Walking the abandoned Rochester subway (photo gallery) August 24, 2008
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Yesterday I finally walked the length of the abandoned subway in Rochester from the west end all the way to the exit under Dinosaur BBQ. It was a pretty warm day but other than the dusty and sometimes smelly air, the subway was cooler and more comfortable than walking along above the streets.
From the west entrance to the east entrance the subway is over a mile long, and runs under Broad Street for a good deal of the distance but also passes under the Gannett building and the Library. Much of the subway is completely pitch black and the only light is from what we brought with us. By the time we reached the Broad Street bridge we had been in the subway for a little over an hour and were surprised to come upon a pretty big group of people. They were a group of martial artists and they were filming scenes for some martial arts movie.
Check after the jump to read more about the trip and see the photos (more…)
Canon learned a Nikon trick (it’s real now and the specs were spot on)
Posted by tcbp in : News & Rumors , 2 comments
In a truly Nikon-esque move, seemingly concrete (yeah right) information on the 50D has appeared on the world wide interwebs.
Supposed specs include 15.1 megapixels, a high res VGA LCD screen, ISO up to 12,800 and a DIGIC IV processor. It actually all sounds rather impressive so hopefully it’s a sign of good things for a 5D Mark II (although I still hope that comes in a fancier body).
There also seem to be a lot of rumors of an 18-200 IS on the way, which makes sense since that’s a popular range Nikon and Sigma are covering.
Update: I had a link to the Canon site containing the information but it is now password protected. If I see a copy of it elsewhere I’ll put up a link to that but I won’t be actively looking for it.
Another update: Bob Atkin’s has a “preview” based on the specs and images which were leaked