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Rumored Nikon AF-S Nikkor 10-18mm f/4 G ED NNikon Rumors (among others) has a posting about a rumored Nikon 10-18mm f4 lens.
If this ain't just a rumor, it would mean that a full Nikon transition can take place, because it could replace my Sigma 10-20mm lens... 'Could', if the price ain't too high (<1000 euro's).
My MacBook shipped with the standard 2GB of memory. I had the idea of adding the additional 2GB myself since Apple charges you more money than needed. Downside is that the new MacBooks are kinda sensitive about the memory you use. Regular Kingston / Sandisk memory could result in kernel panics (or other strange behaviour).
After some googling I read some forum posts on OCZ memory and the new aluminium MacBooks. Today I added 2 * 2GB of OCZ memory to my MacBook, and it runs fine (at the moment).
As long as there aren't any updates on this post it probably means that I'm not having any problems with the new memory.
Memory details:
OCZ SO-Dimm 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-8500, 1066Mhz
A while back I wrote something about Path Finder as a probable Finder substitute. Well, it's been a couple of months, and I must say that I'm still using the crappy Apple Finder.
Why? Well, I guess that it kinda grows on you, eventhough Path Finder has 'some' neat features. It just didn't feel like a real substitute. It felt more like an add-on.
So, back to Finder with its little annoyances like;
I have high hopes up for Snow Leopard. Hope that Finder gets a real good overhaul.
... Well, at least in some places.
Even though it's categorized as fun, it's not funny at all. Photography is not a crime, as long as you're not photographing state secrets or plans of the new nuclear power plant.
:D
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G AF-S VR IF-ED
An assignment from the local camera club.... No idea if this is gonna be the final result. We'll see. I've got till March for this assignment.
More photos on my flickr page.
When you're reading this it will mean that I've moved my website to an external hosting service. This has some drawbacks:
The advantages are a more reliable uptime, and faster up- and download speeds.
There might be some things I might have missed in the transfer. Leave a comment if you find errors or strange behaviour on the website.
UPDATE: I forgot the MIME type settings on the SymCAImport tool. If you did encounter problems importing, you might wanna try again. Sorry for the inconvenience.
It's been a while since I used the MTK software for getting GPS logs from my QStarz GPS BT Q1000 travel recorder. This weekend I was surprised to see that the developpers had updated the application interface (among other things). The new version is a JAVA applet, which can be installed in your Applications folder, or it can be run online ('no' installation required).
No installation is not entirely correct, because you still need the USB drivers AND you need to create a directory and set certain filesystem rights.
In short:
sudo mkdir /var/lock
sudo chmod 777 /var/lock
It's possible that there's a prompt for an admin password.
I'm definitely looking forward to the maps integration (development version only at this moment).
The LX3 is in my possession for a couple of weeks, and last weekend I noticed something annoying. When I imported the photos in Adobe Lightroom, some of the photos were imported as RAW, and some as JPG.
By default I set my cameras on RAW (if they support it). When I purchased the LX3 there was no RAW importer for Lightroom or Photoshop, so I shot in RAW+JPG. This way I could see the photos and could work with the RAW files when a proper RAW converter (Adobe Camera RAW) cae along.
I checked the format settings and these were set at RAW, so where did those JPG's came from?
After some searching I found that the iA mode of the camera (intelligent Auto) decides which image quality setting to use. Something I didn't find in the manual (or I read over it).
Anyway, it's annoying as hell.
I've been a PGP user for quite a while now. A couple of years ago I bought the software (before that I used the free PGP versions). My original license was for version 8.x. Every once in a while that would be a message indicating that there was a new version available.
The last couple of months there were no new messages, and when I checked for updates from the application the default message was "you're running the latest version".
But according to the PGP website there were newer versions (9.8, 9.9). So I 'registered' for an evaluation version and installed that over my existing 9.7 version.
After the reboot everything worked. My (old existing) license is still valid. So why is PGP not telling that there's an upgrade available?
I guess the fun will end with the release of version 10.
B.t.w. I still find it frustrating that they removed the SIGN and ENCRYPT buttons/functionality from within Apple Mail.app. I don't want to sign all my outgoing mail (which happens when you configure the mail proxy settings). I want to be in total control :)