Photographs, Photographers and Photography

Inside the pup

Thomas Pindelski — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:37:44 +0000

My dog is a twit! To say the last 24 hours have been trying is an understatement. Bert, the resident Border Terrier, was not himself recently so a trip to the vet saw him XRayed, and to say that my jaw crashed through the floor when I saw the results does not begin to describe [...]

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Carmel Mission

Thomas Pindelski — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:26:11 +0000

Period detail. Rebuilt in 1884, there are some lovely period details to be found in this historic mission just outside the town of Carmel, CA. Panasonic G3, 9-18mm Olympus MFT lens.

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Shades

Thomas Pindelski — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:25:27 +0000

Late sun. Panasonic G3, kit lens.

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Late sun colors

Thomas Pindelski — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:00:31 +0000

Primary shades. Panasonic G3, kit lens.

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Leica X Vario

Thomas Pindelski — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:00:56 +0000

A comedic touch. Proving once again that it’s impossible to underestimate the intelligence of the (camera) consumer, Leica gives us this doorstop: For your $2,850 you get a modest range 28-70mm (FFE) fixed zoom with the splendid maximum aperture of f/6.4 for your APS-C sensor at the long end. f/6.4! And no viewfinder! Add one [...]

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MacBook Air 2013 – Part I

Thomas Pindelski — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:00:54 +0000

Kaizen at work. ‘Kaizen’ refers to the Japanese concept of making a good machine then continually improving it. You can see it in Japanese cars where certain brands like Lexus command extraordinarily high repeat purchase rates. When you have owned one you keep coming back for more because you know that what was already very [...]

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MacPro 2013

Thomas Pindelski — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:00:24 +0000

Much less than meets the eye. Announced with much hype at this week’s Apple WWDC, the new MacPro is an exercise in trying to be different for difference’s sake, a solution looking for a problem. I stopped watching the hypefest after the third use of the now meaningless “awesome” and got on with better things. [...]

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Fire station, San Mateo

Thomas Pindelski — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:00:35 +0000

Elegant design. I was struck by the exceptionally elegant design of this fire station in San Mateo on the SF Bay Peninsula. iPhone 5 snaps.

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Lightroom 5

Thomas Pindelski — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:00:10 +0000

Worth the money. All the enhancements I set forth here are in the final release, made yesterday. The upgrade from earlier versions is $79 and easily worth the money, not least for the splendid keystone correction which is built-in. Conversion of my catalog, some 10,000 mostly RAW files totaling 265GB with another 35GB of full [...]

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Printing Paper for the HP DesignJet 30/90/130 – Part IV – Fade tests

Thomas Pindelski — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:25:39 +0000

Very disappointing. It has now been three months since I started fade tests on six selected Hahnemühle ink jet printing papers, test prints having been made on my HP DesignJet 90 dye ink printer, cut in half with one half exposed to eight hours of bright sun and the other half stored in darkness. Mine [...]

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In the Presidio

Thomas Pindelski — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:56:00 +0000

Civil war era glass. Nikon D3x, 35mm f/2 MF pre-Ai Nikkor.

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Death of the Photojournalist

Thomas Pindelski — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 08:00:30 +0000

And high time, too. When the CEO of Yahoo!, Marissa Meyer, stated the other day that there are no more professional photographers when addressing the changes at Flickr, she was dead right. Sure, in true politically correct fashion she retracted her truthful opinion, but that does not change how right it was. I wrote the [...]

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HDMI on the Hackintosh

Thomas Pindelski — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:25:18 +0000

The last frontier. As I’m clueless about the tech aspects, I have handed over this latest Hackintosh column to pseudonymous Hackintosh ace and all around good egg FU Steve: “Thanks, Thomas. Your own recent upgrades to Blu-Ray capability in your HackMini make what follows especially timely. A brief summary of Hackintosh creation shows that it [...]

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Alone

Thomas Pindelski — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:36:59 +0000

At Fort Point. The apertures are for cannon, long removed. Nikon D3x, 135/3.5 Nikkor-Q MF.

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4TB drives

Thomas Pindelski — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:23:06 +0000

Bigger is better. When I wrote about installing a 4TB drive in the HackMini the other day, to store large Blu-Ray movie files, I added: Well, it did not take long to admit I was wrong, and I have installed a second 4TB drive in the HackMini and given away all my Blu-Ray DVDs to [...]

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Signs

Thomas Pindelski — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:51:24 +0000

English at its best. Nikon D2x, 35mm AFS DX Nikkor.

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4K displays

Thomas Pindelski — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:54:18 +0000

High definition at a bargain price. These are the most exciting times for photographers, with 4K displays coming to market in the guise of LED TVs. I wrote the other day of the $220 32″ Seiki TV I bought to replace two 21.5″ displays for my day job. Easily wall mounted it is working splendidly, [...]

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Stay Healthy

Thomas Pindelski — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 22:23:40 +0000

No smoking. Panasonic G3, kit lens.

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Ripping Blu-Ray DVDs

Thomas Pindelski — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 08:00:55 +0000

Easy. When I added Blu-Ray capability to the HackMini, it was solely with the intention of using the enhanced reader/burner to play back a handful of Blu-Ray discs. However, the convenience of rapid access to discs stored on hard disk drives nagged at me so I though I would do some testing to see what [...]

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At the cobbler’s

Thomas Pindelski — Fri, 31 May 2013 15:55:18 +0000

Old tools. Panasonic G3, kit lens.

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