TAWBAWARE

• PTAssembler. Graphical "Front-end" for Panorama Tools software (My pictures created with PTAssembler)
• TuFuse. Command line image fusion freeware for Exposure Blending, Focus Blending, and more. New!
• TuFuse Pro. Graphical image fusion software, for Exposure Blending, Focus Blending. A professional version of TuFuse. New!
• Image Stacker. Create synthesized long-exposures by combining multiple images (great for star-trails and night photography).
• PixelZap. A program to remove "hot-pixels" from digital camera images.
• Thumber. A thumbnail extraction, image information, manipulation, web page creation "all-in-one" utility.
• ColorFix. Convert JPEG or TIFF images from one color space to another (particularly useful for Minolta Dimage 5 & 7 images).
• DigiSS. An interactive slide-show screen saver designed specifically for digital camera images.
• EXIFRead. A utility to view and extract EXIF information from digital camera pictures.
• NeatBatch. A "batch-processing" assistant for ABSoft's very popular image noise reduction software.
• Framer. A program to view multi-frame JPG files as "mini-movies."
• CamWork. A DOS utility to extract images from many popular digital cameras.
• HTMLR. A companion program for Thumber that creates HTML directory listings
• CRead. A very small, very fast command-line utility to extract and search for comments in JPG files.

Here are a few other bits and pieces (all freeware) that are not camera related:

• FileLister. Creates a text file listing of files located in multiple directories.
• MinUpTime. A "mini" on-screen display of system "up-time."
• Word Count. A tiny, command-line utility that counts characters, words and lines in files.
• HideWin. A tiny, windows app to hide windows (e.g. popup adds, message banners) from the screen.
• FileMonitor. A windows app to monitor file size and modification date of several files in real-time.New!

• Panosaurus reviewUpdated Nov 2006!
• Nodal Ninja review
• KingPano review

• Wide Angle Zoom lenses...revisited
• Canon 28-105 F3.5-4.5 vs. Canon 28-135 F3.5-5.6
• Canon 28-105 F3.5-4.5 vs. Canon 50 F1.8
• Sigma 24-70 F2.8 DG DF vs. Tokina 28-80 F2.8 AT-X Pro
• Sigma 15-30 F3.5-4.5 EX DG vs. Tokina 19-35 F3.5-4.5 AF 193

• How many megapixels does it take to beat film? Have a look and decide for yourself!
• Read how I create my high resolution images with this PTAssembler tutorial.
• Some illustrations and thoughts about the Film vs. Digital debate...are 6 megapixels enough?
• A couple of simple, home-made panoramic tripod heads for Nikon and Canon digital cameras.
• Why creating a panoramic image isn't as simple as careful alignment.
• Measuring the dynamic range of digital cameras.
• Reading the interesting data in the MakerNote tag of the Nikon 990.