Friday, July 02, 2010
Sony NEX-3 and NEX-5 get 3D panorama update
Sony has released a firmware update that allows the NEX EVIL cameras to produce 3D panoramas.
Rather than a conventional stereoscopic dual lens approach, Sony Sweep Panorama technology works by shooting a burst of frames while the camera is panned across a scene.This development is exciting as Sony are obviously using some fancy processing techniques to figure out the perspective of the panning action. The panoramas they produce will also be viewable on Sony 3D televisions.
The NEX-5 and NEX-3 firmware updates incorporating the Sweep Panorama technology are now available from Sony Europe.
Extreme ISO settings with the D3s, 1D Mark IV and Lightroom 3 ...
Eric Reagan on Photography Bay has done some very interesting comparisons of extreme ISO settings, and the new noise reduction function in Lightroom 3.
In his test, the new software comprehensively out performs Lightroom 2, Canon DPP and View NX. He conducted experiments at night, using ISO's 6400, 12800, 25600, 51200 and 102400 using a Canon 1D Mk IV and a Nikon D3s.
His conclusion is that:
"While these images at ISO 6400 and above are extreme examples from two state of the art DSLRs, the processing power in Lightroom 3 will push any other RAW files to the next level as well."
HUPS photo exhibit at Moody Aquarium ...
The Houston Underwater Photographic Society (HUPS) has recently installed a permanent exhibit of underwater photographs at the Moody Gardens aquarium in Galveston Texas.
The exhibit consists of 32 framed 16” x 20” photographs on loan to the aquarium as a semi-permanent gallery. The gallery is to be refreshed with new photographs every 6 months.
HUPS is a non-profit social club with 120 members throughout Texas and four different countries and has undertaken this project as a proactive step towards its goals of promoting interest and participation in underwater photography and encourage conservation of the world’s oceans.
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