Nikon D90 in the house
I caved…and love it so far: Bought the D90 with the 18-105mm VR lens. Sample video (in ‘cinematic 24fps HD’) and pics from the camera coming soon…need to charge the battery first.
Month: September 2008
BarCamp Vancouver 2008
I spent most of yesterday on Granville Island at BarCamp 2008 and it was a blast. Things actually started off Friday night at WorkSpace for the opening night party and then up bright and early for the actual ‘unconference’ on Saturday. This year, I helped organize PhotoCamp which is one of the few pre-determined ‘tracks’…
PhotoCamp 2008
BarCamp is happening this weekend and a component of that is PhotoCamp. What would like to talk about this year? Submit your topics here in the comments or on the wiki. A few things that are on the table which will be finalized this Saturday include: a photowalk around Granville Island RAW vs JPG –…
CameraBag iPhone App
Just found this app tonight and bought it on the spot. CameraBag (iTunes App Store link) lets you play with any photos you have on your iPhone as well as take new ones in a number of unique ways. Starting with a photo I already had in my library (from a recent trip to Hawaii…
Bloggers and the Beer Factory
Earlier this week, I had a chance to attend a special event at the Molson brewery called Brew 2.0. It was to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the brewery in Vancouver and the invite list included many local bloggers and geekerati. I debated on even blogging about this event since there was no expectation of…
Action! Action! Action!
Literally behind the scenes of the filming of a special effect scene for the kids(!) movie “Cats and Dogs 2” that has been filming near my office this past week: I had a much better vantage point earlier: but was continually moved back by the crew…so I decided to go to my car which just…
Apple’s Let’s Rock event
Today, Apple announced a number of new things at it’s “Let’s Rock” event and I have to say, I was a little surprised and disappointed. First of all, new iPod Nanos were revealed. Not really that surprising as the spy photos and rumour leaks were pretty strong this time around. I SO don’t need the…
Qik for the iPhone
At MobileCamp Vancouver this past weekend, I thought it might be fun to try out Qik.com‘s iPhone app. It’s currently only available for use on jailbroken iPhones (via Cydia). While David was talking about some iPhone tricks, I streamed him live via wifi to Qik and we had it on the projector in the room….
Battle of the Fisheyes
I thought it might be fun to pit my $37 fisheye lens adapter against the $800 Olympus 8mm fisheye lens. Of course, there probably isn’t any contest here at all as the Olympus lens is simply stunning but the lens adapter is no slouch either. But I decided it might be fun to take some…
Add Macro mode to your iPhone for under $5
Here’s an inexpensive way to add a macro mode to your iPhone. By default, the iPhone’s camera isn’t that great…let alone for macro (closeup) shots. Simply holding a magnifying glass (or plastic) lens in front of the iPhone’s camera will let you get a lot closer (and in focus): Normal: Macro: Normal: Macro: The lens…