What Camera Should I Buy? - 17 Jan 2017 07:21
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Friends and intrigued art or gadget enthusiasts often ask me to recommend a camera. So here is the standard response. Technology moves fast; this article was last updated January 2017 and shouldn't be considered reliable in its conclusions more than a year or so out. - (Read more...) - Comments: 0
Testing ultra-fast flash sync with CCD sensors - 04 Jan 2017 14:26
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How to Twin Canon and Sony Mirrorless Cameras for Photos *and* Video - 04 Jan 2017 06:55
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Help your house decorate itself with a curved mirror - 02 Jan 2017 22:04
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Patching small carpet damage - and sourcing the patch - 02 Jan 2017 21:43
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A sight for red eyes: aim your supertelephoto quickly with an RDS - 02 Jan 2017 20:24
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'Mirrorless' Cameras Truly are EVIL (Well, Overrated) - 08 Mar 2016 07:04
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A capitalist's perspective on labor unions - 27 Jan 2016 02:36
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Cycle-rickshaws: street photography chariot / adventure ride - 26 Jan 2016 22:20
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My camera battery exploded - 26 Jan 2016 22:01
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Yesterday my DEKK branded aftermarket NP-FW50 battery for Sony cameras exploded in its similarly inexpensive swappable-plate wall charger without warning after charging from dead for a few hours. There was a moderate "pop" like something falling off a shelf and a moderate "electrical" smell; no power flickering. Eventually I discovered the source. The battery had ejected itself from the apparently undamaged charger and fallen to the floor about a foot away. Its plastic shell had broken pretty much along its seam. One of the two prismatic metal cells remained against its side; the other had bulged, blown open at one end, separated from the pack and its plastic cover, and blown its contents a few feet across the carpet. The remains of the contents consisted of coppery foil, black dust, and fine tissue-paper-like material. The foil melted itself a few millimeters into the plasticky carpet fiber like cigarette burns, binding in some of the black dust. - (Read more...) - Comments: 0