Eee PC 1101HA Review

Eee PC 1101HA (Seashell)
 
This netbook belongs 11 inch netbook family. This netbook is seemingly crafted by nature itself, the Eee PC™ Seashell draws its inspiration from seashells and its opalescent and glossy exterior is crafted by the innovative in-Mold Roller technology. It's so light and compact, you can take it anywhere with you! And with sleek curves and smooth lines hugging its lustrous shell, the Eee PC™ Seashell will easily charm passers-by wherever it goes.The main feature of this netbook is HD. A netbbok with a battary back up of 11 hours and HD.
This product is launched by ASUS. Below are some the features of this netbook.

• Genuine Windows® XP Home
• Elegantly Beautiful Seashell-inspired Design
• 11.6” HD Widescreen Display(LED)
• This netbook comes with 11 hours of battery backup.
• Capacious Hybrid Storage Comprising 160GB HDD and 10GB complimentary online Eee Storage
• Easy Mobile Connectivity with built-in 802.11n and Bluetooth V2.1
• Exciting multimedia enjoyment: SRS Premium SoundTM True-to-life 5.1 surround audio & Eee Docking intuitive shortcut
• Multi-touch pad of easily zoom in/out
• Ergonomic keyboard for unsurpassed comfort
• Eee Docking: Intuitive Software Suite (XP only)

1. Eee Docking - Intuitive shortcuts for easy access to digital content, services, and useful software.
2. Eee Sharing: Share/sync messages and data with other Eee PCs, notebooks, or desktop PCs without entering into the Internet
3. Eee Xperience: Applications that enhance visual and acoustic* performance
4. Eee Tools: A suite of useful tools including Live Update*, Parental Control* and Font Resizer

Eye vs Camera - Different Perceptions of the Same World

How many times have you took a picture and then when we saw them, they got disappointed because it's not the beauty that you looked at the time of shooting? But the scene you filmed the scene and you saw were the same. This is not surprising, because the camera sees the world differently than our eyes. Now I will try to summarize the main points. This will help you make the reality more accurately from your photos or taking advantage of these differences in creativeartwork.

For starters, we have two eyes, while the camera has just one lens! Thanks to our stereoscopic view, we can perceive depth. This is because we can see the world from two slightly different points of view. Each of our eyes sees reality from a slightly different angle (parallax angle). Our brain then elaborates the information coming from both of our eyes permitting us to perceive depth. This is impossible for a camera, and that's why pictures tend to be "flat" (actually they are). If you try to cover one of your eyes, you will get the point. In this case, of course, your reasoning will still tell you if an object is nearer than another (e.g. a nearer car will appear bigger than a further away one). However, you will not perceive depth as before. Try catching a ball someone has thrown to you: you will probably miss it!

Depth of field is something unknown to our eyes but always lurking in the camera. When we look at something, be it near or far away, we instantly focus it. The camera usually can focus either the near objects or the objects far away, but not all of them contemporarily.

Another striking difference between the eye and the camera is their ability to see contrasty scenes. In each scene we look at, there are some parts darker and other parts brighter. Our eyes are usually able to see correctly both of them, virtually simultaneously. But the camera can't. If Have you ever tried to photograph a subject in the shade with a bright background (see example), you noticed that the person was rendered too dark underexposed () or the background is too light (overexposed). It was not your fault: it is used in the middle, take the picture, was a classic film or a CCD sensor.

What color? The colors are different, even seen. Also find various film or CCD color differently. Even our field of view is different from that> Room for camera field of view depends on the lens mounted.

At the end of all that these differences are good or bad? Depends. If you're struggling to make the scene are to appear, as does eye, you have to work hard to overcome these different properties. On the other hand, if you want to be creative, these differences are the same as a golden opportunity.

Digital Vs Film Photography?

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The choice between digital or film cameras is an extremely personal choice. Digital technology has made photography cheaper in the long run and easier than ever before.

There is an instant gratification with using a digital camera to take photographs. You can shoot the image, review, and know immediately what needs to be changed. This can be a lifesaver with landscape photography; imagine being in a once in a lifetime location or having an especially delicate light. If you have made a mistake with film photography, you may not discover it until the roll has been developed. With digital, you know instantly.

Digital cameras are also useful if you are a beginner. If you can identify a problem with your photograph instantly, you can then go ahead and correct it, or at least try to. With film there must be a development stage, and by then, you may have forgotten what settings you used, and what the problem was.

Also the developing is cheaper and easier, provided you have a computer and printer. Images can be downloaded, emailed and adjusted on programmes such as Adobe Photoshop in an instant. They can be printed cheaply in a professional or online lab, or you can print them at home on photo paper. There is no need to print every image, just the best of the bunch.

The downside to digital?

Firstly there is the issue of preservation; there are many tales of hard drives crashing or being stolen, or of CDs that held thousands of images being damaged. Unlike film, where there is the negative to rely on, digital images are intangible and most of the time, stored on computers.

The answer to this is to always create back ups of your work. Another good idea is to upload them onto an online server or photo sharing site - this means that if all your computers broke and you sat on all of your CDs, a copy of the images still exist in cyber space.

With a digital camera you have to be careful that you do not spend so much time editing an image, or deleting unsuitable ones that you forget to actually spend time taking a good picture. It is always worth keeping images you think are poor at the time and take a good look at them on a full screen monitor as you cannot always see the small details on the camera's LCD screen.

Another important point with digital cameras is that there is a 'magnification' factor. This means that if you use a film lens with a digital camera, you may not necessarily get the image you expect. This is because digital SLRs have a smaller sensor than that of a 35mm film camera negative (which is 24x36mm). So using a film lens which covers the 24 x 36mm format on a digital SLR which has a 15 x 22mm sensor effectively makes the image slightly cropped, or appears longer in focal length (more of a telephoto look!).

Different brands have different multiplication factors. With a Nikon, you need to multiply the lens length, which is written on the lens (we will learn more about this later) by 1.5, with a Canon it is multiplied by1.6. You can check online or with the manufacturer of your camera to see what you need to multiply your lens length by.

This is more of a problem with wide-angle lenses for digital cameras, as a 28mm wide angle becomes smaller once the multiplication sum has been done. There are new, made for digital lenses being released to address the wide angle issue, but for now, they are expensive to purchase.

When it comes to film cameras, there are still those that prefer the look of film images to digital. This is a personal preference, although film purists say they love to zoom into an image and see the grains of silver as opposed to a mush of pixels!

With a film camera, there is the excitement of receiving a set of prints back and seeing how well you did. If you have a manual SLR camera, which does not require heavy rechargeable batteries, there is the benefit of not having to carry spare power sources, as digital photographers have to do. You can easily go to a local store and buy standard fit batteries for your film SLR camera.

Memory cards, which digital photographers must buy to store their images on, can become corrupt without notice, which means that their images are irretrievable. There is unlikely to be this problem with film, although developing labs do make mistakes and develop a roll badly.

Also, when you are choosing a roll of film, you must pick an ISO rating (more on this later). If you have a roll that has 36 frames and the weather conditions suddenly change, you cannot just swap the film over to a more suitable type - you have to finish the entire roll first.

Summary.

To be realistic, at the time of writing (2008), digital is the way that many photographers are turning and the way the consumer market is going. Digital offers instant feedback and is easy to edit and easy to share. Film takes longer to process and processing charges are going up since it is less profitable for companies to run labs. Film is unpredictable and although the element of surprise can be nice, in a professional environment you may not have the second chance if your shots do not work out. A digital set up may cost more initially (since you would need a computer), so consider both pros and cons before deciding.

Photography - Digital Camera Verses 35mm Conventional Camera

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Ever since I can remember I have always had an interest in cameras and photography, but with the advent of Digital Single Lens Reflex cameras replacing the old 35mm Single Lens Reflex Cameras this interest has been ever more focused.

I was like a child with a new toy once the penny really dropped about what the age of digital photography really meant.

The door was now well and truly wide open to a whole new world of photography. It meant that I could buy a digital camera based on the SLR variety for a little under three hundred pounds and equipped with an eight gigabyte memory card a battery and charger, I could then go out and take anything up to 1,942 pictures, view them on the 2.7inch LCD screen located on the back of the camera and keep the ones I like and simply delete those that I did not. All I have to do is take the memory card out of the camera and place it into my desktop computer and hey-presto I would be viewing the very pictures that I had only just taken.

Who Said That Technology Was a Bad Thing...

Gone are the days of buying a 36 exposure film opening up the back of the camera, pulling the film across the back and trying to make sure it lined up with the running teeth before shutting the back and winding the film on until it had reached the first exposure segment, take the picture and keep my fingers crossed that I had got everything right and the shot had come out as planned.

Once all 36 exposures had been taken I would then have to wind the film back or on later models that had auto-rewind, press a button. Carefully remove the film in low light conditions so as not to expose the film to excessive light that could spoil the film. Then take the film to the photography shop or chemist for development, which could take anything from a few days to a week.

This all took what seemed like a lifetime and not mentioning the inordinate amount of costs that could be involved. On top of that could have been extra prints or even enlargements. Photography used to be a very expensive hobby indeed.

So not only is the modern D.S.L.R version of photography much less complex, but more importantly, once you have the basic equipment the actual costs are virtually nil.

How to Take Star Photos Without a Telescope

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You don't need a telescope to take beautiful and even dramatic photos of the stars and the night sky. You just need a camera and film. In this article I give you tips and techniques for taking great night sky pictures.

There are two basic types of star photos you can take. The first type is a fast picture with an exposure of less than 30 seconds. This type of picture shows the stars as stationary. The second type of picture you can take is a star trail picture. If you leave the shutter of your camera open for an extended period of time the stars will form long tracks on the picture as they cross the sky. Both types are attractive and easy to do. In addition to simply taking pictures of the sky you can add landscape features into the picture. This tends to make the picture very dramatic and especially appealing.

The Equipment you need


A camera that has the ability to leave the shutter open for long periods of time. This function is often called the bulb function. The camera should have either a B or a T setting. This can be difficult to find with newer digital cameras


A roll of high speed film - 800 speed film is good but if you don't have easy access to this film then 400 speed film will work reasonably well


A camera tripod or some other means of keeping your camera very still


A baseball hat or a piece of heavy dark cloth

How to take the pictures


Before you go out load your film into the camera and take one indoor picture. This sets the film properly so the developer can see the frames


Bring all your equipment outdoors for at least a half hour before you intend to take the pictures. This allows the optics of the camera to adjust to any temperature or humidity difference


Set your camera firmly into your tripod


Hold the baseball hat or piece of heavy dark cloth over the lens of the camera without touching the camera


Activate the shutter button so the shutter opens


The camera is now live and the film is ready to be exposed


Remove the hat or cloth and this begins the exposure


Count off how long you want the exposure to be - A good place to start would be with a ten second exposure


Replace the hat or cloth so the lens is once again blocked


Close the shutter by releasing the shutter button

That is the whole process of taking a night sky picture. We use the baseball hat because activating the shutter will cause vibration in the camera which could distort the delicate picture you are taking. Just the motion of you pressing the button or the motion of the shutter moving can be enough to ruin the picture and take away the pinpoint sharpness of the stars.

You might be wondering how to keep the shutter open without holding the button down. You can use one of a few different solutions. The first solution is something called a shutter cable release. This is a cable that connects to the shutter button of the camera. (Newer cameras might not have this option) You press the button on the end of the cable and then lock it in the shutter open position. The second solution is to use a rubber band or some other type of setup to actually hold your shutter button down. I have used a rubber band successfully on a basic 35mm camera.

About the Exposure lengths

You should take a notebook with you and keep track of the exposure time for each picture you snap. This way you can judge which exposures worked the best and when you try again on another night your pictures will be improved. Remember to start out by taking a picture of a household object so the first picture on the frame will be correctly set for the developer. Then take your night sky photos with different time intervals starting at 5 seconds. Then progress to some 30 second shots and 1 minute shots.

Depending on what part of the sky you are taking photos of once you get over 30 seconds the stars will start to leave trails on the film. You can take exposures of several hours to get really long and attractive star trails. A minimum of about 20 minutes will leave a detectable and attractive trail.

Improving your Star pictures

To get the best pictures try to get the darkest skies possible. Light pollution from houses, streetlights and other city sources can wash out your picture. Also you can add earth bound objects to the picture. Silhouettes of buildings trees or other land based objects under a starry sky can make a very attractive picture. If you have a nearby object that you want in the picture but it is too dark you can even shine a flashlight on it while the film is being exposed. This will illuminate the object with a soft glow but not ruin the picture.

When bringing your film to the developer make sure you tell them that you have taken night time star photos and that all the pictures should be developed and printed. As a minimum you should make a note of this on the envelope you put the film in. It will avoid the developer thinking none of the pictures came out and not making any prints.

Astrophotography is the art of taking pictures of night sky objects and there are lots of possibilities for you to experiment in this art without a telescope. All you need is a simple 35mm camera, some high speed film and a few hours under dark skies.

Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Netbook review

As netbooks are become popular, Dell introduced many new series of Net-books. In that Inpiron Mini 10 is one of them. Let us look into the technical specification of the product.

Processor: Intel® Atom™ N450 (1.66GHz, 512K L2Cache)
Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Starter 32bit (English)
Memory: 1GB DDR2 800MHz SDRAM (1 x 1GB)
Hard Drive: 250GB 5400RPM 2.5" HDD SATA
Display:10.1" Widescreen WSVGA (1024 x 600) WLED display
Video Card: Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator with WLAN
Security Software: McAfee(TM) Security Center (Multi-Language) - 30-Day Trial Version.


Like other Dell product this product also can personalized.  This net-book also comes with one year hardware warranty.

Digital Photography As a Disruptive Technology and the Development of New Photographic Products

Introduction to Disruption

Disruptive technologies are innovations that unexpectedly create a new market and displace established market leading products and services. The music industry has been a great example of this: records were the first products that allowed consumers to own music and play it on-demand, but these were slowly replaced by cassette tapes and then compact discs. Each of these innovations had a profound effect on the market, on the one hand the quality of sound reproduction was better and with cassette tapes consumers were able to record music themselves. On the other hand they had to replace their old players with new technology and their previous music collection slowly became obsolete. Hardware such as the Sony Walkman became popular phenomena.

Compression formats such as MP3 were another disruption in this industry, making it possible to store large quantities of music electronically and more importantly to exchange these files easily. As a result of this disruptive innovation P2P networks like Napster developed for exchanging music, along with various software for copying, playing, cutting and modifying music. As with the previous innovations, this one had an immense impact on the hardware side as well, the best example being the Apple iPod which in a way inherited cult status from the Walkman.

Disruption in Photography

Digital Photography is another disruptive technology it has almost completely replaced film photography over the past decade. The decline in prices of digital photography equipment has made the technology accessible to the mass market. Digital Photography penetration exceeds 60% in many western countries.

One of the major changes heralded by the rise of digital photography has been the way people use their photos. With a 35mm film camera, that was the norm before digital, consumers would snap 12, 24 or 36 photos and then take the film to have developed without knowing the quality of the photos before seeing the finished product. Digital photography has had the effect that photographers take more photos, but print them less. This is due to the fact that they can screen the photos before having them printed.

New Markets and Products

Another major change digital photography has brought about is how photos are used. Developed photos were often stored in boxes or pasted in albums, sometimes framed and hung on walls. Digital photography bundled with advances in printing technology have given birth to a new market for customized photographic products. The self-made photo album has been replaced by the photo book, which is created using software and digital photos and is hard to distinguish from a regular hardcover book. A large variety of novelty photo products is available that ranges from mouse pads to coffee cups.

A product category that has recently begun to emerge as a result of the proliferation of digital photography is that of wall art or wall décor. Increasingly, art prints, framed photos and paintings are being replaced by photographic wall art. Many amateur and professional photographers are using wall art as an outlet for their creative energy. They go to great lengths to make photographs and want to display them somewhere. One of the first types was the poster, as it is easy and inexpensive to produce and dispatch. But a premium segment has developed for canvas and other photographic wall panels. Printing technology has evolved to be able to print not only on paper and cardboard but directly onto canvas, acrylic, metal and other materials. This has made a new class of photographic wall panels for interior decoration. Photographic wall panels have become a tool for design due to their unique properties. Acrylic panels, which are essentially plastic panels onto which an image is directly printed, are particularly attractive because they can be combined with innovative lighting to create unique effects.

Conclusion

Digital printing has profoundly affected not only the photography industry but it has also paved the way for new technologies, products and markets. It has influenced the way people take photos and what they do with them afterward. It has made established industries and products obsolete (film development, 35mm products), while creating new products and industries (web-to-print, acrylic panel, canvas print, photo books etc.). Digital printing is a prime example of the power of disruptive technologies.

Rudiger is a photojournalist and blogger who has a passion for visual arts and photography. He writes about news in photography as well as digital printing. He follows companies in the photography and digital printing space and is particularly inerested in the developmnent of new product categores such as canvas prints and photographic wall panels. He uses photographic prints to display his own digital photos, which focus on landscapes and cityscapes.