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SD cards are becoming more discombobulated: UHS-I and WORM

colorblinded — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:40:02 +0000

It seems like every couple years some new standard has to come out to fix some shortcoming with SD cards and the result is more gobbledygook being added to the card names. As you can see in the image at the right (shamelessly borrowed from the SD Association site) in addition to the three size formats they’ve had (miniSD is effectively dead thankfully) there are three classes according to the capacity you desire. [...]

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Flickr’s new photo page is a step in the right direction

colorblinded — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:08:54 +0000

I’ve criticized Flickr for its awful white background for a while now and feedback on my Twitter & Facebook page both proved I’m not alone. Others agreed, the white background is just plain bad for viewing graphical content like the photos that so many upload there every day and the consensus was that “dark” is a better option. Fortunately there are some changes to Flickr on the way and most of the changes are quite good. [...]

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Sony’s NEX throws caution, mirrors and traditional design to the wind

colorblinded — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:00:28 +0000

Although I don’t say much about it, I’ve never hidden the fact that Sony hasn’t generally been my favorite camera manufacturer (or electronics manufacturer). Their P&S cameras have never greatly appealed to me but I respect their efforts to provide some advanced capabilities in unique form factors (like the DSC-F828). I also appreciate their cost reduction efforts with the A850 (at the expense of the sanity of A900 owners) and most of all I’m glad to see they are keeping the Minolta system going. I certainly wish the Minolta name was still around but at least the flame is kept alive. [...]

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Limited edition Jackie Chan Eye of the Dragon Canon 550D unveiled

colorblinded — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:40:44 +0000

Of all the special edition cameras that I’ve covered here, this might be one of my favorites. For nearly $1500, if you’re in China, you can get one of 2010 Jackie Chan Eye of the Dragon limited edition 550Ds (that’s a Rebel T2i if you were wondering). The kit comes with specially imprinted camera bodies, an upgraded kit lens (18-135 IS) and a fancy matching album, camera case and strap. [...]

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Upcoming Rochester Subway excursion shut down

colorblinded — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:13:51 +0000

A Rochester “Crime Prevention Officer” has put the kibosh on the subway walk that Rochester Subway had been planning. It’s a good thing too, because otherwise we would have had a careful, respectful and organized group of people touring the subway’s length while it was still possible. Now there will just be more small groups exploring it, being reckless and causing mayhem. That’s definitely better. [...]

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Hell hath frozen over: Pentax 645D

colorblinded — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:35:32 +0000

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. [...]

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Proving bad taste has no budget: Leica MP Golden Camera. Happy 60th China!

colorblinded — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:36:18 +0000

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. [...]

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Canon Digital Rebel survives 3000 foot fall

colorblinded — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:01:26 +0000

Calin Leucuta (from his thread @ Fred Miranda's forums) In spite of all their talk about terminal velocity and mass of objects in free-fall, this is still one heck of an impressive tale. This rebel lived up to its name, falling a supposed 3000 feet to the ground and surviving the impact against all odds with little more than a crack. Do I believe that it was really 3000 feet? Welllll….. [...]

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the NOVA concept DSLR is strange

colorblinded — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:57:07 +0000

Design student Erin Fong (I’ll assume no relation to Gary Fong) came up with a rather unusual concept DSLR design. I think it’s great when someone thinks outside the box but there are some things about this design that make me wonder if she’s ever actually used a DSLR! One thing I wonder is how that viewfinder is supposed to work. [...]

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Hasselblad’s H3DII-50 moves multishot up to 50mp

colorblinded — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:41:31 +0000

Hasselblad has continued what they started with the H3DII-39 by taking their multishot system and applying it to a higher resolution sensor. Technologies like this have always appealed to me so it’s good to see that companies are able to continue to push them along successfully. Pixel shift multishot systems certainly aren’t ideal for many subjects but work very well for high detail recording of static scenes. [...]

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