It seems to me, as the end of the first half approaches, that the theme of this year’s Super Bowl XLIII Ads is extreme violence done to one’s person.
(Via Davenetics.)
That is exactly what I thought after the first half. That, and a little misogyny thrown in for good measure. Glad I’m not the only one who wondered if all the agencies had some sort of meeting pre-game.
Can’t get enough of those Hitler dubs? Here’s another. This time he rants about the new $8,000 Nikon D3x. Anyone spending any time at all on photography forums should find it funny.
I can’t remember the last time I saw a movie this bad. Poor Wahlberg just can’t catch a break. He sure can scowl though. Painful.
It seems to me that the more we can do to reduce distractions and clutter, the more productive we will be. I’ve been using Isolator to help with this.
It nicely and easily hides all background windows and helps focus on the task at hand. Free (but of course you’ll want to donate a little something.)
I would hate that job.
I will have an M8 one day.
I love these cameras. Bought one a few years ago during my previous film phase and still use it today. In fact, I bought a second so I can load one with black and white and one with color film.
I’ve written before about why I like them so much. Today, it still boils down to the fact that for around $50 I get a full-frame, weatherproof, sharp prime lens camera. I don’t have to even look at it to shoot. There’s really nothing to see but the frame counter. Just slide open the cover with one hand and fire away.
It’s the shortest distance I know of between my pocket and taking a photo.
In 2005 I sold a nice Leica M6 TTL with a mint Summicron ASPH 35mm to some random stranger on eBay. Last week I corrected that mistake by buying another M6.
Leica M6 TTL with 50mm Summicron
Why would I do that? Hasn’t everyone “gone digital” by now? Sure, I’ve gone digital - twice, at least. Lemme ‘splain.
I went digital, the first time, in 2003. A few months later I became fascinated with rangefinders and bought a Canon Canonet. That chain of events let me to my first Leica in 2004. A year and a half after that I’d gotten frustrated with processing and scanning film, so I sold the film gear and went back to digital. That 20D was just too tempting it seems.
Whew! So where are we now? It turns out I never really got over the Leica. I was hoping for an M8, but at close to $6,000 for just the body, that’s not likely to happen soon. Besides, the M8 is not full-frame, and has certain other issues, not the least of which is impending obsolescence. Maybe the M9, but for now…
Recently I was going through a bunch of old shots and I noticed that many of my favorites were taken with the Leica or the Canonet. Maybe not most but enough to notice. That was all it took. I gave in to another round of Leica Lust and ordered a nice used M6 TTL with a (5th version) Summicron 50mm lens. Guess I’ll just have to deal with the pain of scanning negatives. For that, I ordered a Nikon Coolscan 5000, so at least it will be faster and about as good as it gets, short of a drum scanner, scan-wise.
I’ve put 3 rolls through the M6 this weekend, and processed one (Tri-X in Diafine). Some things just feel right and this camera is one of them. It’s interesting, a week ago I was testing a $300 Photoshop plugin to make digital images look like Tri-X pushed to 1200. Guess I don’t need that anymore.
So Polaroid is officially ending production of instant film this month. I’ve not used a polaroid camera since my grandpa let me play with his back in the 70s. It’s still a little sad to see it go. If you’re at all nostalgic for instant film, watch this video about the SX-70 camera. It’s long but fascinating.
Found via Photoinduced.com.
Reading a Stephen King novel is something I haven’t done in quite some time. With my recently renewed desire to read, I thought I’d give it a go with Duma Key
At 600 pages it’s not a short read. I love the characters and creeping sense of dread King invokes, but in the end it didn’t amount to much more that an inconsistent ghost story. Let’s say 3 out of 5 stars
