Reid Stott, an unapologetic Canon photographer, quotes: “Canon is the only D-SLR brand to own and manufacture the sensor, processor and lenses in house.” How come when I read that I think to myself the days when Apple was the only personal computer brand to have their own design (industrial, chipset, architecture, protocols), software operating […]
Photokina is coming and the pre-announcements are coming with it. Today it’s Nikon’s turn. I thought I’d pick out one camera to mention: The Nikon Coolpix S10. It’s only one of many Nikon compact cameras with Vibration Reduction built in. The other cameras are the thin, periscope style S7c and the more standard compact L5. […]
Engadget scooped the next Canon Rebel (Canon 400D dSLR) that everyone has been speculated would be released for Photokina. If the specifications are true, I’ll have to eat a little humble pie. I was predicting the 9 point AF system (as Nikon has switched to the CAM1000 11 point AF system with the D80), but […]
Mike Johnston points out a Michael Reichmann review of the Panasonic L1. Here is a one line summary of the review: Michael Reichmann says he should love Panasonic and the L1 design in particular and then tears the camera a new asshole. I’m not surprised about the review. Reichmann’s “full frame” snobbery has been peeking […]
A number of places have been doing a Mac Pro vs. Dell comparison. Digg summarizes: Despite an earlier (and possibly biased) report proving the Mac Pro’s price advantage, both Macworld and The Inquirer have also agreed that the Mac Pro is unquestionably cheaper than a similarly-configured Dell. Jeez, when was the last time this happened? […]
I just finished an interview with Marcus Whitney (of Rasmussed fame) for the Pro::PHP Podcast. It should be up soon. I haven’t heard it yet but I think I made an error. I said that we made $500,000 in our first month of operation with eCards, but I think eCards only brought it $250,000 that […]
“There are no quick fixes when you are fighting an ideology. Like communism before it, I suspect Islamic fundamentalism will only be defeated through a slow war of attrition. Ideologies must die out, they cannot be killed.” —Anonymous Liberal, “Strange Burden Shifting” A scathing indictment on a false choice that the only options on the […]
I’m going to go out on a limb here and point out… If all the hardware Apple is going to announce is a new Mac Pro and Mac XServe, then why is Apple Store still down? Hmmm…
Luke Welling’s OSCON wrap up reminded me of an incident. No, not about my battles with Tourette’s, or, should I say, people confusing honest fucking programming frustration with Coprolalia. 😀
The New York Times has a wonderful summary article of High Dynamic Range photography. (I have a strong suspicion that the article is heavily influenced by discussion on the HDR Flickr group.) This was a little serendipitous because I had a discussion at lunch where I heard the tired old line that “nothing new is […]