The I.T. Life

Ok, so I know most of you arn’t photography geeks like me so here is the 30sec elevator pitch on WTF a full frame camera is. a 35mm slr (good old film) captures a image that is 35mm. The actual size of the film. Now, most DSLR’s are not 35mm. The sensor (what captures the image) is much smaller. This means that the lens can are are smaller, the images may capture less detail, etc. I know I hate comparing film to digital, but the point of a full frame camera, is that the sensor is 35mm, which means it captures more of the picture, and bigger sensors are very good things boys and girls. Ok, so here is the gear.

So, basically, here is sonys new 25mp DSLR. It is big, powerful, and 100% pro. It also excites me in ways only gear like this can And this makes me think I need a doctor in a white coat and a padded room. Oh well

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I love traveling, road trips, vacations, whatever, I just love to see the world. Of course, I love to photograph my trips. As many people like me, you end up with thousands of photos, and you often forget where the sweet jebus you took them. I mean, the east coast has a bagilion beaches, and its hard to tell them from each other. One of the nice things flickr does is let you place the photo on a map. This is all good and dandy… but somewhat time consuming. A) it takes a while to upload all your pics, write titles, descriptions, add tags, and then place them on a map. and B) go through old photos and figure out where you took them. So, here is a sweet solution Geotagging! You bring a gps along on your trip, and record a trip log. Basically, you end up with a text file, with exact quarantine’s, and time stamps. A big lost that when read with the right software allows you to view a path on a map of where you went. Now, there is some software that takes this list, and a group of photos, and then matches the time stamps. It will check to see when photo a was taken, where were you, than adds these quard’s to the photo details. Now, when you upload to flickr, it adds it to the map automatically. I suppose you dont save a step, because you have to match the files and picures, but if you have 200 photos from a trip, you only have to do this once, and not add 200 photos to a map. Plus, its so fun to link technology that has no similar designs.

And thats what boxing day sales are for! Actually, the toys I’m getting are not on sale, but I couldn’t think of anything else to say. I ordered a new toy for my camera, a battery grip / vertical shutter release. Basically it lets me use 2 batteries, and also gives me a second shutter release and stuff for when I’m shooting portrait style. I’m getting my HTC Touch tomorrow afternoon, but that is more out of necessity not desire. The big big thing is a new lens. Im gonna get the Nikon 18-200mm VR lens. I got alot of money from CGI and some for Christmas, so Im gonna go get it tomorrow or Saturday. I’m gonna explode from all the toys I got / am getting!

So, apparently there are no HTC Touch phones in the HRM. Halifax Shopping Center is supposed to receive a shipment of 10, but nobody knows when that will happen, and they say probably not today. I have talked to AML in Sackville and they are ordering me a Touch, and it will be here tomorrow afternoon. This means I have to dive into my bag of dead cell phones at home and try to find something that works until tomorrow night when my touch gets home. On top of all this, I’m told I need a data plan, and rogers site doesn’t let me add this to my account. I’m so not happy with rogers.

I am a little upset right now. I purchased a Treo650 from tigerdirect.ca in August and it no longer works. I just contacted tiger direct and they told me my warrently ended last month, and it was with tiger direct, palm has no warranty because it was a refurb through cingular. Im hoping that this is simply a completly dead battery, and I can buy a new one somewheres, if not, I need a new phone. And rogers wants to charge me almost $500 for a new treo 680! Im going to buy a new one of I do buy one, becasue I don’t want to be burned by tiger direct, or a refurb phone again.