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Comment by Anvh posted on Upcoming changes to UK Photo laws at 19/02/2010 - 23:55
jackitec wrote:
Is this a Pentax forum, I have a G11 but would never put photos from it on the Pentax User site MMMMMMM!!!
Does a photo taking with a Pentax need a different kind of stitching?Is this a Pentax forum, I have a G11 but would never put photos from it on the Pentax User site MMMMMMM!!!
It's just for the purpose of showing how well it can be done with a certain program and as far as I know only the gallery and my photo section are Pentax photo only
Comment by Anvh posted on playing with panoramic at 19/02/2010 - 23:49
gregmoll wrote:
It's a pity that the price is so high as I would be prepared to take a chance that the fittings from my K1000mm and K500mm would work, the connection looks identical. Do you think he would accept an offer of $900
Greg
Why not you can make an offer right?It's a pity that the price is so high as I would be prepared to take a chance that the fittings from my K1000mm and K500mm would work, the connection looks identical. Do you think he would accept an offer of $900
Greg
Comment by Anvh posted on My first primes on digital at 19/02/2010 - 23:20
impotentspider wrote:
It does as a photoshop plug-in Quote:
I was aware that the crop was noisy, but is the original noisy as well? I'll give "Neat Image" a try. Another one for the armoury.
I would work on the original first, the software does a reasonable job even if left to its own selections, it really is amazing, I put everything shot above 400ISO through it before doing any other editing, it doesnt do RAW files though.I was aware that the crop was noisy, but is the original noisy as well? I'll give "Neat Image" a try. Another one for the armoury.
Although I really liked Neat-Image and it was my program of choice but the new Topaz Denoise also works very good and I like it better but it's quite a bit slower.
Comment by Anvh posted on Explanation please. at 19/02/2010 - 22:42
*sighs* a lot of paper work...
We have also World Intellectual Property Organization, the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works falls under that as far as I understand but like I said too much paper work to go through right now. Then we also have European laws for EU members when there is a conflict...
To keep it simple for now just look at the Berne Convention.
Here are the countries in the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works link
Article 3 is of interst.
If so then you in the UK are less lucky.
There might be a hole in it though the new law says that a company must search for the photographer but if they can't find it and the photograph is published on a Dutch website/server then it falls under Dutch law meaning they can't touch it I believe.
PS. My head is spinning right now
We have also World Intellectual Property Organization, the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works falls under that as far as I understand but like I said too much paper work to go through right now. Then we also have European laws for EU members when there is a conflict...
To keep it simple for now just look at the Berne Convention.
Here are the countries in the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works link
Article 3 is of interst.
Quote:
(1) The protection of this Convention shall apply to:
(a) authors who are nationals of one of the countries of the Union, for their works, whether published or not;
(b) authors who are not nationals of one of the countries of the Union, for their works first published in one of those countries, or simultaneously in a country outside the Union and in a country of the Union.
(2) Authors who are not nationals of one of the countries of the Union but who have their habitual residence in one of them shall, for the purposes of this Convention, be assimilated to nationals of that country.
(3) The expression “published works” means works published with the consent of their authors, whatever may be the means of manufacture of the copies, provided that the availability of such copies has been such as to satisfy the reasonable requirements of the public, having regard to the nature of the work. The performance of a dramatic, dramatico-musical, cinematographic or musical work, the public recitation of a literary work, the communication by wire or the broadcasting of literary or artistic works, the exhibition of a work of art and the construction of a work of architecture shall not constitute publication.
(4) A work shall be considered as having been published simultaneously in several countries if it has been published in two or more countries within thirty days of its first publication.
And point 1 of article 5(1) The protection of this Convention shall apply to:
(a) authors who are nationals of one of the countries of the Union, for their works, whether published or not;
(b) authors who are not nationals of one of the countries of the Union, for their works first published in one of those countries, or simultaneously in a country outside the Union and in a country of the Union.
(2) Authors who are not nationals of one of the countries of the Union but who have their habitual residence in one of them shall, for the purposes of this Convention, be assimilated to nationals of that country.
(3) The expression “published works” means works published with the consent of their authors, whatever may be the means of manufacture of the copies, provided that the availability of such copies has been such as to satisfy the reasonable requirements of the public, having regard to the nature of the work. The performance of a dramatic, dramatico-musical, cinematographic or musical work, the public recitation of a literary work, the communication by wire or the broadcasting of literary or artistic works, the exhibition of a work of art and the construction of a work of architecture shall not constitute publication.
(4) A work shall be considered as having been published simultaneously in several countries if it has been published in two or more countries within thirty days of its first publication.
Quote:
(1) Authors shall enjoy, in respect of works for which they are protected under this Convention, in countries of the Union other than the country of origin, the rights which their respective laws do now or may hereafter grant to their nationals, as well as the rights specially granted by this Convention.
The important one for most of us is 1.A of article 3, if I understand correctly my photos are protected by Dutch law because of that am I right or wrong?(1) Authors shall enjoy, in respect of works for which they are protected under this Convention, in countries of the Union other than the country of origin, the rights which their respective laws do now or may hereafter grant to their nationals, as well as the rights specially granted by this Convention.
If so then you in the UK are less lucky.
There might be a hole in it though the new law says that a company must search for the photographer but if they can't find it and the photograph is published on a Dutch website/server then it falls under Dutch law meaning they can't touch it I believe.
PS. My head is spinning right now
Comment by Anvh posted on Upcoming changes to UK Photo laws at 19/02/2010 - 22:37
Gwyn wrote:
So it will be OK for a British company to steal anyone's photos regardless of which country that photographer is from, and the copyright laws of the photographer's country? What are the chances an Australian, American or even a Dutch person will spot that their photo has been used in this way and be able to claim their fee?
I hope you are all writing to your MPs about this.
And about what is effectively a ban on street photography in the UK.
I really don't know, I believe that in which country the server is based that those laws or on it.So it will be OK for a British company to steal anyone's photos regardless of which country that photographer is from, and the copyright laws of the photographer's country? What are the chances an Australian, American or even a Dutch person will spot that their photo has been used in this way and be able to claim their fee?
I hope you are all writing to your MPs about this.
And about what is effectively a ban on street photography in the UK.
So you can make photos in the Netherlands and then you fall under Dutch laws but if you upload the photos to flickr that's based in America I believe that then falls under American law.
But then we have the UK law that enables companies to use photos if they can't find the owner...
It's truly a big and complicated maze, are there any international laws about this which we can fall back to?
The international copyright law maybe?
It looks like it falls under the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
Comment by Anvh posted on Upcoming changes to UK Photo laws at 19/02/2010 - 21:39
technoidiot wrote:
OK guys - here's the info from iPhoto
Digitised 19/02/2009 10.17.51
Modified 18.03.56
imported 12.06.21
Exposure
Shutter 1/13
Aperture f4.5
Exposure bias 0.00
Exposure Aperture Priority
Focal length 35mm
Sensing One Chip color area
Flash off
Metering pattern
ISO 1600
That can't be right... Digitised 19/02/2009 10.17.51OK guys - here's the info from iPhoto
Digitised 19/02/2009 10.17.51
Modified 18.03.56
imported 12.06.21
Exposure
Shutter 1/13
Aperture f4.5
Exposure bias 0.00
Exposure Aperture Priority
Focal length 35mm
Sensing One Chip color area
Flash off
Metering pattern
ISO 1600
At least they all agree over the camera settings
Comment by Anvh posted on Symmetry - part 2 at 19/02/2010 - 21:31
It's a hard photo to like for me, I really like the reflection of the clouds in the water but I find the trees in the foreground good but the branches are too busy and to pronounce. I think it would have looked better without the trees for that reason.
No suggestions for improvement for this shot or you want to try to clone out the trees but that surely can not be your intention.
Is there maybe more details in the trees that you can bring out?
Don't know if that would improve the photo though but interesting to try out.
No suggestions for improvement for this shot or you want to try to clone out the trees but that surely can not be your intention.
Is there maybe more details in the trees that you can bring out?
Don't know if that would improve the photo though but interesting to try out.
Comment by Anvh posted on Catcott Lows Somerset at 19/02/2010 - 19:40
pentaxian450 wrote:
Don't use Auto White Balance. It will change as you pan and create uneven colours between frames.
If you shoot RAW that's an easy fix though but for JPG it is a problem indeed.Don't use Auto White Balance. It will change as you pan and create uneven colours between frames.
Comment by Anvh posted on panoramic technique at 19/02/2010 - 19:34
*sighs* a lot of paper work...
PS. My head is spinning right now
The Photomonk
The biggest problem is to find out which law to use and which over rule the other since that's also the problem because you aren't working with one law system here...
Doesn't anyone here has a law degree?