Monthly Archives: January 2008

Lost Capa archive retrieved

Posted on 31 January 2008 by prodig staff

The archive of negatives are ones that Capa took during the Spanish Civil War. The Observer newspaper reports that they were left behind in a Paris darkroom after the photographer fled Europe for America in 1939. He assumed they were … Continue reading →

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Sony 24.81mp CMOS 35mm full frame sensor

Posted on 31 January 2008 by prodig staff

Press Release: Tokyo, Japan – Sony Corporation today announced the development of a 35mm full size (diagonal:43.3mm/Type 2.7) 24.81 effective megapixel, ultra-high speed high image quality CMOS image sensor designed to meet the increasing requirement for rapid image capture and … Continue reading →

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Book: Lightroom Adventure

Posted on 24 January 2008 by prodig staff

Over the last couple of years we’ve kept you up to date with Mikkel Aaland’s trip to Iceland. Now we’re happy to give you a link to his latest article about Lightroom colour management on O’Reilly. You can also download … Continue reading →

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Over 5 million dead since 1998

Posted on 24 January 2008 by prodig staff

Congo is a huge country in Africa, but one that many of us in the industrialised countries know little about. It has vast natural resources but civil war has raged for many years keeping its citizens in poverty. Children are … Continue reading →

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Getty Images up for sale

Posted on 21 January 2008 by prodig staff

Getty Images, the world’s biggest supplier of photographs and movies to media and advertising companies, has put itself on the auction block and could bring in more than $1.5 billion, according to the International Herald Tribune. link: read the IHT … Continue reading →

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Photo Tips

Posted on 21 January 2008 by prodig staff

Seems there are moves afoot to help with the general photo education of the masses. National Geographic have it with tips from some of their pro contributors in a special gallery. PICTURE THIS is a Channel4 collaboration with Flickr. The … Continue reading →

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Remote Triggers

Posted on 15 January 2008 by prodig staff

How do you get rid of needless cables dragging around the studio… linking multiple flash heads on location… control the output of multiple flash heads from a central location? Daunting eh? Not to worry, technology is starting to make it … Continue reading →

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