Monthly Archives: July 2009

Bear Cans

Posted on 27 July 2009 by tychay

I was amused to read about the bear Yellow Yellow’s ability to break into the BearVault 500. When doing outdoor photography it is very important to know the bear-proof rules for your area. For instance, when I last hiked Tahoe, … Continue reading →

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PHP Job: PHP ‘guru’ position in San Francisco

Posted on 24 July 2009 by tychay

Senior Software Engineer (PHP/MYSQL) Someone who has help build scalable web apps for sites with millions of users at established Web 2.0 company. Seeking a self-directed senior software engineer with a desire to build scalable and interesting web applications. We … Continue reading →

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Symmetrical compositions

Posted on 22 July 2009 by tychay

After this article, Kara convinced me to sign up for the Worldwide Photo Walk this year. I ended up going to the Marin one even though there were five in SF. The big challenge of an outdoor nature photo walk—besides … Continue reading →

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Da Grip

Posted on 17 July 2009 by tychay

I’m left-eyed. Left-eyed North Beach, San Francisco, California Leica M8, Cosina-Voigtländer NOKTON 35mm F1.2 Aspherical 1/500sec, iso 320, 35mm (47mm) No that’s not a Sharingan, just creative editing. It’s not completely rare to see some left-eyed photographers, but that’s mostly … Continue reading →

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2009-06-25 Out comes the Leica

Posted on 12 July 2009 by tychay

I haven’t shot the Leica in a long, long while. The main reason is both the M-mount lenses I have were busted and I have been too lazy to get them repaired. But actually, the larger reason is that I … Continue reading →

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Reviews with perspective

Posted on 8 July 2009 by tychay

Listening to Wired’s review of the Olympus E-620 (rated 6/10), an entry level dSLR I’m not the least bit interested in, when I got to this discussion on high ISO performance: I say “in theory” because the E-620 doesn’t really … Continue reading →

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Electronic Pen configurator

Posted on 6 July 2009 by tychay

Spending a half our messing with Four-Thirds matching simulator. The top one is a 50mm f1.1 lens (100mm in 35mm equivalent). Imagine that! The middle one is a lens I own (35mm f1.2) except mine is in chrome and needs … Continue reading →

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Someone needs two bits of sense, and it’s not Apple

Posted on 6 July 2009 by tychay

Since it was linked to from Apple’s Hot News section, I read with interest Galbraith’s article on the color accuracy of the new Macbook Pros, even though I plan on skipping this iteration of macbook. When I came across this … Continue reading →

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Top selling lens cap

Posted on 5 July 2009 by tychay

I noticed the lens cap from the Ricoh GX200 is a top seller over at popflash.photo. I wonder why?

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