go to gallery selection page
Click on a link
to view New Galleries
(started 10 October 2007 with images stored on Google's Picasa)
1. General Images
2. The Arts: Musicians, Theatre, Dance
3. Frost On Windows and Other Patterns
4. Publications (books, newsletters, newspapers, brochures and more)
5. Slide by Slide Trombone Quartet recording session
(Close Picasa album window to return to this page)
Some viewing hints when on picasa image viewer:
If you use the slide show (rather than the album viewer), the images will be much
larger on your browser screen. You can press the pause || button to pause the
automatic movement from picture to picture and then use the forward -> and
backward <- arrows to change from picture to picture.
To reduce the size of browser menus on a PC and make the pictures larger,
press F11. Press F11 again to restore browser menus.
Some comments on my compact cameras:
Note on cameras used for all new photographs and videos: The camera on the left
is a Canon A570 IS and the camera on the right is a Fuji FinePix F30.
The Canon is a really excellent camera for outdoor pictures where low iso settings can be used.
It has a sensitivity range from 80 iso to
1600 iso. However, anything
using a sensitivity range
setting above 200 iso produces pretty
pathetic results in term of picture noise. What it does
have is a viewfinder that allows you to frame pictures at very short notice and in bright light
where a viewing screen is of little value, especially for small objects. This
viewfinder feature,
that this camera has, is sadly lacking on most compact cameras. The optical image stabilization
is
especially useful
and successful when shooting in the video mode, even in rather dim
light
conditions.
The FujiFilm camera is a little wonder that produces really excellent results up to 1600 iso and
sharp but acceptable grainy results at 3200 iso.
The viewing screen is large and non-reflective
and this makes it especially pleasant for indoor conditions. If you look at the panoramic photograph
taken at the art gallery in Copenhagen, you can see just how effective it can be when there is
almost no usable light for photographs. The only lights in the gallery were the
candles in candelabra
on the
tables and a small ceiling exit light which contributed almost nothiing to the lighting of the
room.
Because of the lack of image stabilization, the video tends to be very jumpy with this
camera.
Note: I have tested the slideshow portion of the Picasa album viewer
using
Internet Explorer 6 with
Windows XP,
Internet Explorer 7 with Windows Vista,
Foxfire 2.0.4 with Windows XP and with
Windows Vista. It works successfully
with these browser and operating system combinations.
However, Opera 6,
Opera 7 and Opera 9 are not supported when running Picasa album viewer
when your operating system is Windows 2000, Windows
XP
or Windows Vista.