digital Large Format section to read the full article …
EPFL Rolex Learning Center – Status Report
October 6, 2008
visiting the construction site
A selected group of people had access to the construction site. The "cheese" how the EPFL Rolex Learning Center is called by locals is growing. To a large degree the first floor is already in place. Some years ago the answer to a childs’ question how people might be living in the year 2020 would very well be describing what we can see now on the campus of the Ecole Poly Federale in Lausanne.
Feel free to see the complete gallery here.
When to update your operating system ?
October 2, 2008
photokina 2008 large format printing
Never change a running system is and was always my strategy. Little hitches like having to use an old Windows system in order to run my EPSON Stylus Photo 2100 as under Mac Os X 10.4 no usable drivers were available, had to be accepted.
Now, 10.5.5 is nicely integrating even older printers etc. without problem. Alone for this "feature" it was worthwhile to update. I am not going to talk about the other advantages of the new version, but in this specific case alone the better printer driver support was worth it ….
Stay tuned …
DSLR with technical camera front standard movements
August 12, 2008
Cambooffers now the innovative X2-PRO camera system which allows technical camera front standard movements such as rise, fall, swing, tilt and shift. Ultra-fine adjustments of the lens plane used for perspective and fine focal plane control are driven by two patented CAMBO CROSSGEARING drives that have the feel of liquid-smooth precision.
technical movements with DSLR
In addition, Cambo’s dedicated mounting system places each different digital SLR in the exact optical centre of the camera’s sensor and features a quick-release for use in landscape or portrait position without removing the bellows.
Compatibility is available for DSLR cameras
- from Canon: 1D/1Ds-series, 5D, 20D, 30D, 40D
- from Nikon: D3, D2x, D300, D200
- from Fujifilm: S3/S2 and the new S5
- from Mamiya: Mamiya ZD
With a maximum bellows extension of 150mm, the Cambo X2-PRO lets the photographer choose from their existing Schneider, Rodenstock, Hasselblad or Mamiya lenses, where there is no extra expense for additional lenses, OR take advantage of the latest digital lenses from Schneider and Rodenstock.
The price for the system is around 1400 Eur.
all information from www.cambo.com. A short movie presenting the system can be found
here.
