Don’t rain on my parade
14/05/2004
LaToya London was robbed
It’s sad. But it happens. And a week later, it’s back on its original course. I guess American Idol is one of those shows where the whole wide world watching (in America at least) screws you over, instead of maybe the few people in your tribe.
The weekend looms
Sometimes it feels just too damn short. I’m complaining on Thursday about the impending Monday, which is a little ridiculous, but nonetheless, not completely unexpected. Was testing Sharkie’s new camera, to compare with mine. Check them out (they were taken on different days, and I adjusted the settings on my camera in that shot, I took a few plain ones – but they were shakey).
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This was taken with the Canon Ixus 430, on portrait setting with macro
I realise that I wasn’t exactly focused on the same thing between the pictures, but I took them on different days so I couldn’t really remember what to do.
I like the Ixus because it’s real nice and small and nifty – fits into purses nicely – and I think all the features are mainly there. Except you’ll have to look a bit harder for it. On the A80, the dial takes care of a lot of settings. I can’t really see a real difference in the quality of the pictures, so I’m impressed with the Ixus. But I wouldn’t trade my A80 for it, I prefer using 4 AA batteries than 1 proprietary lithium battery.
You can find out more about the cameras at:
• dpreview.com: I find DP review too technical and dry sometimes. So I usually just go there to check out the specs and compare cameras. They’ve a fairly up to date and comprehensive camera news section.
• dcresource.com: I like DC Resource because of the friendlier, casual tone they take in the reviews, and the test images are taken around the Bay Area.
If you’re wondering where to store your digital photos:
• Yahoo! Photos: 30Mb of space, and you can share your photos while you chat with the Y! Messenger Photos IMV. It also has a nifty drag and drop upload tool.
• Webshots: Unlimited storage, but maximum of 200 photos. Url is a bit convuluted, but there is a nice application to upload, rotate, name and organise your photos.
• Imagestation: Sony’s photo storage and printing effort. Unlimited storage, and prints are quite cheap – US$0.19 for 4R (only available in the US). Have not tried it.
18/05/2004 at 11:59 pm
I find that dpreview has recently been concentrating a lot on the SLRs and the higher end models which is out of my league. Steve’s Digicam I find has a much more comprehensive reviews of models for the prosumer and below.