Welcome to PhotoPal!

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Applications Details
            
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

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

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.

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?

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.

*  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.

*  New functions: angle of view calculator, bellows factor calculator,
   EV calculator.

*  Support to run from drive E: has been added (netBook, Series 7).

*  Bug fixes and optimisations in the EV difference and various Flash calculators.

*  Redesigned preferences dialog, with several more options and defaults selectable.


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.

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.

*  Film speed converter to convert between ISO and DIN (thank you for György
   Fleischman for this idea).

*  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.

*  New film formats were added including movie 16 mm and movie 35 mm formats.

*  Three new scanning calculations: file size, resolution on screen, resolution
   for printing.

*  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.

*  New interface, new graphical background, use of menus and toolbar.

*  A Help has been added to the program.

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Features

*  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.

*  Flash calculations: flash distance, flash aperture, flash bounce calculators.

*  General calculations: lens choice, film speed, angle of view, close-up ratio,
   bellows factor, EV and EV difference calculators. 

*  Scanning calculations: file size, resolution on screen, resolution for printing
   calculators.

*  Launch of databases, one database included (Reciprocity failure or films), up
   to 5 more databases configurable.

*  Second ticker, useful for better timing of long (bulb) exposures. Audible
   signal and/or LED blinking, display of elapsed seconds.

*  Help included with the program.

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Pocket IQ Customer Support

If you require further help or information on any Pocket IQ product you can
contact support via any of the following:

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.

E-mail:
   You can also send requests or questions directly to the author via email:
   peter@pocketIQ.com



PhotoPal is Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Pocket IQ and Peter Csutora.
All Rights Reserved.

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