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- Welcome to PhotoPal!
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- Applications Details
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- Application : PhotoPal
- Version : 2.2
- Release Date : 19 October 2001
- Status : Freeware
- Author : Peter Csutora
- Email : peter@pocketIQ.com
- Internet : www.PocketIQ.com
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- Introduction
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- PhotoPal is a simple collection of utilities designed for serious amateur or
- professional photographers. Calculates hyperfocal distance, depth of field,
- aperture, flash distance, flash aperture, bounce distance and angle, close-up
- ratio, luminescence values, focal length, film speed, scanning sizes. It also
- features a built-in audible second ticker for bulb timing.
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- Installation
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- The installation file is Photopal22.SIS. There are two ways of using a *.SIS
- installation file:
- - from a PC (if PsiWin is installed), double-click on the *.SIS file (this
- can be done from the WinZip window, even without unzipping the *.SIS file)
- - from the Epoc machine itself (if there is an Add/Remove icon in the Control
- panel): copy the *.SIS file anywhere on your Epoc device and double-tap it.
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- Note: in some cases the installer fails to delete the old photopal.ini file.
- If this happens, the program fails to start with a message "Error in LoadIni".
- Please manually delete c: or d:\system\apps\photopal\photopal.ini, and then
- restart the program. Now it will run just fine.
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- What's new?
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- v2.2:
- * You can configure 2 custom film sizes. Great for professional digital camera
- users. Just enter the dimensions of the CCD chip, and you can calculate
- hyperfocal distance, depth of field, etc.
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- * The depth of field calculators can now use two circle of confusion values:
- one calculated from the Zeiss formula, and one called 'optimal' that most
- books tend to use. Choose the one that best fits your needs.
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- * New functions: angle of view calculator, bellows factor calculator,
- EV calculator.
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- * Support to run from drive E: has been added (netBook, Series 7).
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- * Bug fixes and optimisations in the EV difference and various Flash calculators.
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- * Redesigned preferences dialog, with several more options and defaults selectable.
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- v2.1:
- * The EV difference calculator now calculates everything in 1/3 or 1/2 EV
- steps. You can also enter the EV compensation that you have dialled in
- on your photo camera.
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- v2.0:
- * The depth of field calculation has been redesigned. There are now separate
- hyperfocal and distance calculators, and a new reverse depth of field
- calculator has also been adedd that calculates aperture and focus from the
- required distance values.
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- * Film speed converter to convert between ISO and DIN (thank you for Gy÷rgy
- Fleischman for this idea).
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- * The second ticker has been redesigned, it displays the elapsed seconds in
- a window. The dictaphone LED also blinks if desired, and it can be used
- even in mute mode when only the LED blinks at every second.
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- * New film formats were added including movie 16 mm and movie 35 mm formats.
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- * Three new scanning calculations: file size, resolution on screen, resolution
- for printing.
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- * The program can launch your favourite photo databases. There is a reciprocity
- failure table already included, and up to 5 new databases can be defined.
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- * New interface, new graphical background, use of menus and toolbar.
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- * A Help has been added to the program.
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- Features
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- * Depth of field calculations: hyperfocal distance, near and far distance, focus
- and aperture calculators. Custom film sizes can be configured, great option to
- input CCD size of digital cameras.
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- * Flash calculations: flash distance, flash aperture, flash bounce calculators.
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- * General calculations: lens choice, film speed, angle of view, close-up ratio,
- bellows factor, EV and EV difference calculators.
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- * Scanning calculations: file size, resolution on screen, resolution for printing
- calculators.
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- * Launch of databases, one database included (Reciprocity failure or films), up
- to 5 more databases configurable.
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- * Second ticker, useful for better timing of long (bulb) exposures. Audible
- signal and/or LED blinking, display of elapsed seconds.
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- * Help included with the program.
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- __________________________
- Pocket IQ Customer Support
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- If you require further help or information on any Pocket IQ product you can
- contact support via any of the following:
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- Internet:
- The Pocket IQ homepage is located at: http://www.pocketIQ.com
- The latest versions of all Pocket IQ products are available from here, as
- well as general information relating to EPOC palmtop computers.
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- E-mail:
- You can also send requests or questions directly to the author via email:
- peter@pocketIQ.com
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- PhotoPal is Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Pocket IQ and Peter Csutora.
- All Rights Reserved.
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