I added a Nikon D500 to my collection recently and initially I was very happy with it, but as I started reviewing images I became concerned. Many of the images, while focused, did not seem very sharp. They lacked the detail I was used to seeing on my D750 with the same lenses. I initially …
Nikon 28-300mm VR Lens Review
Ken Rockwell is a well-known photographer who's been reviewing Nikon equipment since the era of film. He's a bit... opinionated but provides a wealth of information on his site and believes that the photographer, not the equipment, makes the image. His reviews were part of the reason that I switched to Nikon and purchased my …
Nikon D500 First Impressions
I've had my D500 for a couple weeks and I've been putting it through its paces. My criteria has been two-fold: first, as a used item to make sure all of its functions work as expected, and second, as a new camera with unique features compared to my D750. These are my first impressions. It instantly …
An Additional Camera
I bought my Nikon D750 almost five years ago and switched from Canon to enter the full-frame photography world. Over that time I've been very satisfied with the camera and have amassed quite a collection of lenses for it. Outside of swapping some slightly better quality (and significantly more expensive) lenses into my lineup, I've …
MacBook Air Update
I've had my M1 MacBook Air for over four months now and so far my experience has been pretty good. I spend a good deal of my time surfing the web and the Air is perfectly awesome in that regard. When I'm not surfing the web I'm using Lightroom Classic to process and edit my …
My Covid Vaccine
New Hampshire opened Covid vaccinations to people over 30 on Wednesday March 31st. Sally and I stayed up until midnight to make sure we got an appointment as early as we could. Vaccines had opened to people 40+ two days earlier and slots were filling quickly. We successfully booked appointments at our local C&J bus …
Minecraft Mania
Has hit the Taylor household. It all started a few weeks ago when Zach decided to spend some of the iTunes gift card he got for Christmas. He generally plays free-to-play games but we thought it would be nice if he had some cash to purchase a real game. Turns out "real games" are hard …
SNES Emulation in Mac OS 9
During my Retro Gaming Handheld review I mentioned that Nintendo emulation has been around for a long time and even worked on my Classic Macs. By "Classic" I meant Macs that could run Mac OS Classic, such as my Tangerine iBook from 1999. I wanted to verify my statement so I pulled out the Tangerine, …
Retro Gaming on a Custom Handheld
My museum is mostly focused on Apple-related items, but it's ultimately about nostalgia. I do have a few non-Apple pieces like my collection of Intel and AMD CPUs, my large array of Palm Pilots, and even a few Windows PCs and peripherals. After a busy season acquiring phones and other items, I shifted to a …
Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh Comparison
The Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh was released in June 1997 and was a radical departure from anything Apple had released before. My 24" iMac was released in September 2006 and includes much of the design direction introduced by the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh. I compare the two in this video and discuss the lineage of these two …
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