Monthly Archives: January 2007

Lightroom ships!

Yes! Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is finally announced! Just like i predicted, its priced at $299US. However, Adobe, in not so usual style – has offered a $100 discount until April 2007. Order it now here. I already ordered and am waiting for my download link…maybe around mid Februrary. The feature set in the V1.0 is

Suckered into lightroom…

Ya…like everyone else, i joined in the lightroom revolution since their Beta 2. As the d-day gets nearer, we still dont have a pricing or availability on the product. Worst thing is that the beta4 is all set to expire end of February! The irony is that i am all hooked on this thing –

“High” Dynamic Range

A recent post in one of the message boards trigged this post. Human eyes are capable of capturing incredible variations in light – in the order of 1:10,000 or so. Have you ever observed that even in incredible low lights (say, during a candlelight dinner) you can still see both the accurate colors of the

Archival and Retention

Technically speaking, these two terms mean totally different things. The objective of “Archival” is to effectively backup your data – and to make your backed up data available at your fingertips. “Retention” refers to the process of “permanently” storing this data. Practically speaking, they go together hand-in-hand. The industry standard today for permanent retention is

Lessons from the weekend – Part 3

I finally ranked all the pictures – and upon a 2nd review, am left with 22 pictures (i gave them 4 stars now). Thats a 2% keep rate! i am kinda shocked and ashamed! or maybe this is normal…. Maybe, i need to work harder at it….this has been an eye opener. Anyways, once i

The one thing…

The one thing i do everyday…. Blog: theonlinephotographer Podcast: Lenswork Forum: Nikonians Photo News: DPReview

Lessons from the weekend – Part 2

Now that i have finally ranked every one of the pictures, i am left with 228 pictures with 3 star rating from the 992 i took. Thats a 23% “keeper” rate – not bad! However, i am sure my 2nd round of rating will get this number even down! Imagine doing this in Film days