My computer has a GPS in it using the same SIRFstar III chipset as my hiking handheld, which also doubles as my cycling GPS.
On the Mac, it appears as a “USB-serial” device whose driver is made by Prolific Technology which, coincidentally, makes the driver for my camera GPS receiver. Like all SIRFstar III GPSs, getting [...]
I eavesdropped on a twitter discussion between Jim and Adam on UDMA cards. As outlined in this article, not all cameras can take advantage of UDMA cards, but my Nikon D3 (and D300) are among them. Also, the read speed means faster downloads.
So it’s worth mentioning that Mark Jen pointed out this deal on high [...]
I hate feeling depressed…
Feathered Death
Baker Beach, San Francisco, California
Nikon D3, Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G
1/60sec @ f/18, iso200, 14mm (14mm)
When people ask what sort of subject I like to shoot, I say, “nature,” but it’s been over a year since I’ve done any outdoor photography. I don’t know if my one dimensionality is an escape from [...]
I was browsing hulu yesterday, when I saw this promotional ad for the upcoming restart of Battlestar Galactica.
The full image is very impressive and instantly recognizable:
Battlestar Galactica Season 4 (2008)
The image is normally a center figure with flanked by four sets of trinities. Therefore, there is someone missing in the photo. I guess the missing [...]
I finally upgraded my copy of nik Color Efex Pro.1 It has this new feature called “u-point” which allows you to do zone system tone masking a lot like LightZone. This means I can finally edit without masks. The other advantage is it finally works again on the Mac version of Photoshop.
So [...]
DPReview has an excellent review of the 18-200mm Nikkor travel kit lens, a lens I happen to own.
I wait for Pizza with my Nikon camera (from side)
Patxi’s Pizza, Palo Alto, CA
Lumix DMC-LX1
1/3 sec @ f/2.8, iso 200, 6mm (28mm)
One criticism missing from the review is how annoyingly long the lens extends when zoomed—I’ll miss the [...]
Recently I think I’ve met two other people who have purchased Leica M8’s and on both those cameras, I think I saw a Cosina-Voigtländer 35mm f/1.2 Nokton lens. If so, that’s a strange coincidence because it is a very obscure lens.
Leica and Cosina
North Beach, San Francisco, California
Nikon D200, Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D, Canon 500D close-up filter
1/40sec [...]
I stopped by XYZ Bar to say bye to Joel B. Sacks, formerly of AdBrite and CNET. I came late and couldn’t stay for long.
Joel gets all the hotties
XYZ Bar, South of Market, San Francisco, California
Nikon D3, 14-24mm f/2.8G
1/6 sec @ f/2.8, iso 6400, 24mm (24mm)
Andrei left me my SB-800 so I did get to [...]
“Personally I find that the price tag of Euro 1200 for a new piece of glass and the exchange of a few springs and cogs in the current shutter mechanism is on the high side. But we all know we are in Leica territory.”
—Erwin Puts on “The Significance of LUP”, Februrary 13, 2008
The article [...]
Thomas Chamberlin asks an interesting question in the Flickr D3 user’s group:
“With the D3 and D300 we are now offered lossless compression, no compression, or compression with loss for RAW files. Nikon says there is no effect on image quality using lossless compression. The file is compressed 20-40%. Write times are faster than with no [...]
