Kountze match up with Hull-Daisetta
Kountze’s match up with Hull-Daisetta at the Lion’s stadium on Friday night.Cassie Smith/The Enteprise Photo: Picasa Kountze’s match up with Hull-Daisetta at the Lion’s stadium on…
Flickr photo of the day: The Controversy Cup
Attention billionaires, it’s America’s Cup time again. Time to show off just how far sailboat design has been corrupted since the days of the lovely USA 76 (shown here giving paying passengers a true "bucket list" ride on San Francisco Bay). Since 1851, when the schooner America won a race around The…
Sony Alpha 3000 hands-on review
Sony Alpha 3000 at a glance:New 20.1-million-pixel APS-C-sized CMOS sensorE-mount lensesISO 100-16,0001,200-zone meteringRRP 370 with kit lens It may seem like a tiny Sony Alpha SLT camera, but the new Sony Alpha 3000 confusingly uses the Sony E-mount, like the Sony NEX range of compact system cameras. Like the NEX As…
Traveler’s Gear Box: Lowepro’s DryZone Camera Bags
Lowepro’s DryZone 20L camera bag is perfect for canoe or kayak trips. Kurt Repanshek photo. Water in a national park, whether you’re encountering the white-water variety, or a relatively smooth lake, or even pools of water while canyoneering, can wreak havoc on cameras and other electrical equipment. They need protection….
Nikon Unveils P7800 Prosumer Point-and-Shoot, Tiny Compact and Movie Light
It wasn’t long ago that Canon revamped its compact line-up, adding a new flagship compact G16 and a few minor other updates. Now, just a few weeks behind, Nikon is doing something similar by announcing a new flagship prosumer point-and-shoot, an ultra-portable compact and a movie light for the Nikon…
Canon donates printers to BHSU photography department
SPEARFISH | Canon is continuing its commitment to providing Black Hills State University students with top-notch photography and digital imaging equipment with its recent donation of $16,000 in professional desktop photo printers. A few years ago, BHSU received more than $30,000 worth of high-end photography equipment from the international imaging company. Steve Babbitt,…
Nikon Announces New Coolpix P7800, S02 and LD-1000 Movie Light
Nikon announced today three new pieces of camera hardware, two of which are point-and-shoot cameras. The P7800 leads the pack with its full manual controls, a 1/1.7-inch 12.2-megapixel CMOS sensor and a 7.1x 28-200mm f/2-4 lens. Nikon also announced an extremely-compact and budget S02 point-and-shoot, as well as the battery-powered…
History recovered from the deep
NAVAL BASE NORTH ISLAND, SAN DIEGO, Calif. In August 2012, in the frigid waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, a U.S. Navy dive team and service members from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command searched for the remains of five Americans lost at sea in November 1942. Mass Communication…
Picasa Limits Change, Allowing Virtually Unlimited Small Photo Storage
Google has changed the way it limits Picasa photo storage, allowing users to store a virtually unlimited number of photos provided that they’re small. Previously the service limited users to 1GB in storage and 1,000,000 photographs (split between 1,000 albums). While the photo limit is quite generous, it was difficult Store More…
How to Spot a Fake Canon Flash… And How I Learned the Hard Way
One of the two Canon Speedlite flashes above is fake. Can you tell which one? About a month ago I walked into the Canon Quick Repair Centre in Shanghai. I had a minor problem with a Canon 580 EX II: the high-speed sync refused to work.I had reasons not to…
