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In other news, Adobe released Lightroom 2 today with some nice enhancements. I think I may adopt LR2 as one of my main photo applications now that it has local adjustment capability a la Capture NX and Viveza.

Not sure what cameras work now and how well, but I've heard that they have cracked the DiGIC III processor and got CHDK working on most Canon PowerShot models, including the compact SDxx0IS series.

The LX3 is an exciting development from Panasonic. It is basically the camera the LX2 was supposed to be but never was. They have improved the sensor slightly in high ISO performance (~20% they claim). Add to that a relatively fast 24-60/2.0-2.8 lens (that's almost 1 stop faster on average than...

I'm not sure you're using the word in the right context, sd. AFAIK, bokeh is used to describe the quality of the background blur for things that are not in the depth of field, not the quantity or presence of blur. http://www.planetneil.com/faq/bokeh.html

Holy bokeh, batman! I'd use some selective / local USM on the part of the image that's in focus and a combination of box blur and lens blur with progressively increasing radius as you move progressively away from the focal plane to tame the bokeh.

Crap. I've been getting those AVG 7.5 will expire soon, and was thinking "I should update to v8 sometime before it expires"... what am i going to do now? Oh well, I guess I'll install Avira when AVG 7.5 finally kicks the bucket. As an aside, why did you post this in the Pub & Brewery?

1. JavaScript I hate JavaScript too, but I've usually been able to control the pop-ups either with IE extended functionality shells or using other browsers and extensions (currently use Firefox with NoScript). The part of JavaScript I hate is how many CPU cycles it takes and how often there's...

Don't know if I agree with Photoshop. It's currently the fastest and most stable photo editor I have. You should try Fuji FinePix Studio while adjusting S5 Pro RAF files and Nikon Capture NX 2 (made by Nik Software) with selective NR and multiple adjustment layers. Olympus Studio 2 is not fun...

Very nice... the 135/2 L is almost a legend. I'm not surprised by the technical quality of the pics. But more than that, they are good photos artistically too.

Obviously, you've never used a Fuji E900 before. 8 seconds between shots in RAW mode.

Asynchronous buffer using DDR2 chips?

Well that's what I meant... have the linked target images at 1280 or preferably 1600 px, as the inline images are best kept under 1024. But those additional links you posted to the 2250 px images will do nicely ;)

Very nice, handy. Classic slow shutter speed ethereal effect on flowing water. BTW, why don't you throw us a bone and link larger pics (like 1200 at the very least, or preferably 1600 pixels)? These small pics just don't do it justice...

Some people do. Sometimes I can't be bothered to rip CDs before playing the odd song or two that I wanted to listen to at that moment. My nice CD player is downstairs hooked up to my "audiophile" system, and I didn't want to get a POS CD player just to take up more space on my crowded desk for...

;) Well that's why (to answer dd's question) I wouldn't get 2 DVD writers, but instead have one just as a DVD-ROM to save $10 or so.

Babelfish Translation: "Now that this hobby has drained a lot of my disposable income, I can no longer blow money on bottle service and other such extravagences... and have since learned to appreciate nature and picturesque scenery as a result," LOL... :mrgrn:

Why DVD-ROM? I like having 2 optical drives for direct DVD to DVD copy and in case I want to listen to a CD while I'm doing something else. I know what you mean. I have a TEAC 13-in-1 internal drive media reader factory installed in my Dell. It was really flaky until I updated the firmware and...

Looks like you were scammed a bit there. I say "a bit" because you actually got the same product, but not a true retail drive box, which usually costs more. If you paid for OEM drives and got retail instead, that's okay. But you're "losing out" a bit if you paid for retail drives and got OEM...

After more research this w/e, I am thinking about the following components: C2D E8500 - need the high clock speed over quad core, as half of my apps aren't MT/MP aware... this has one of the highest multipliers available and i've seen a lot higher avg OC speeds than the Q6600 GIGABYTE...

Yeah, aesthetics are usually important for girls and they often have different tastes than us guys. You don't want to get her what you think is a nice case only to find she thinks it's ugly (and therefore hates it)... or at least, not cute (and therefore is envious of her friends who have cuter...

Maybe it's not so much the connection speed, gs... perhaps the database or database server is getting bogged down?

And if you use Linux, I think digikam supports full colour management as well: http://www.digikam.org/drupal/

It's much faster to load. Simple, uncluttered, minimalist, and gets the job done. That's what you want in an image viewer, not the kitchen sink as you would desire in a full-fledged photo editor. BTW, I just found a relatively small and simple freeware image viewer that supports colour...

Sorry, i think I am mistaken here. Both options have the same effect for me -- that is, either making your monitor profile the working space or disabling colour management. Both make PS match IrfanView.

I'm not sure changing your working space is the causative factor, but telling PS not to colour manage probably is. I'm sure it would be. I think the easiest solution would be to do the Assign Profile > Don't Color Manage This Document step that I mentioned before. It takes the least effort...

Okay, so I guess what is happening is that because IrfanView is not colour management aware and does not support ICC/ICM profiles, it is not making use of your monitor's profile whereas Photoshop is. So the difference is your monitor's profile being used vs not used.

I've had intermittent performance problems -- usually when trying to edit a post, during which it times out until the 5 minute period has elapsed. But these days, including the last couple weeks, i have noticed a general slowdown on SF that I haven't seen with any of the other sites that I...

IrfanView does not support colour management or ICC/ICM profiles. Therefore, it does not read your sRGB file as sRGB. To get PhotoShop to match IrfanView's colours, simply remove the sRGB profile from your image by going to Edit > Assign Profile > Don't Color Manage This Document. The image...

LM, have you heard about image stacking programs like Photo Acute Studio? It's meant to increase the working resolution of pics so you can do things like print larger or resolve fine details as if you had a sharper lens or higher resolution camera. Kinda similar in concept to taking pano pics...

Thanks for the nice pics, sd. That looks like a very picturesque area and the weather looks great. i can imagine the feeling walking around there... it can lift a person's spirits...

Also, let's keep in mind that I was only using a 50 mm lens on a tiny 4/3 sensor that starts getting diffraction limited at f/5.6. The roof is not that close, and the details are quite small. At that pixel density, the images are not going to be clean at the pixel level.

I don't know about sharpening, as I converted the RAW files directly to DNG and dumped them into Photo Acute Studio to stack 4 images to get the one I posted. Here's a before and after stacking at 100%:

Hmm... I seem to be optimizing more for further viewing distances than you guys... did something similar with your forest pic, but if you view up close and personal it looks a bit processed. But a bit further away, i think it looks better, as with your and sd's versions, the fine detail all...

Looks like 800 x 600 leveled the playing field... they look the same to me ;) BTW, if you haven't seen this yet, check out this link. Deke McClelland gives you 101 Photoshop tips... in a 5 minute video. BTW, it's not the kind of video you think it is...

Not bad, dd. Very hard to maintain detail without aliasing downsizing to 11% of the original size. Here's my entry: http://www.pbase.com/image/99640933/original I sacrificed a bit of AA control to help preserve detail / contrast with such an extreme downsample.

Good show, gents! It's difficult to choose between the two... IMHO, what I see is SD's has a bit more detail (and slightly more aliasing) in the rocks (although some of it is a bit of false detail from strong USM at a small radius setting), but less aliasing in the A/C grilles. Overall, a...

Your camera is possessed. Send it to me at once so I can exorcise it. Time is of the essence; delay at your own peril. I will return it when it is safe to do so. Be sure to include any lenses, accesories, or media cards that may have come into contact with it.

Nice pic. Tough to handle the dynamic range of a subject backlit against the sky, but you managed to use it creatively.

Well you won't really see any detail at all at 640 x 480. How about this? Upload a 1600 x 1200 "original" to flickr or whatever hosting service you use but post a 640 x 480 crop of an area in the left center part that includes the air vent, top edge of the door, and the first "horizontal" seam...

Hmm... it is only < 9 MB. I don't know why the image properties showed 11.1 MB in IrfanView after saving as JPEG.

Oh, and I was just kidding about the Hassy MF. I don't have that kind of scratch lying around...

Here's the link to the file: http://w17.easy-share.com/1700800384.html

Well how do you guys feel about a downsizing / downsampling challenge? If I post a high quality 39 MP image (7200 x 5408, 111 MB file size) from my Hassy MF digital, who wants to try downsizing it to 1600 x 1200? I'd love to see if you guys have any tricks up your sleeve to maintain image...

Eh... well, I kind of see where you're coming from, but I took great pains to avoid aliasing when downsampling from 4890 x 3456 to 800 x 670 (17 MP to 0.5 MP) (trust me, I have done extensive testing with many, many filters / interpolation algorithms for resizing to minimize aliasing and...

Eh... well, I kind of see where you're coming from, but I took great pains to avoid aliasing when downsampling from 4890 x 3456 to 800 x 670 (17 MP to 0.5 MP) (trust me, I have done extensive testing with many, many filters / interpolation algorithms for resizing to minimize aliasing and...

Oversharpened? Yeah, I can see that. It partly depends on what viewing distance you use, but I admit that it is a little oversharpened. For a small image that's been downsized / downsampled quite a bit, it's difficult to retain detail and contrast. You need to sharpen it as much as you can...

No problem. I re-did it in Photoshop so it has better technical quality: What lens did you use btw? The image looks a little blurry.

Also, any suggestions on the PSU? And what has changed in cases and "specification" (e.g, ATX 2.1) since the days of the P3/Athlon? The only spare enclosure I have (unless I repurpose the Dell Dimension E521 enclosure) is the Lian-Li PC60 http://www.dansdata.com/pc60.htm. Will I be able to fit...

That's what I suspected, but how much of a benefit would i get from selling all my PC5300 and upgrading to well, I don't even know what you should use ideally with a fast C2D setup. Can I run my PC5300 at a different multiplier and still get the vast majority of the speed benefit in moving from...

Yes, that is generally true LiamC. But most of my software, unfortunately, is not multi-threaded. Adobe does a good job with Photoshop, but I use a lot of other third party utilities that peg the CPU at 50%... as in, one core maxed out.