20th June 2007, 06:51 pm
ASDA and Sony launch fastest digital photo printing service on the market
Britain’s second largest supermarket chain invests in multi-million pound deal to install 260 kiosks in 130 stores across the UK to maximise customer convenience and profits
LONDON, 20th June 2007 - By the end of 2007, ASDA customers will have access to the fastest digital printing facilities on the market with new Sony printing kiosks. The Sony kiosks utilise state-of-the-art printing technology to create standard 4×6″ photos at market leading speed.
Continue reading ‘Sony and ASDA team up in UK for photoprinting service’ »
20th June 2007, 12:45 pm
Press release from Sigma 1.30pm today - their phone lines have just been restored after a day out of operation, were cut via hatch in road by the gang:
Continue reading ‘Sigma UK offices break-in and theft’ »
20th June 2007, 10:15 am
For everyone who is passionate about photography, the AOP Open is a celebration of the diversity of photography and the perfect opportunity to achieve recognition for outstanding images. You may be a professional photographer or a weekend snapper, it doesn’t matter – there are no restrictions or categories, you just have to take a great picture. Enter now, for the opportunity to exhibit at the AOP Gallery and to win a variety of outstanding prizes. Continue reading ‘AoP Open call for entries’ »
16th June 2007, 07:22 pm
THE FIRST QUESTION anyone asks about the Sony GPS-CS1 device is whether it will work with their non-Sony digital camera. The answer is ‘yes’ but you may need to buy some extra software, as it only comes with software to link up to Sony Picture Motion Browser. If you can ensure that you buy the product sold as GPS-CS1KA it should include a copy of this software in full. If you buy the product coded only as GPS-CS1, it may have nothing apart from a patch-updater program you are supposed to use with your existing Sony installation. So make sure you know exactly what you are buying (there appears to be no price difference, and very few retailers are making any distinction between the two bundles). There seems to be no reason to continue offering the kit with the updater only. Continue reading ‘Sony GPS-CS1 tracker and software’ »
15th June 2007, 11:07 am
YOU MAY want to learn exactly how I shoot the product photographs which appear in my own articles here at Photoclubalpha. I use a studio light table with an opal plexiglass transilluminated scoop. This is the method I have used now for over 25 years and it’s saved me a lot of time, and earned me a lot of money.
Continue reading ‘Studio light-table technique’ »
14th June 2007, 07:22 pm
THE LENSBABY was a novelty item when first introduced as a low-cost meniscus lens mounted on a flexible concertina tube with an SLR mount-fitting at the other end. Like the Diana or Holga cameras sometimes used by professionals to capture a feel of post-modern grunge, it used aberrations creatively. Continue reading ‘The Lensbaby 3G creative zonal focus tilt-swing lens’ »
12th June 2007, 07:40 pm
TESTING the flash options most widely sold for the Minolta/Sony unique hot shoe system became a necessity after the launch of the Alpha 100. Despite the reliability of automatic TTL off-the-film flash metering ever since Minolta first introduced it with the Auto Electroflash PX series in 1981, things began to go wrong with the shift to digital SLRs. Continue reading ‘Flash choices for the Alpha DSLRs’ »
9th June 2007, 12:31 pm
HAODA FU has been supplying alternative focusing screens for the 5D and A100 since 2006 and for many other makes before this. While the Alpha system DSLRs are not intended to have user-changeable screens, it is relatively easy and risk-free. Continue reading ‘The Haoda split-image/microprism screen’ »
2nd June 2007, 11:53 pm
I CARRY a camera everywhere, because you never know when a good photograph is round the corner. I also just grab the camera from my office, and rarely think to check the settings. Today, I managed to shoot everything with Super Steady Shot (Anti-Shake) carefully switched off on my Alpha 100. Continue reading ‘Shaken… and slightly stirred’ »
1st June 2007, 02:29 pm
IN 2006 before the Sony Alpha 100 was launched, my Dynax 7D went on its last serious travel shoot, spending a short week in the south-west of Ireland. Continue reading ‘The colours of County Cork’ »