Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category

Photographs from Pol Pot’s secret prisons

Monday, January 1st, 2007

I found a very interesting site through Digg that is from “The Cambodia Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts” that has a large collection of pictures from Pol Pot’s secret prison, “S-21″.

Tuol Sleng: Photographs from Pol Pot’s secret prison

Megapixels dont matter

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

sd450Well, thats not entirely true, but they matter less than you think! Whats more important is the quality and size of the lens and CCD on the camera.

Wired has a great article on a subject some of you may already be experiencing!

Ftfa:

When shopping for a digicam, use 3 megapixels as a baseline for Web-friendly shots and up to 5 megapixels for making your own 8 x 10s. Keep in mind that the size of each pixel should trump their overall number. That’s largely why digital single-lens-reflex cameras rule: They have comparatively gargantuan image sensors.