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Robert has read claims that PowerEx 2500 AA NiMH rechargeable batteries are conservatively rated or under-rated with respect to their nominal capacity. These batteries are being advertised as the best in their class. Marketing phrases such as “ultra high performance” and “true capacity plus” are being used by distributors and dealers. On Maha’s website, they [...]

PBase is one of few photo-sharing sites that survived the dotcom bubble. Started in August of 1999, it has grown to be one of the largest photo-sharing sites on the web. The PBase business model is built around subscribers not advertising. So you don’t get bothered by flashing banners or barking dogs. Photo-sharing sites are [...]

Canon dSLRs put out a very high quality (large, fine) jpeg file. The image holds up extremely well during editing. The problem is that you need to be + 0.25 stop from perfect exposure. Therefore, to be safe when shooting photos as JPEGs you need to exposure bracket. Raw format, on the other hand, gives [...]

WooHoo! Bibble Labs just released Bibble Pro v4.7 Raw Workflow software. Now, I can start processing my backlog of Canon EOS 30D photos! I have had the camera for almost a month already as the first shipments went to the Asia-Pacific region. The new version has some additional enhancements. Most noticeably, it fully integrates Athentech’s [...]

Robert has six photographs published in the recently released book – ‘Fjer’. The book was prepared in conjunction with an exhibition on feathers at the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen University. ‘Fjer’ means ‘feather’ in Danish. The book traces the evolution of birds from dinosaurs focusing on the feather as the key adaptation. There are excellent photographs [...]