Last year, I made the decision to get a Leica digital rangefinder. Most folks that know me, wonder what could have possessed me to invest that kind of money in what many consider to be a niche camera. Well, I am not here to defend my decision. However, to put things in perspective, I...
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The legendary Carl Zeiss company has unveiled a new ZM lens (Leica M-mount), the Carl Zeiss C Biogon T* 2,8/35 ZM. The new lens is only f/2.8 which does not make it the fastest prime on the market. However, it competes directly with offerings from Leica in terms of lens speed and outperforms them on price. The...
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Now that the R800 mystery was solved, I carried on my merry way customizing the system to my tastes. One of my idiosyncrasies is to place all of my personal background images in their own folder in the Pictures folder. That way I can easily use a special Export Preset in Lightroom to easily...
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As my little journey continued, I began connecting my Mac to the Windows network that already exists in my home. I was already connected to the IP network, so I tested the waters hooking up networked printers and connecting to shared drives. I have three shared printers in my home network: two HP LaserJets (one color,...
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Like author Alex Haley, I have gone on a quest to rediscover my “Roots”. No, I am not looking for some familial contemporary of Kunta Kinte. I have decided to go back to the company that got me started in computing: Apple. In high school, my parents bought me an Apple ][e which got me on the...
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I have decided this year to make my own costume for Halloween. Not the usual stuff either. Last year, I dressed up as kung fu hero and that worked out well. This year I want something people will remember, so I have decided to do a wizard costume. However, as a twist this will...
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Intel has just issued a press release announcing their newest low power processor for mobile devices: Atom. While processors for mobile devices are not a new product for Intel, Atom represents a radical departure from the traditional mobile device CPU. Up till now MD processors were essentially incompatible with laptop/desktop/server processor architectures, making it...
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