Picasa 3 for Linux

It’s still got a few bugs to work out (like automatically recognizing media in Gnome), but I’m quite happy with Picasa for Linux. Even better news is that v3 runs natively in Ubuntu even under a 64-bit architecture–no emulation or Wine required!

http://picasa.google.com/linux/download.html#picasa30

Retro Camera App Incorporates Fun, Excludes Smugness

Many hipsters refuse to learn the same way that most photographers do, about apertures, ISOs, shutter speeds, etc. Instead, they just shoot, and claim that learning the technicalities only slows them down.

Chris Gampat

I was futzing around with one of my favourite Android applications back during in July, and trying to get an interesting shot of one of my favourite beaches. These photos were all taken with Urbian’s Retro Camera: a free Android camera app similar to Hipstamatic for iOS, but without the associated hipster smugness. It’s great fun for nostalgia buffs, photography aficionados, or fans of obsolete technology! That being said, just for the sake of comparison, I took the same shot with each of the camera app’s settings. Enjoy, and let me know which you like best!

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