February 2012
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Fuji X100 - 35mm Versatility
I picked up my X100 again yesterday after a month of playing around with my micro four thirds kit and really had to wonder why I ever put it down. It can infuriate me at times but the images it produces have a touch of magic to them that no other camera seems to have.
I have quite a bit of travel planned over the next two years, including a potential trip to Europe. As I am the obsessive...
January 2012
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December 2011
2 posts
Xubuntu 11.10 on the Samsung N145 Plus
I picked up a new netbook last night. It’s been over a year since I last looked at them so I knew almost nothing about current models. I wanted something lightweight with excellent battery life that would run Linux nicely to replace my MSI Wind U100. I also wanted it to be as cheap as possible.
It looked as though almost any current netbook with a 6 cell battery would do the trick. Happily...
Fuji X100 Street Photography
I’m not very good at street photography. I’m too timid and hesitate and then the moment is gone. The Fuji X100 is a street photographer’s dream, and yet I walk down the street carrying it in my hand never taking a shot for fear someone will take offense.
I spent a week in Wellington recently visiting a friend and we spent a fair amount of time walking around with our cameras....
October 2011
2 posts
Sony Alpha NEX
Reposting old content from my now defunct Wordpress blog
The last year or so I have had trouble finding enthusiasm for digital photography. This was sad given how much I’ve enjoyed photography in the past, and also left me with a nagging sense of guilt for my insanely expensive camera collection.
I’ve decided to try and do something about this - and so I’ve swapped this:
For...
Project 365 - Inspiration, or Limitation?
I have long been intrigued by the idea of Project 365. The general idea is to take a photograph each day for a year and post them online. There are quite a few tangible benefits of the project, including a very vibrant online community of people also participating who can be very supportive.
Last month, I thought I would ignore my fear of failure and give it a try. I’m only up to day 20,...
July 2011
3 posts
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Fuji X100 Night Photography
The fast lens and excellent high ISO performance makes the Fuji X100 brilliant for casual night photography. Both of these shots were taken using the in-camera black and white, and both are actually slightly noisier after processing than the SOOC files.
Handheld, manual shutter at 1/30th, and ISO dropped as low as I could to still get the exposure I was after. (2000)
Camera braced against...
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Brownie
I have a reasonably large collection of old and antique cameras and lenses that I really should go through and catalogue. The extent of my attention so far has been to steal all the nice Minolta Rokkor primes and adapt them to my Sony NEX.
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Fuji X100
I adore the high ISO performance of the Fuji X100.
I have only been aware that it exists for two weeks, but in that time through my reading about this camera I became convinced it was perfect for me. It’s a compact marketed by Fuji as being the professional’s choice, featuring an APS-C sensor and a fixed 23mm lens (35mm equivalent) with a maximum aperture of f2.0. The relatively...
March 2011
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February 2011
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November 2010
4 posts
October 2010
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September 2010
4 posts
Found while cleaning out some files ...
Names changed to protect the guilty.
<Manager> The SAN has arrived at [redacted] :)
<Sysadmin> fun and games
<Developer> first to fill it with 1’s wins…
<Sysadmin> I think I can do: dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/san/somefile bs=1T count=3
<Jes> Sysadmin: I wonder how dd feels about a blocksize of 1TB ?
<Sysadmin> its in the manpage
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August 2010
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July 2010
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