Friday, March 24, 2006

Want To See the Northern Lights?: " Doug Lansky offers tips on CNN.com: ‘As with rainbow spotting, there are no guarantees. The key ingredients are a cloudless sky, little or no moon and luck. For the best odds, head near or above the Arctic Circle from October through March.’ He also includes this interesting tidbit: ‘Every 11 or so years, the northern lights are known to appear way below the Arctic Circle. In 2000 they were visible in El Paso, Texas. Wherever you are during the winters of 2011 and 2012, be sure to look up at night.’ " (Via World Hum.) 7:47:19 AM

More on Factoring In the Crop Factor: Hand Holding: "The generic rule of thumb is that you can expect to successfully hand hold your camera down to a shutter speed of one over the focal length. For example, if you are shooting with a 200mm lens, hand held shots should generally be sharp if your shutter speed is at least 1/200 second. The rule was devised back in the film days though, so it's worth taking a look at whether digital has changed things especially after spending the past two weeks looking at other effects of the digital crop factor...." (Via Earthbound Light Photography Tips.) 7:47:15 AM

Realviz ships VTour, Mac version coming: "Realviz is now shipping VTour, the latest addition to its software portfolio for content creation. ... A Mac version is due this summer." (Via The Macintosh News Network.) 7:47:08 AM

Giga Vu PRO evolution: a breakthrough pro product?: "When the doors swung open at the PMA 2006 trade show in Orlando, Florida last month, most of the herd of photo retailers, photographers and technology journalists thundered their way towards the big-name camera makers and software developers. Not us. Our first stop was the German Pavilion to see a photo storage device that has the potential to be a breakthrough product for working shooters. That device is the Jobo Giga Vu PRO evolution. Why are we excited? Read our in-depth preview of what this new photo storage device will be about when it ships in April 2006." (Via Rob Galbraith DPI.) 7:47:01 AM

Span an Aperture library over multiple volumes: "Photographer and author Ben Long has posted a utility called the Aperture Library Spanner. The small application, which is free, allows you to span Apple Aperture's internal library over multiple volumes; by default, Aperture's library is limited to a single volume." (Via Rob Galbraith DPI.) 7:46:53 AM

Prize For Mathematician Who Paved Way For iPod: " A prize that is considered the 'Nobel' for mathematics has gone to an 80-year-old Swedish academic whose work on the complexities of soundwaves has subsequently been used in the electronic components of iPods. By James Randerson, The Guardian " (Via myapplemenu.) 7:46:48 AM

Photographer trade groups alarmed by "orphan works" U.S. copyright proposals: "A number of trade groups that represent photographers have recently raised the alarm about proposed changes to U.S. copyright law that address so-called orphan works - works whose copyright holders cannot be located. One group, The Stock Artists Alliance, has set up a blog to summarize their efforts and publish running news and commentary on the issue." (Via Rob Galbraith DPI.) 7:46:30 AM

Update: RealViz Stitcher 5.1: "RealViz Stitcher adds parameters to automatically correct the misalignment of the sensor with the center of the lens, incorporation of external blending software, export of panoramas to movies, and more." (Via MacInTouch.) 7:46:01 AM

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