Second Shooter

Autofocus sensors right to the edge of the frame

My main DSLR, a Nikon D 800, is 4 years old and has 80000 actuations. Should I trust it to work flawlessly during this year’s photo projects (especially my son’s wedding)? Not without a backup body, no, I won’t.

Curious Contraption

Neo getting Bugged, Seen through the Canon Sports Finder FN

Received a Canon F-1 New Sports Finder FN in the mail yesterday, and it is a strange thing.

WTF, it’s a New F1

New to me Canon F1 New, Three Decades Young

Pro film cameras of yesteryear are getting ridiculously cheap these days. So, not heeding my own admonishment, I tried out a new-to-me Canon F1 New today that I fished out of the ‘bay.

iWatch

2010 iPod nano as a Wristwatch

I’ve always wanted a watch that

Less Desktop Clutter

Diminutive Wireless Keyboard plus Tragic MacPad

Coercing myself into using these wireless input devices. Like the optics, usability remains to be seen.
Now, how about some wireless synching for iP* devices, Apple? Wireless mains?
Yours truly, enjoying a tingling sense of EMI (electromagnetic interference). 😉
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A Changing of the Mobile Guard

From the Department of Unashamed Fanboyism

All enthusiasm aside, there are things you can’t do on an iPad or an iPhone on a mobile basis. Coding for one. Cory Doctorow is right, you know. If you’re a maker, you”ll find yourself hemmed and hindered by the character of these devices and their ecosystem.

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Phone

Trippin' Reflections

The dealer of techno-chic got me again. I scored an iPhone 4 yesterday, but only with a trick.

Pen Light

Art is like Art Does, the Olympus' E-PL1 Black & White ART Filter

To replace the Ricoh GRD III that I have given away, I bought an Olympus E-LP1 yesterday. It is an EVIL camera.

On the Deification of an Object

JesusPhone

I count myself amongst the hoi-polloi that didn’t get an iPhone 4 at launch day a week ago. It has been interesting to watch my reactions since then.

My Feet Are Killing Me!

Giant Billboard at the Potsdamer Platz, Berlin