So the Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8 APO EX DG Ultra-Telephoto Zoom Lens for has been released. As much as I like wildlife photography lugging a 15kg lens around along with £16,000 price tag doesn't appeal, so here are couple of other uses

I bought this coffee thermos, and I’m not happy

Are the rockets included?

For full specs click here

When you use  BigSnapSearch.com for all your everyday searches you will also see two cards at the top of the page – if the cards match you win, simple. What’s even more amazing is that you can win a prize an hour, 24 hours a day for 8 weeks. Of course you can search as much as you like to improve your chances of winning

After viewing the video below, your next stop is Strobist "Lighting 101"

Video from http://www.pduncan.com/

Special Report: How to Photograph the Lunar Eclipse

Weather permitting, on Wednesday February 20, 2008 in the U.S., (Thursday, February 21 in the rest of the world) a total eclipse of

 

the Moon will be visible in most of North America, all of South America as well as Western Europe and portions of North Africa. This is an exciting event for astronomers and it can provide great picture opportunities to photographers as well. Photographing the moon is relatively easy compared to other celestial bodies, because it's relatively close to the earth.

The tips that follow will show you how to photograph the moon under normal circumstances, or under eclipse conditions.

We'll start with how to photograph the full moon itself, and then give you specific tips for photographing a lunar eclipse. Hopefully the weather will cooperate as the next total lunar eclipse is not until December 2010. Fortunately, there will be several partial eclipses before that, the next one is on August 16, 2008.

Click the link below for full detials

New York Institute of Photography - Special Report: How to Photograph the Lunar Eclipse

What is the Worldwide Pinhole Photography day?

This is an international event created to promote and celebrate the art of pinhole photography.

When is the Worldwide Pinhole Photography day?

The next Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is on Sunday, April 27, 2008.

To find out how you can become a part of WPPD,  How to Participate.

How to Make your camera on the Support page.

Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day

 
I have blogged before about Windows Movie Maker, but here's a great tutorial from ephotozine on how to create a slide show with Windows Movie Maker.....

Windows XP and Windows Vista comes with a program called Windows Movie Maker that most photographers may not have realised could be a useful tool. Peter Bargh shows you how it can be used as great tool for creating fun slide shows.

Creating a slide show with Windows Movie Maker

Find the UK's cheapest prices for Digital SLRs, lenses, accessories and memory cards. The site even lists  discount codes for several vendors

Camera Price Buster

Applies to all editions of Windows Vista.

• Delete programs you never use
• Limit how many programs load at startup
• Defragment your hard drive
• Clean up your hard disk
• Run fewer programs at the same time
• Turn off visual effects
• Restart regularly
• Add more memory
• Check for viruses and spyware
• Check your computer’s speed
• Disable services you don’t need
• Don’t settle for slow

No matter how fast or shiny computers might be when they are new, they all seem to get slower over time. That state-of-the-art PC you bought last year might not feel like such a screamer after you install a dozen programs, load it with antispyware and antivirus tools, and download untold amounts of junk from the Internet. The slowdown might happen so gradually you hardly notice it, until one day you’re trying to open a program or file and wonder, "What happened to my poor PC?"

Whatever the cause, there are a lot of ways to help speed up Windows and make your PC work better—even without upgrading your hardware. Here are some tips to help you optimise Windows Vista for faster performance.

Click the link below for more detail.

Windows Vista Help: Optimise Windows Vista for better performance