Wednesday, February 3, 2010
This month is a new lens. I’m shooting with the 50mm f/1.8, which is functionally a 75mm equivalent with the 1.5x multiplier for the DX format for Nikon cameras. I’ve found it to be a different experience than my 52mm equivalent lens. It’s the field of view.
With the 75mm, what I’m capturing is a lot [...]
It’s getting close to a month. So. What have I learned?
Specifically, with my D70 I’ve learned a couple of things.
My filter tends to create green ghosts of light on the frame directly opposite the location of the light source. If I remove the filter for indoor shooting, the ghosts do not show up.
At 1600 ISO [...]
Saturday, January 30, 2010
It sits there in my kitchen. Generally not full enough to run, but full enough that I should consider running it. I’ve used one consistently for the last six years and it’s the first time that I’ve really thought about it. I never really used the dishwasher until I got this place.
I had [...]
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Twas the night before Apple, and all ’round the net,
All the rumors were flying, but no real news yet.
Speculations were read, with the utmost of care,
With the hopes that the keynote, soon would be aired.
Apple faithful were restless, their iPhones held steady,
In hopes that Cupertino soon would be ready
To announce a new tablet, for which [...]
Saturday, January 16, 2010
This is really more about the paid online service that comes with the Xbox and specifically, how it works with one game.
Specifically, in this case, Borderlands.
In order to start a multiplayer game of Borderlands on the PC. I had to remember my GameSpy account. And that was a pain. Then there was something that I [...]
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
I really didn’t think that internet speed was going to be a make or break Quality of Life issue for me.
I’ve gone over to cable from DSL, and while the speed varies from time to time, it’s still about four to five times than what I was getting with my old provider. And there was [...]
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
I threw away some old Motorola Talkabouts today. So old that they did not even have LCD screens to show you the channel ID and the security code. Instead, you did some strange button combination that required fingers to be in different places on your hand.
That button combination is now lost in the sands of [...]