La Crosse BC-700 AlphaPower Battery Charger

Look familiar? Except for the black color, the BC-700 looks exactly the same as the better-known La Crosse BC-900 AlphaPower Battery Charger. Just like the BC-900, the BC-700 has four user-selectable operating modes: Charge, Test, Refresh, and Discharge. Trickle charge kicks in once the batteries are charged.
What’s the difference? The BC-700 charging current maxes [...]

RobertPhotoBlog goes Mobile

Following in the footsteps of popular sites such as Mashable, ReadWriteWeb, and ReadBurner; RobertPhotoBlog is now available in mobile format. Fully supported are standard mobile phones, Blackberries, as well as 3G devices including the iPhone and iTouch. Also supported are 1st generation iPhones that still use AT&T’s EDGE network.
Special formating solves display and [...]

Tamron Announces 18-270mm Digital Zoom Lens

Tamron Co. Ltd has issued press releases simultaneously in Japan and in the USA to announce a new 15X zoom lens with built-in vibration compensation. Mounts will be available for Canon and Nikon (with built-in motor) digital SLR cameras.
The Tamron AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF) MACRO Lens (Model B003) is the first [...]

Find Stolen Images with TinEye

Have you ever wondered if anyone is passing your images off as their own? Or, could someone even be using your images commercially without your permission? Up until now, it has not been easy to find out.
So when I heard about TinEye, I was eager to sign up. Using a sophisticated algorithm TinEye creates a [...]

Canon EOS 40D - The Rocky Nook Manual

The definitive guide to the Canon EOS 40D has just been released by Rocky Nook Inc. According to the press release: “Get the full 40D-Experience with this book. Learn to master this magnificent camera, and learn it the photographer’s way; from the basics of exposure and metering to focus modes, live view, bracketing, continuous shooting, [...]