While I’d still love to see EyePilot updated and useful since it offers a host of handy features, its creators seem to be content to sit on their duffs ignoring the world while claiming they are working on an update (they are still “working on a Vista compatible version” supposedly… riiiiight). Until they (or more likely someone else) step up to the plate I am not currently aware of any other programs with the features EyePilot sported however that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of other little helpful programs.
from acronism.com
Random web searching brought me across a nice little program called
Colorblind Assistant which is in many ways an updated looking
WhatColor which I have
covered previously. Feature wise they’re basically identical so take your pick. Both will give you a standardized name for the color under your cursor, as well as read out color data and provide a zoom of the area immediately around your cursor. Both are built for Windows and will run on basically any version of said platform and require very little in the way of resources. The Colorblind Assistant application is about twice the size of WhatColor but both are under a megabyte and will sit unobtrusively on your desktop reading out color data to you if you choose to leave them running.
Although WhatColor would like you to pay $8 to register it (it’s a “fully functional evaluation copy” distributed as shareware), Colorblind Assistant is completely free. So if you are cheap and have moral pangs over not paying for WhatColor, Colorblind Assistant will leave you with a clear conscience.
Here we have something that doesn’t exist, never did and never will. The Pentax 645D, rumored, hinted at, suggested and a tall tale for years upon years now. My friend Joe and I had both given up all hope that Pentax would bring digital to their medium format system and their fantastic yet under-appreciated lenses and cameras.
All the most recent rumors which sounded ridiculous seem to have come true, too! Did you dismiss the idea that a medium format camera would come out with dual SD card slots? Well, better get used to the fact that the 645D actually does have dual SD slots, CF cards need not apply here.
With a 44×33mm sensor sporting 40 megapixels and compatibility with their preexisting medium format lenses the camera is everything we thought Pentax would never manage to do. The 645D also carries a list of features that sound like they belong in any major 35mm based DSLR. Built in HDR compositing, 11 point AF, advanced multi-segment metering and shockingly all this will come at you for under $10,000. Forget the new Leaf Aptus, this is a big move in the creeping MeFo price war, and I like it!
With February now over it’s a good time to make sure I get some of the stuff from Feb that I missed up. It turned out to be a busy month in many ways, not just with taking photos, so I’ve fallen a bit behind here. I shot with three new models and have been chased around by other models from shoots-gone-by asking to do more shoots. [...]
Continue reading Alex at the incinerator, Anatomy and CC… February was model shooting month it seems
For those of you who constantly update your Facebook’s status, are you even aware you are doing it?
Side note: I really need to work on finding a new way to structure the Galleries page. Since I’ve been using NextGen for most of the photo content, I’ve just worked with what it provides but it’s far from ideal. [...]
Continue reading What the Duck seems to have noticed this about Facebook as well
Yesterday was the day many were waiting for. Those who had never been to the subway or who at least had never walked its length appeared in some pretty impressive numbers for this get together and we walked from the western entrance to the eastern end by Dinosaur BBQ. This mile long tunnel really isn’t that long and you can get through it pretty quickly, sadly for me it seems to feel like it’s shorter every time I go. [...]
Continue reading The biggest local Flickr get together ever was yesterday’s subway walk
This weekend might be the last time I get to walk the whole length of the abandoned Rochester subway before it gets filled in. I’m definitely disappointed that they’ll be doing that but if the subway really is a structural danger to the streets above then it’s probably something that must be done. Tomorrow I’ll have to finalize the car pooling plans, figure out where we’ll be meeting and I’ll be trying to find that one last flashlight that’s playing hide or seek. [...]
Continue reading One more time in to the dark
It’s hard to find a bag with the right combination of features. After using a variety of bags I know the type of bag I’ll use most often is a shoulder bag. There are times I need a backpack or another bag depending on what I’m doing or if I need to bring a laptop with me, but most of the time I just want camera gear.
If i want to look locally for bags it seems that Tamrac is the most common brand around. Of the three different stores I went to, they all sold Tamrac. [...]
Continue reading The hunt for the right bag finally ends. Tenba wins!
Rounding out the weekend of exploring, we visited the Newark State School, an abandoned collection of buildings which served people with disabilities. Some of the buildings on the campus have been re-purposed and are being used but many remain abandoned and continue to decay. [...]
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Andrew and I had been planning to spend the weekend checking out different locations and doing some photography & exploring. On the 23rd we kicked off the weekend by stopping by several locations in Rochester. We started with what is known as the War Store but it seemed to be falling apart rapidly. Parts of the second floor, which I’m told was the most interesting part, had fallen down to the first floor. Apparently the second floor had been questionable for quite some time and the collapse was probably recent. We looked around for a few minutes but I didn’t take any photos. We didn’t even take much time to look through the concrete silos next door before continuing back to the car. [...]
Continue reading Rochester Incinerator
There are many ways to celebrate the 60th anniversary of a country. China’s history has certainly been interesting so it’s no question that a camera that would be nearly $30,000 in the states is the only thing really fit for the moment. For more than 3x the price of the plebeian MP you can get a gold plated Leica MP complete with red calfskin in a lovely wooden box. This of course does come with a very nice gold plated Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 lens as well. [...]
Continue reading Proving bad taste has no budget: Leica MP Golden Camera. Happy 60th China!
