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Monthly Archives: January 2009

Shooting BarCamp Charlotte with a M42 lens on the A350

By Tom Bonner | Published: January 27, 2009

Certainly NOT your father’s Oldsmobile. Jan 26, 2009: I had a chance to attend BarCamp Charlotte last weekend. If you are unfamiliar with the concept, barcamps consist of a loosely organized group of bloggers, internet marketers, computer programmers, film makers, web developers and new media types. While photographers weren’t as well represented as some of [...]

Posted in A350, Alphatracks Visits, DSLR, Sony DSLR | 10 Comments

Sony A350 — the perfect dSLR to photograph model trains

By Tom Bonner | Published: January 23, 2009

1/64 scale steam locomotive captured with Sony A350′s tilt-out live view system. Jan 21, 2009: For the last several years, I’ve taken the grandkids to see the “trains, trains, trains” exhibit at the Kings Mountain Historical Museum. Held each December, the event is put on by the Carolinas Division of the Atlantic Coast S-Gaugers. S-gauge [...]

Posted in A350, Alphatracks Visits, DSLR, Photography, Sony A300, Sony DSLR | 4 Comments

Free Dust and Scratch Removal software saves your scans

By Tom Bonner | Published: January 9, 2009

Scan of 1968 Kodak Instamatic negative produced this. Not bad for a cheap, plastic lens camera, but even at this reduced size you can see it is loaded with dust marks. Tip of the Week: This week’s tip involves a free piece of software from — surprise — Polaroid Corporation. (PRDCQ) You’ve no doubt heard [...]

Posted in Photography, Software, Tips & Tricks | 58 Comments

Beta Picasa for Macintosh only runs on Intel Macs

By Tom Bonner | Published: January 7, 2009

Jan 6, 2009: Two great announcements for Mac using photographers today. Apple announced iPhoto 9, with a host of new features. At the same time, Google released the long awaited beta of Picasa for Macintosh. I was really excited with the chance to use Picasa for the Mac. I’ve used the Windows version of Picasa [...]

Posted in Photography, Rumors, Software | 8 Comments

Introducing Alphatracks Basics — for new digital photographers

By Tom Bonner | Published: January 2, 2009

Jan 1, 2009: Observant Alphatracks readers might have noticed a new Photography Basics section listed on the sidebar. The Basics area is still in development; in fact there is currently only a single article: a treatise on Depth of Field. The idea behind Basics came about because I’ve noticed that Alphatracks readers are comprised of [...]

Posted in DSLR | 2 Comments

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