Apple held its yearly Fall-ish iPhone event today and released new iPhones, watches, and Air Pods. Here's my take. AirPods Pro 2 The AirPods Pro 2 look the same as the current generation but offer up to 2x the noise cancelling magic due to the new H2 chip. Combined with better drivers and amps, they …
Mac Museum New Additions: August 2022
I've started spending time in the Mac Museum again and that means I'm on the hunt for well-priced additions. I've been lucky to find both a 2010 Mac mini and 2009 Unibody MacBook in great condition for great prices. Now's the time to get them before they get too old and get more expensive. I'm …
Time for a MacBook Pro (Again)?
I replaced my 15" Intel MacBook Pro with a M1 MacBook Air about 20 months ago and I've been pretty happy with it. In general, performance is great, battery life is great, the keyboard is great, the size is nice, it's light, and the screen is good. The issues pop up when I run Lightroom …
Resurrecting a Blue & White G3
I've been spending some time in my museum lately cataloging my collection. In particular I'm booting up all of my machines to verify their specs and whether they work. At last count I had a little over 100 machines, most of which work, but only about â…“ of which I have cataloged. I pulled out …
Horses & Houses
We went to Outer Banks North Carolina a few weeks ago and one of the really cool things we did was a wild horse tour. Wild horses were brought over by Europeans and they are protected in a refuge. We took a tour with a company that drives you out across quite a bit of …
Memories with my Father: Star Wars
On January 31, 1997 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope returned to theaters in a new Special Edition to celebrate its 20th anniversary. It included remastered film and audio tracks as well as new special effects and enhancements. I was 12 years old and had somehow never seen it on TV or at a …
A Weekend Portrait Session
I took some photos of the boys over Mother's Day weekend while Sally was in Florida. I thought it would make a nice surprise for the occasion and would give me a chance to practice my portrait skills. I'm generally pretty terrible at portraits. I'm terrible at posing, I'm terrible at lighting, and I'm terrible …
Sony a6100 Autofocus & More
In my a6100 first impressions article, I didn't cover the image sensor or autofocus performance. After using the camera for a bit I've got some thoughts in those areas. Image Quality The sensor is higher resolution (24 MP vs 20 MP) but has similar characteristics to the Z50. The noise levels are similar, the sensitivity …
G70 Likes & Dislikes
OK, let's take a break from cameras for just a moment and switch to... cars. I originally wrote this in 2020 after owning my car for a couple months but never published it because I wanted more time to get used to it. Not having a daily commute to Portsmouth or Exeter combined with not …
My Experience with Lightroom Smart Previews
When I tested my Z50 with bird photography I generated a lot of images. In one day I took over 1400 images, which, as it turns out, nearly filled the free space on my MacBook Air. Up until recently I've kept two Lightroom libraries – a full library on my external RAID drive with 40,000 - …
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