September 22, 2006
Yahoo Account Theft... hohoho_christmas_hohoho
Just received a couple of yahoo messages askign me to go to a link on geocities 'hohoho_christmas_hohoho'.
It appears to be a phishing site designed to steal your yahoo id and password when you enter them, posing as a photo site.
If you've done so, I recommend logging into yahoo asap and changing your password.
A 160 Mp digital camera.. and a very cool battery
I came across this 160 Mp camera today. A real digital replacement for the film 6x17 camera, yielding a 950 Mb file (uncompressed) for the full 6x17 format. At 30k Euro, I don't imagine I'll be getting one any time soon - but it's a damn cool idea.
On a more affordable level is the rather wonderful USBCELL which produces a AA rechargeable battery which has a flip off head to reveal a USB socket. So you can recharge the battery by simply plugging it into a pc USB port. They have plans to produce specific versions for mobile phones and cameras, which would do away with the swag of custom battery chargers we all have to carry around.
September 16, 2006
Some shots from Lisbon trip
Taken on the M7 with B&W film, then machine scanned and touched up in Photoshop Elements 4. These are lower resolution jpeg's than the actual scans I worked on.
I'd appreciate constructive criticism, especially on my PS skills which are very basic ;)
Girls in costume in the Barrio Alto
The Santa Justa elevator
Men in a doorway in the Avenida area
Cobblestones above the Alfama
First review of Leica M8 (Digital)
So here's the first online review of a real Leica M8, due to be officially launched at Photokina this year. Looks like it will retail for around USD $5k, or GBP £3k... painful - but not as bad as some predicted.
Released alongside it will be a Tri Elmar M 16-18-21 mm F4 ASPH lens, which will work on film based M's as well. They won't be available in retail until November apparently, leaving a little more time to see actual image files and more review before parting with your money.
It's a beautiful camera - I hope it handles as well as the M7 and that the image quality lives up to the film cameras. The only thing I can't find any reference to is how it allows exposure compensation, hopefully it's a little more useable than the M7's dial.