Photography ← A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way

It took about two days to be over the Lytro

Mar

2012

OK so it is fun to have one and I am glad I bought it. I will get some value out of it. But … the resolution of the pictures is poor, and the scenarios for the benefits provided are limited. The on-camera screen is very small and it is super hard to review pictures ...

41megapixel camera! Where does it end — gigapixel cameras? Terapixel?

Feb

2012

So, a “41 megapixel camera phone from Nokia”:http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Nokia-808-PureView-41-megapixel-Camera-Phone,news-14288.html, pretty amazing. The improvement in camera phones over the last 5 years has been amazing. Moore’s law has driven the cost of camera chipsets into the ground, and their performance has continued to increase. Just like the earlier digital camera wave destroyed the film/processing/prints business, now the ...

Samsung NX200 first impressions — man that AMOLED screen!

Feb

2012

The Samsung NX200 is my 2nd try at moving to a mirrorless camera for my main camera. I previously tried a recent Olympus PEN and it is ok but feels cheap. And with all of Olympus’s corporate woes, hard to feel good about settling on it. The Samsung tho feels rock solid, a great body. ...

No time to blog, so here’s a link roundup

Jan

2012

* “Cutting the Cord on Cable”:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203550304577138841278154700.html. Wish I could get there but live HD sports still keeps me stuck to cable/satellite provider. I’ve tried the streaming options and they are weak — poor selection of games/sources (I need ESPN/ABC channels + BTN + Fox Sports channels + upcoming Pac12 network), lots of stutter, not HD ...

I just ordered my Lytro camera.

Oct

2011

Available February/March next year. The “Lytro”:http://www.Lytro.com features a technology they call “light field” — they grab sufficient photon data at capture time to allow refocusing, zooming, etc as a post-capture option. The Lytro is a simple step on the way to a full software-defined lens — I first wondered about such a lens in 2003, ...

iCloud Photostream and DSLRs don’t seem to be a great fit

Oct

2011

OK so I am diving into photostream. I’ve enabled on my iPhone 4 (don’t yet have a 4s), iPad 2, my MacBook Pro, my Win7 PC. So the dream was — some set of my photos would be magically replicated across all these machines. Magically. I have two photo points of entry — the iPhone, ...

Software Lenses and Lytro

Jun

2011

I’ve wished for years that someone would come up with a “software-defined lens”:http://theludwigs.com/2003/07/camera-as-a-data-gathering-device/. A surface that would capture all inbound photons and let me decide later about focus, depth of field, etc. It looks like “Lytro”:http://www.lytro.com/ has done it or something on the way towards it. Hope it is reality! Put my name down for ...

Daily amusements — tilt shift, 6502, glass speakers, carlashes

Sep

2010

* “Tilt-shift Van Gogh”:http://www.artcyclopedia.com/hot/tilt-shift-van-gogh.htm via “Scalzi”:http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/09/23/your-whoa-dude-moment-for-today/. Because tilt-shift makes everything better. * “6502 simulated in javascript”:http://www.visual6502.org/JSSim/index.html via “adafruit”:http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2010/09/18/6502-visual-simulator/. Freaking awesome, my first significant personal coding was on a 6502 (Apple ][), I wish I still had the code so I could test it out. * “Glass speakers”:http://www.gstspeakers.com/. Outrageously expensive but oh my gosh cool. * ...

Stuff I Want But Don't Need — shelving, lighting, tools, tripod

Aug

2009

* Fold out shelving system. Wow this is just awesome looking. * Kurt’s key list of propbuilding tools. * Rich and Bob’s Tripod reco — Gitzo1541T and the Really Right Stuff BH-40LR. I actually need this. * Hangman light. Awesome tho I think the rest of the family might object.

Stuff I Want But Don't Need — August Edition

Aug

2009

* Possibly the most ill-considered travel item ever — those TSA agents love a good joke. Ha ha ha, strip your clothes off sir. * Vex robotic kit. Never had robot love, but if i did… * Sticky tripod. No idea why but seems like I should have in my camera kit. * I don’t ...

Creepy picture of the month

Aug

2009

This picture is downright scary, I think I’ve had this dream. From coolhunting

Stuff I want but don't need — Post Father's Day edition

Jun

2009

Had a great father’s day, got some cool photo tools, some books that look great, and a couple of games since I have played Left4Dead and Fallout3 to death. Here’s some stuff I didn’t get and probably for good reason. Physical Stuff: * Faux fountains via Scott Loftesness. Cool looking and an inspiration for Halloween. ...

My first album on Fotopedia

Jun

2009

Cougar Mountain photos on Fotopedia – The Photo Encyclopedia — OK this is my first whack at this. I am not certain where Fotopedia will fit in my current suite of photo production and management tools (Canon Digital Photo Pro, Aperture, occasional Photoshop, Smugmug), but it is a great site and a veyr nice piece ...

More awesome Buckeye Tilt-shifts

Apr

2009

Eleven Warriors » Sup Dawg — more of these (like the one i am using on twitter @jhludwig). I’ll have to take my camera to the ‘shoe this fall and try to create some of these.

Really Right Stuff Quick-Release Camera Body L-Plates

Mar

2009

Really Right Stuff … Quick-Release Camera Body L-Plates. Smart photo friends recommend these.

BetterPhoto

Feb

2009

One of my relatives recommends BetterPhoto.com for photography instruction. One of these days

Canon EOS 5d Mark II tips from Rich

Feb

2009

Rich has done a good job scrounging up info on this camera. Now that I have one, time to take advantage of. * Canon EOS 5d Mark II Tweaks | Tongfamily Website. Tips on noise reduction, resolution settings. * Using Canon’s raw processor * Lens recos. I will try to “limp by” with what I ...

Software/Services of recent note

Jan

2009

Prezi.com – The zooming presentation editor. Certainly a lot more visually entertaining than your typical PPT Animoto is a whole different way to go on presentations favorite mac apps per Merlin Mann. Skitch and Path Finder seem useful htmlsql. not sure why I care, just seems cool. TinEye. Reverse image search. Free MSFT downloads. A ...

Stuff I want but do not need — New Year's Edition

Jan

2009

* Hardcore Computer — fully submerged computer. So you can reboot more quickly and reliably. * HighSpeedPC — on second thought, screw the case, who needs it. * Innovative snow shovels — might need again in another 20 years. * Magnetic iPhone camera lenses — cool idea. For the 3 pictures a month I take ...