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Sony A900

September 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Woohoo. The reat thing is that Nikon, Canon and now Sony are all shipping 20MP plus cameras and the low end pro cameras are now 15MP running at ISO 1600. This is amazing!
AnandTech: Sony A900 Full-Frame: Hands-On Preview
The culmination of the Sony push into the Digital SLR market was unveiled on September 8, after 18 [...]

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iPhone poor 3G performance isn’t in the hardware

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Well, there is nothing like real world testing. It looks like all these complaints about the iPhone are because this is wireless, so you can have deadspots close together and because networks are being overwhelmed and in the US the network is spotty.
AppleInsider | Repeat tests show iPhone 3G doesn’t suffer from faulty hardware
Wieselgren reported [...]

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PC Video Encoding

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

I blew up my main video machine. Too much crud on it. So here is the fresh installation:

Sony Vegas Platinum. I only have v6, but it is up to v8. While Adobe Premier might work for the real afictionados it is too complicated for me. The tricky part is making anamorphic standard definition come out. [...]

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Camcorder for casual use

May 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Jim asked me, what’s a good camcorder for someone who isn’t a serious pro but who wants good pictures. It can’t be too big. There is really just one afictionado choice right now, the Canon HF-10 and Pricegrabber has it for $830 or so right now.
The reviews have been very good, it is high [...]

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