A while ago I was pointed at Noise Ninja which is a great program for reducing picture noise. While investigating, I found a few other options, but no open source options. Looking at it again today I found that there are a few plugins for The GIMP in the works: most notably ...

In my photoblog I've started a series on manual lenses. The first lens out is a Hanimex 72-162mm f/3.5 lens with a FD mount that I'm using with my Canon EOS 20D and a FD-EOS adapter. It's my defacto concert-lens and I'll be starting off with a series of concert pictures. Next up is a MIR-1 37mm f/2.8 M42 mount ...