Other stuff
Olympus PEN E-PL1, new lenses leaked, via Photo Rumors
Looks like the EP1 is being downsized and will likely be $500 for the body only. Very tempting price point. Too bad the lens I’d want to use for this would be $400 (the Panasonic 20mm f/1.7). Guess I’ll just keep on dreaming…
Olympus PEN E-PL1, new lenses leaked | Photo Rumors.
Some notes on the week
Well, the biggest news was easily the iPad announcement. Funny that it was a much more momentous occasion than Obama’s first State of the Union address, but I think that’s just evidence of how disillusioned everyone is with the state of affairs at the moment. Regardless, even someone like me, who built their own PC, [...]
Bombs and music
A cello player in the partially destroyed National Library, Sarajevo, during the war in 1992. Photograph by Mikhail Evstafiev
via File:Evstafiev-bosnia-cello.jpg – Wikimedia Commons.
Things that I want from Nikon
2009 was a disappointing year to an extent if you were a Nikon user. Yes, there was finally an update to the 70-200, and the D300 and D3 got HD video and a tweaked sensor. But it was a huge letdown otherwise, what with the lack of lenses, no forward thinking on a mirrorless, interchangeable [...]
This guy was ahead of his time
Happy New Years everyone!
End of a decade
It’s weird to think I’ve not only been through this decade, but with my birthday coming up in February, two decades. Things that have happened:
2000 marked the Y2K bug scare. Nothing happened. It also gave us the election of George W. in the contested Florida count. I was only 10 (10?!?) and living in Portland [...]
Thoughts on China
I kept a journal while going through China. Some excerpts:
This airplane food is actually kind of decent.
End of first day: Exhausted.
I bought a memory card and battery. They were knock-offs. I feel dumb.
Only got an hour and a half at the Great Wall. Disappointed.
Lunch was at tourist stop (trap). White people everywhere.
Chinese planes are better [...]
In Chicago
Remember when I said I’d have those last China sets up? Yeah well, there wasn’t quite as much time (1 night) as I thought I’d have, between my Portland trip, and now, my Chicago trip.
However, I am returning from Chicago tonight, so, while I probably won’t have anything up even tomorrow, there’s at least a [...]
