Striping out that JPG out of RAW
I have met a lot of photographers that shoot RAW+JPG and the “common” answer to my “Why this JPG do you really feel like loosing space on that CF card of yours?” is that they can’t see the RAW files as thumbnails or even that, like me, they keep a JPG version of their image on their hard drive for future quick reference and archive the RAW file on other storage devices.
Microsoft Vista RAW thumbnail viewer
There are so many reasons why one should use the RAW format but one of the main problems that I often hear people complaining about is that RAW images are not natively recognized by windows and thus a special programs are needed to view them.
Nikon D40 online manual
Many people likes to get their hands on manuals and read them before actually buying a certain product.And now since the Nikon D40 is available in stocks my guess is that many of you who are thinking of buying this DSLR will try to find its manual online.
Here are two places to learn more about the Nikon D40 digital camera and download its user manual in pdf format.
Moon exposure calculator
I have previously wrote and article about how to take successful moon pictures and today I have worked on a moon exposure calculator.
The moon exposure calculator is a tool for photographers feeling like taking pictures of the moon, it will give you the estimated shutter speed required based on your ISO, aperture, moon location, weather condition and moon phase.
Hack to edit Canon EOS 400D XTi RAW in Rawshooter
As for today, the famous RAW converter Rawshooter still does support .CR2 files from the Canon EOS 400D/XTi.
If you are a Rawshooter user and own a Canon EOS 400D here is a quick hack to solve this problem.
