Art is a Popularity Contest, Not a Democracy
By Ctein I'd planned on writing a technical column this week, but my brain is still too fried from handling the print sale to organize such lofty thoughts. Instead, I'm going to visit a topic I've been writing notes about...
The Creepy Box
Don't run away screaming...it's just that Adobe Photoshop CS6 has arrived at B&H Photo. With the creepiest box illustration yet. It looks like something from some sort of futuristic horror movie to me. (Of course, I don't watch futuristic horror...
Our 100,000th Comment
Note the number TOP—or rather the new (TypePad) TOP blog—reached Comment #100,000 at 5:43 this afternoon. When it happened, sirens went off and balloons fell from the ceiling here at TOP World HQ, scaring the dog. The lucky 100,000th commenter,...
Supermoon Photos
Huffpo has a large (224 pictures so far), apparently user-generated set of pictures of the "supermoon." The shot above was taken by someone named Lillian in central Florida, and has a cheerfully horrendous pun as a title: "Moon Over My-Mami."...
Random Excellence: Erich Hartmann
Erich Hartmann, Maine, 1987 "Patterns on the Wall"—It's Slate's Magnum theme for today. (Produced by Kate Phillips. Too bad you can't see these full screen, unless I'm missing a tab somewhere.) Here, our title—"random"—really is apropos. I find it curious...
Kirk’s Take: Electronic Viewfinders
Going cold turkey on optical finders: My experiences with EVFs By Kirk Tuck (Please understand that this post is meant to be somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Few new tech innovations are without their faults, just as many mature viewing implementations have on...
Open Mike: The Trouble of Thinking
Ludwig Wittgenstein I believe I only really like three philosophers. There are many of them who are interesting, of course. Some are repellent: Nietzsche had only one good idea, and I forget what it is. (A joke, son, a joke.)...
Pointer
Don't miss Ctein's capsule history of Daly City in the "Little Boxes" post. After you read it, go back and read the first sentence of that post. Made me chuckle.... Mike Send this post to a friend Please help support...
OM OM-D OMG
I was out recreating in my little roadster yesterday* when I found myself in the vicinity of a small, out-of-the-way camera shop I seldom visit. In fact, it's been so long since I've been there that they've remodeled the place...
Richard John
I don't often go to the dpreview forums (I was banned long ago, which has turned out to be a time-saver), but this thread had me giggling. The OP implicated our friend John Sexton in a matter about which I...
Chamonix 45N-2 Picture Wanted
Does anybody have a nice picture of a Chamonix 45N-2 I could use? I can't seem to find one that I can get permission to use, and the only ones on the website are details. Mike Send this post to...
It’s Memory Card Day
There's a pricing war going on—take advantage of it. I'm told the following deals "could be" expiring at midnight tonight: SanDisk 32GB CompactFlash Memory Card Extreme 400x UDMA, usually $153.95, today $84.95 SanDisk 64GB Extreme Pro CompactFlash Card, usually $454.95,...
