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Recovering old photographic equipment (Part IV)
(Continues from here...) OK, finally I could have some time to make first tests. As I commented, next to the Pentacon 50mm f1.8 lens and the M42 to Canon EF adapter, I have some macro rings, also with 42mm screw. So I used all three together to begin...
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¿Cuáles son los accesorios para cámaras digitales más necesarios?
La compra de una cámara digital no suele ser el último paso. Después, es más o menos necesaria la adquisición de una serie de accesorios y complementos, según el uso que se le vaya a dar a la cámara. En acción Por supuesto, para fotografiar se necesitará...
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A different coffee
Last week I received my first sample from Society6. It is a printed mug, with a picture I did a couple of summers ago, during my vacation. Here you can see the result. I am quite happy, resolution is quite good... what do you think? Now, I have to try...
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Campaign review...
OK, so last Sunday, JUne 23rd my book was available for free from Amazon.com. I wanted to check if anyone was interested in the topic at all... Well, then I just checked the statistics on Amazon on Monday and - surprise, surprise - I had a lot of free...
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So I got two now...
As I told you on Tuesday, I have finished the process of publishing a new book on "Levels and Curves with GIMP". So far, only in Spanish (English version under preparation...), novelty is that it can be obtained both in paperback (from CreateSpace and...
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My keyboards and Globalization
As you already know, since a few weeks ago I am living in Munich, Germany. It has been a big change, both personal and professional... and also the reason of my absence around here. Now, I am trying to recover "normality", but with a small difference:...
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Discount...
As I announced a few days ago, from now on my books can be found in bookshops, libraries and education centers, if any interested person asks for them. This possibility made me rise the prices, to include the comission of the end retailer. To avoid this...
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Oferta...
Vaya, si hace una semana publiqué que ya podía comprarse mi libro en Amazon USA, UK y Alemania, hoy quería publicar que ya está listado en la página española... y veo que ya incluye un descuento del 5%! No me parece mal, ya he dicho anteriormente que...
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Ahora, sin música...
Ayer, un par de visitantes me recomendaron desactivar el reproductor de radio que hay instalado como JavaScript en esta página (a la derecha, a media altura...). La justificación fue que, o bien navegaban por Internet en casa, a horas en las que ya había...
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Photography: Chromatic aberration...
A couple of days ago I posted an article on the separation of colours to produce the rainbow. I also suggested some application in photography: the use of polarised filters to remove glare and to boost colour saturation. However, as in most cases, there...
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Cotton candy...
Hace un par de días comentaba la aparición de Rasbberry Pi, un ordenador compacto a un coste ridículo, que podría hacer temblar a la plataforma Arduino, dadas las características del sistema operativo que podía cargar - un Linux más o menos completo....
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Draw winner
As I announced last week, over the weekend we made the draw for the free sample of my last book, " Publicación Online - hazlo tú mismo " (in Spanish), already in its third edition. The winner has been Fernando Ubis, who shared the link through LinkedIn......
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Kindle App (EN)
Did you know that you don't need an Amazon eBook reader (Kindle) to read purchased books? Amazon has a webpage, http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000493771, where you can download a free application for your specific device and operating system......
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A new book is out...
I had questions from several people on the very process of publication while marketing my previous books. Of course, there is no secret here. You just need to know the process, the tools and how to write with some skill. Then, publishing, marketing and...
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7 x 10 (ES)
Sigo trabajando poco a poco en mis Apuntes de Fotografía. Al parecer, no daría las clases hasta Septiembre, como pronto. Así que me estoy tomando mi tiempo para revisar los contenidos, las imágenes necesarias y los gráficos. Pendiente de la recepción...
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How to backup your Over-Blog posts (III)
(comes from here) To finish this series, today I will show you how to make it in Windows: with the application WinWGet, which (as I commented in the first post on this topic) has even a portable version. If you have it already installed, open it. You...
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Revisiting old photos...
A few days ago, I was looking for sample pictures for a chat on photography that I will be holding in a cultural centre in Valls (Tarragona), where I live now. Diving in pictures from a few years ago, I came accross a forgotten one: a fountain placed...
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¡Nuevo! - Ahora con música...
Acabo de instalar un reproductor flash en la página. Si tienes los altavoces conectados, seguramente ya te has dado cuenta... En cualquier caso, lo puedes encontrar en un recuadro, a la derecha de la ventana. Se trata de una radio online de un amiguete,...
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How to replace the protection glass in a Canon 500D
Well, I write this post against my will... Last Friday, my daughter dropped my EOS 500D to the floor (my fault: she's only one year old, I left the camera on the table over some magazines...) and the display protection glass broke... After recovering...
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Proyecto AG&AG: Ligero cambio de planes...
Revisando alguna de las fotos que considero interesantes para el proyecto, he encontrado alguna que está ya deteriorada por el paso del tiempo. Como ejemplo, te muestro aquí una foto de Zaragoza, tomada desde una torre de la basílica del Pilar. Muestra,...
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Help wanted...
You may know that I am working on my next few books (one on Photography tips, then another one on InkScape vector graphics application). It is going slower than expected due to workload in my "real" job... Still I want to try something new - I want to...
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Simulación de película: 3 - Color - Proceso Cruzado
Como primer ejemplo de simulación de película, propongo el del proceso cruzado. En realidad, NO es una simulación de una película concreta, sino la de un proceso químico "equivocado" - esto estuvo bastante de moda en los 80's... Izquierda: Imagen original;...
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Back here and working on my new book
SO I'm already living in Germany. It has taken longer than expected, and I still don't have a proper conneciton at home. At least, it is not so cold anymore... I just wanted to inform you that I started checking contents for my book update. As you know,...
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Disconnection...
Well, finally the moment has arrived. After almost 11 years in my current job, I decided to have a change in my life. I will be moving with my family to Germany... So I will not be very active around here during a couple of weeks. First, I need to have...
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New task: focus stacking...
Recently I have been revisiting Macrophotography. However, most of my pictures had a common problem: the lack of depth of field (DOF). Even in very small objects, with my current gear (I always shoot with natural light), I don't get the whole object focused....