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Printing costs on the HP B9180 printer

Posted on 22-Mar-09 by pvdhamer

A cost estimate of printing borderless A3 photos comes to about 2 € for the ink and 1.5 € for the paper plus (assuming lowest price suppliers). A full cost model should add an extra ammount between 0.5 and 3 € for the costs of the printer (excluding the ink that came with the purchase) and possible future head replacements. Continue reading →

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Printer comparison: HP B9180 ↔ Epson R2880

Posted on 21-Mar-09 by pvdhamer

A comparsion of the Hewlett Packard B9180 and the Epson R2880 pinters. The article is based on input from two users (myself and Sakke respectively) and was triggered by a “what to buy” question. Continue reading →

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Canon 5D2 – black dot plague and its cures

Posted on 1-Feb-09 by pvdhamer

The Canon 5D Mark 2 had a high profile defect which caused small black dots to show up (under some circumstances) to the right of every bright spot. This was fixed by a firmware upgrade. Continue reading →

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Canon 5D2 – mode dial and target audiences

Posted on 20-Jan-09 by pvdhamer

The Canon 5D Mark II’s mode-dial also has two separate ”fully automatic” modes for dummies: Full Auto (green, classic) and the new Creative Auto. So apparently Canon’s product managers didn’t want to rule out users who don’t even want to bother learning about shutter speeds and apertures.
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Canon Picture Styles and the 5D Mark 2

Posted on 20-Jan-09 by pvdhamer

Picture Styles is a feature is present in Canon models sold in the past year or two. It impacts subtle post-processing settings: sharpness, contrast, saturation, and tone. The current opinion on the Internet appears to be that Picture Style settings do not change the pixels stored in RAWimages but are available as metadata for use by Canon’s post processing software, DPP. Continue reading →

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