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At photokina 2012, the Taiwanese company Hoocap (www.hoocap.com) showed a neat device for many different lenses and cameras, still in development for a wider range. It’s a combined lens-hood and lens-cap, which can be pushed or pulled to seal off or use your lens. They have models for lenses such as the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 . . . → Read More: Hood-cap for NEX with 16mm Share this: 7 comments - (Comments are closed)  Accessories - 3rd party, News, NEX System  16mm, 18-55mm, cap, combo, Hoocap, hood, lens, photokina, Sony In the latest incarnation of Photoshop, CS6, the Photomerge function is faster than ever before and leverages all the context-aware, pixel matching math of the previous versions enhanced to a degree you’ll find hard to believe. Sony NEX and Alpha cameras have the same technology built-in for their sweep panorama mode, but anyone who’s used . . . → Read More: Go wider than wide with Photomerge Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) NEX System, Photo Techniques, Software Reviews 16mm, CS6, images, NEX-7, Photomerge, Photoshop, stitch The final release of Adobe Camera Raw 6.2, DNG Converter 6.2 and Lightroom 3.2 includes raw conversion support for the Alpha 33 and 55 models as well as the NEX-5 and NEX-3, Alpha 290 and 390 which were included in the Release Candidate versions. These August 30th releases are final version, RC versions are a . . . → Read More: NEX, A33, A55 support – new ACR 6.2/LR3.2 final Share this: 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), NEX System, Software Reviews 16mm, 33, 55, A33, A55, ACR 6.2, Adobe, Adobe Camera Raw, Adobe Labs, Alpha, conversion, correction, DNG 6.2, download, instruction, lens, Lightroom 3.2, manual, NEX-3, NEX-5, PDF, profile, raw, Sony I have made a simple (f/2.8 and f/8 chart set) Adobe Lens Profile for the 16mm f/2.8 NEX E-series pancake lens. It seems to work well for closer distances, because that’s how it had to be made; CA is reasonably well corrected, vignetting is eliminated, and distortion of closer lines – maybe if you are . . . → Read More: Adobe Lens Profile for 16mm f/2.8 NEX Share this: 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Lenses - Alpha Mount, NEX System, Software Reviews .lcp, 16mm, ACR 6.2, Adobe Lens Profile, correction, lens, lens profile, LR3.2, NEX, profile A mention of 16mm Minoltas reminded me that a few years ago I found a perfect kit – without outer box or instructions, sadly – at an antique fair. A daylight developing tank for the film turned up in the closing-down stock from Konica Minolta’s warehouse. I decided they should really find a new home . . . → Read More: A vintage Minolta 16mm kit Share this: Comments are closed DK's ramblings, Minolta History 16mm, camera, close-up, daylight, Dayload-16, developing tank, development, filter, flash, kit, MG-S, Minolta, Minolta Club, Minolta-16, Photoclub Alpha, photoclubalpha, processing, submin, subminiature |
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