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After having used Flickr exclusively for photo-sharing for three years, it is really refreshing to see the diversity of languages on Ipernity! I mean, Flickr is dominated by English speakers, and here on Ipernity, it is a mix of English, French, German and Esperanto (and I certainly forgot a few others too). Unfortunately I only speak and write Dutch, English and German, but I'll try to do my best ... apologies in advance for my mistakes

Today, a friend attended me of a new(?) research project, which tries to rate the aesthetic appeal of pictures by using artificial intelligence. http://acquine.alipr.com While I am fascinated by the idea, it seems that this still has a long way to go, and that the designers maybe focus too much on heuristics (people like a small DoF, or vanishing points, or strong colors), and less on the human context and background when evaluating a photograph. I don't know if there is something…

Yesterday I moved in here, from Flickr. Thanks to the great Flickr Importer greasemonkey script, I transferred all my pictures to Ipernity. However, I lost all my groups and albums, so it is time to start arranging things again. I'm sure I'll feel at home here very soon

This week I got two manual lenses, from a Dutch auction site. The first one is a Pentax Super Takumar 35/3.5 and the second one is a Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135/3.5. Both are manual focus, and the modern Canon digital reflexes don't have a suitable viewfinder for manual focusing anymore, so I am eagerly waiting for the ordered adapters with a focus confirm chip! For now I use a simple mechanical adapter, judging sharpness with my eyes only. I am very impressed with the CZJ Sonnar lens so far,…

Wir fahren in 5 Minuten nach Deutschland, in die Eifel (Prüm). Hoffentlich werden wir gutes Wetter mitbringen Bis später! Over 5 minuten vertrekken wij naar Duitsland, de Eifel (Prüm). Hopelijk nemen we mooi weer mee! Tot later!

Since not too long ago I am the owner of a Canon 5D (the original). Second-hand, but it's basically like new. Actually it feels very very familiar to me, since I am used to the Canon 30D already. However, a new toy is always fun ;-) and the bright viewfinder and low noise are a real improvement. My Canon EF 28/2,8 likes it too (as do the manual lenses). The old Canon EF 24-85 and 70-210 are not such great combinations, due to heavy vignetting and corner softness. Fortunately the Canon 30…