Jeff Cheney: Photography

Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson dies

Wed, 04 Aug 2004 22:20:13 GMT

Xeni Jardin: Legendary French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson died Monday at the age of 95 in the South of France. Some web resources: his Foundation, Photology, Tete a Tete. Among his great works were portraits of Matisse, Bonnard, Braque, Rouault, Claudel (at the end of the Second World War). (Merci, Jean-Luc, who adds "His foundation website is so slow at the moment because just about everyone online in France is hitting it right now.")
[Boing Boing]

Pictures From Dave Winer's Cross-Country Drive

Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:03:33 GMT

Dave Winer: More pictures from the cross-country drive.
[Scripting News]

This absolutely baffles me. Why isn't it a slide show?

PowerShot S200 Digital ELPH

Wed, 13 Mar 2002 09:59:53 GMT

Canon DIGITAL IXUS v² / S200 ELPH. CeBIT 2002: 0600 GMT: Canon has today announced the DIGITAL IXUS v² (EU name) / S200 DIGITAL ELPH (US name). The DIGITAL IXUS v² has the same 2x optical zoom, 2 megapixel CCD as the previous Digital...
[Digital Photography Review]

I'm still very happy with my PowerShot S110. You can probably pick one up pretty cheap these days. However, if I were buying a camera today, then I'd take a look at Minolta's Dimage X — it's smaller and lighter than the S110 and looks to have the same features and then some.

Sat, 09 Feb 2002 01:59:21 GMT

law.com: Bigger Not Better With Copyrighted Web Photos. Setting parameters for copyright infringement on the Internet, the court found that reproducing photographs to create thumbnail images is a fair use of the material, but displaying full-sized images violates the copyright owner's exclusive right to publicly display his works.
[Tomalak's Realm]

Mon, 12 Nov 2001 04:50:42 GMT

BBC: "I've got the world's longest tongue!" [Scripting News]

Mon, 12 Nov 2001 04:47:35 GMT

OK, if you like tongues, here's an even bigger one. [Scripting News]

Sun, 11 Nov 2001 22:30:27 GMT

Is it Real or Not? There's 10 pictures, and you must decide which ones are real and which ones are rendered. There is a 5 picture bonus round after that. [Geeknews]

Sun, 11 Nov 2001 04:07:26 GMT

Fujifilm ultra-compact iX-1. Fujifilm Germany has announced an all new ultra-compact VGA digital camera with a CMOS sensor. The iX-1 measures just 30 x 51 x 124 mm (1.2 x 2.0 x 4.9 in) and weighs just 96 g (3.4 oz) without its two AAA... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Sun, 11 Nov 2001 04:06:42 GMT

Toshiba announces $279 PDR-M25. Toshiba has today announced the 2 megapixel PDR-M25. This camera, a successor to the PDR-M61 should hit the shelves in the next week or so with a MSRP of $279. The PDR-M25 features a 2.2 megapixel CCD (creates... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Sun, 11 Nov 2001 04:03:33 GMT

Possibly the smallest digicam in the world?. Just caught a story on the Japanese site Impress PC Watch about a new camera from the 'low end' manufacturer 'Che-ez!' called 'SPYZ'. This camera is really, really tiny, it has a fixed lens, CMOS sensor and... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Sun, 11 Nov 2001 04:01:42 GMT

Big update! Compact Flash comparison. Phew! I've just completed a big update to our Compact Flash "Digital Film Comparison". The updates fall into two categories. First we have now added results of eight more cards from six more... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]