Category: Gadget

This subject covers reviews of or a comment on a gadget or some technology

May 15, 2010

Borg

in: A Day in the Life, Gadget

My enhanced eye: Panasonic DMC-G1, Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.1, ISO 100, f/1.1, 1/100
December 24, 2009

119 km

in: Event, Gadget

New car; pretty fresh
November 24, 2009

27″

in: Event, Gadget

The new mouse: Click picture to see video With the release of Apple’s operating system OSX 10.5 I knew the jig was up. Some new features of last-year’s operating system were non-functional on the older Power PC (PPC) versions of the iMac. I had a Power PC. That started my savings plan. When OSX…
March 24, 2009

I have to stop

in: Event, Gadget, Photography

Another new lens, but this is the last one [for a while]: a Konica Macro-Hexanon AR 55mm f/3.5. Purchased on eBay it includes the lens, an extender, all caps and a case. A couple of Orchid shots. Both shots at f/22
March 20, 2009

New lens

in: Gadget, Photography

For the bird feeder, a Canon 200mm f/2.8 prime lens: Earlier I posted that I had been trying to find the right angle to shoot from, but each one presented difficulties with the background. This lens seems to solve the problem: shooting wide open the background is sufficiently blurred to form a pleasant bokeh rather…