The war over which high-definition disc format to choose is now over. Toshiba yesterday announced that it would be withdrawing it’s HD-DVD players from the market and retiring the format. With Warner Brothers deciding to release it’s content on Blu-Ray Toshiba seems to have gotten the message. So, Sony is the winner, right? Maybe....
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Monthly Archives: February 2008
HD Format Wars are over, but who won?
Infrared Pine
Infrared Pine Originally uploaded by etrigan63 I think I finally nailed the B&W conversions for IR. Sky has the right level of darkness and the Australian Pine is giving off a fine IR reflection. Please comment if you wish.
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Infrared Skies
Infrared Skies Originally uploaded by etrigan63 Second in my IR attempts, this one came a little better as a B&W image. Photo was shot RAW and converted to grayscale using the channel controls in Lightroom. Something interesting to note is that light colored objects are reflecting IR light while dark objects are absorbing them.
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Infrared palms
Infrared palms Originally uploaded by etrigan63 When Leica designed the M8 they elected to install an extremely thin anti-aliasing (AA) filter over the sensor to increase the overall sharpness of the images captured by the camera. However, this had the side-effect of making the M8 sensitive to IR reflections. This manifested itself in certain...
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Apple Blu-Ray Support: What’s taking so long?
I have been thinking about this topic for quite some time now. What is preventing Apple from officially supporting BD drives and HD content from them? Steve Jobs is on the Blu-Ray Steering Committee for Pete’s sake! Not technology. With the latest refresh of the Mac Pro, even the base model has hardware support...
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Nvidia to acquire Ageia
‘Bout frickin’ time. This shoe has been waiting to drop ever since ATI acquired Havok. I can only hope that they do something intelligent with the technology. For those of you who prefer to read marketing spin, I present the press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SANTA CLARA, CA — FEBRUARY 4, 2008—NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA),...
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M8 at the Miami Metrozoo
Indian Elephant Originally uploaded by etrigan63 As I have two children (ages 10 & 7) our weekend social calendar is usually filled with birthdays. This weekend we attended one at the Miami Metrozoo. One of the other Dads was there with his Canon 5D + 500mm lens and I with my M8 + 75mm...
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Leica M8 Firmware 1.201 Test – Multiple Light sources
Firmware 1.201 Test – Multiple Light sources Originally uploaded by etrigan63 I went to a local mall today and looked for a shot that included multple light sources. I managed to find a fine example that combines daylight, fluorescent light and incandescent (halogen) light. The image is unadjusted other than a conversion from DNG...
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