“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Month: October 2017
[Timesaver Tip!] Speed up MP3 audio or video incrementally in QuickTime using Option+Click (Pitch stays the same!)
This looks like a good method of listening to MP3 audio at a higher speed. It’s a bit of a hassle, because the files have to be downloaded first, and then opened in QuickTime, but it’s wonderful being able to speed up slow moving audio!
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Incrementally Change the Speed of Playback in QuickTime with an Option+Click
Nikon Closes Camera Factory, Blames Rise of Smartphones — 10-fold decline in compacts among all brands!
Nikon failed to innovate their compact camera line, an unstated reason for their lack of popularity, but the chart below shows a 10-fold decline among all brands. Many serious photographers aren’t buying compacts because smartphones are “good enough;” even though, the image quality of 1″ sensor compacts with zoom lenses still often far exceeds that of smartphones. Continue reading “Nikon Closes Camera Factory, Blames Rise of Smartphones — 10-fold decline in compacts among all brands!”
2017 Alaskaman Extreme Triathlon promo video
Full length documentary coming early 2018
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(vid) Camera Showdown: iPhone 7 vs Advanced Compact | How Far Have Smartphone Cameras Come?
I’ve carried a Panasonic LX100 in a belt pouch for 2.5 years. It’s awkwardly large for a compact camera, but the lens is very sharp, and it has the multi-aspect ratio sensor, capable of shooting in 4:3, 3:2 and 16:9 aspect ratios with full field of view and maximum megapixels. I love multi-aspect, but the LX100 is a tank to always carry. Many would prefer the also very capable, and much smaller and lighter, 1″ sensor compacts.
Driving in Las Vegas 4K Video — See how far the Bellagio & others really are from Mandalay Bay
Driving Northbound (camera points straight ahead)
01:15 Mandalay Bay
01:25 Ferris Wheel Towers
01:33 Concert on right, Luxor pyramid on left
01:43 sphinx and obelisk
01:35 Tropicana Club Tower — the white building between stage and MGM
02:06 Excalibur on left, Tropicana main building on right (Robert Irvine from Restaurant Impossible)
02:32 NY NY on left, MGM on right
04:10 Aria on left, Planet Hollywood on right
04:43 The Bellagio
05:01 Caesars
09:56 DRIVING SOUTHBOUND (camera points to the right)
14:00 The Bellagio
19:05 Pyramid, sphinx & obelisk w/ Mandalay Bay in background
19:20 Mandalay Bay
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Glee! Google Set NIK Free — Hallelujah!!!!!!!
This is a great day! Google broke my heart when they killed my favorite photo software. Now they have released their death grip, and will now allow U-Point technology to live on, developed by brilliant Germans.
My prayers have been answered!!!
It’s been a long wait.
Happy!
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From: PetaPixel
DxO Buys Nik Collection from Google, Will Resume Development
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Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2017
Nikon just announced the winners of the 2017 Small World Photomicrography Competition, and they’ve shared some of the winning and honored images with us here. …
HINTS: View this page full screen. Skip to the next and previous photo by typing j/k or ←/→.
(vid) A Rainy Day In Bangkok – 4K
Interesting. I remember the motorcycles driving between the cars, trying not to hit the car mirrors, especially the bigger bikes with wider handlebars.
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(photography) Martin Bailey busts the 50mm ‘normal’ focal length myth
It’s great to see myths busted! The world makes more sense the more clearly we understand. Continue reading “(photography) Martin Bailey busts the 50mm ‘normal’ focal length myth”
(Ad) Paperboys Obsolete — The Digital Takeover Illustrated
Brilliant illustration of a somewhat sad trend.
Many used to start their day reading the paper, delivered to the door…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnyRyHkosiM
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