Month: February 2007
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Changing Cameras, part squee!
Squee! ๐ <Insert photo of Nikon D80, lost to time> Much quieter shutter slap than the Konica-Minolta 5D, much faster autofocus. Hopefully itโll be a sunny morning tomorrow, and I can get a shot Iโve been wanting to take for about 3 months! The thought of only fitting 100 images on a 2 GB card…
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EVE Online’s browser…
Calling the In-Game Browser in EVE Online a browser seems to be pushing the definition of the word. Iโm playing with some code that makes use of option lists, and option groups inside of those lists. Every browser from about Netscape 4 supports option groups (and before that based on memory of some screenshots) –…
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Changing cameras, part the second
Went back to Jessops at lunch today, and handled the Pentax and Nikon side by side – switching from one to the other, running test shots (without a card), and getting a feel for the grip, button layout etc. The Pentax K10D is a technically fantastic camera, complete with weather seals, a button for flicking…
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Behold the power of the Internet
Praise be to the power of the Internet, and the Hive Mind that inhabits Ars Technica. I posted there, enquiring about the lens options for the D80, as Iโd like to avoid spending too much on the replacement for the 5D. A reply by kefkafloyd supplied me with information Iโd been unable to find anywhere…
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Kitchen: Painted
Well, the bare plaster walls in the kitchen have been painted with cheap white paint. I present pictures from my mobile phone camera, as I have no other camera at the moment. Before: After: For my next trick, Iโll be finding some tiles I like, and getting a backsplash tiled in, along with the windowsills.
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Changing Cameras, part the first
Following on from an earlier posting, I went to the local Jessops store today and returned my Konica-Minolta 5D for (essentially) store credit. The manager was quite pleasant, and gave me 500 quid in vouchers – the camera value plus the extended warranty I had purchased. I then played with a few cameras, primarily the…