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

Getting Hooked On -it

In my previous post, I was wrong. Sorry about that. Leica wants you to start your M lens habit by buying their new (introduced 2007) Summarit lenses. They reactivated a lens name from the 1950-ies there. It basically means a lens speed slower than f/2.0 (Summicron) and faster than f/2.8 (Elmarit). In their modern incarnation, all Summarits are f/2.5. They share common components of their barrels and avoid exotic glasses and aspheric surfaces. Leica quality standards and mounting accuracy are maintained, though.
Lots more to read about them is on Erwin Puts’ site.
So, the Summarit 75 mm actually closed a gap in my lens lineup. I gave in and got it in today’s lunch break. Shapely legs … uhm, lens, isn’t it?