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Wanting a Canon 5D Mark III

Erik J. Barzeski — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:35:18 +0000

I blame this review. Dammit.

I won't be getting one, though. My Mark II (and, heck, the original 5D I have) are still great cameras. But I have $4k set aside for something - a new Mac Pro, most likely - but if Apple officially kills that line (goodness I hope not!) or something, then a 5D Mark III may fit the bill.

More information on the 5DIII and setting up your 5DII or 5DIII.

Home Again

Erik J. Barzeski — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:39:29 +0000

From Instagram (follow me if you'd like - I'm "iacas"), this shot was from the seat of my puddlejumper on the PHI-ERI flight.

It will be great to sleep in my bed again tonight.

Foggy Range

Erik J. Barzeski — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:37:08 +0000

From Instagram (follow me if you'd like - I'm "iacas"), this was shot on the Watson range at Reunion Resort. Beau Rials was there. Good guy, and whether you know it or not, you've probably seen him in several infomercials.

We were fit for wedges, hit some of our new irons (still to be made), and helped an LPGA player with Keys 2, 3, and 4. It was a good day.

Palms at Reunion

Erik J. Barzeski — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:29:08 +0000

From Instagram (follow me if you'd like - I'm "iacas"), this shot was from the back of our house at Reunion resort as I sat by the pool. The picture is from a different day, as will most of the rest of the images. I'm backfilling.

Morning View of Florida

Erik J. Barzeski — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:25:31 +0000

From Instagram (follow me if you'd like - I'm "iacas"), this shot was from the back of our house in an unfinished sub-development looking out over one of the courses (Nicklaus, I think) at Reunion resort.

The foreground is mostly dirt with a few scrubby brushes and weeds, a reality nicely masked by whatever filter I used on this shot.

olloclip for iPhone 4/4S

Erik J. Barzeski — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:51:38 +0000

A few weeks ago, I picked up an olloclip. It's a three-in-one camera lens attachment for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. I've been impressed with the quality of the iPhone 4S cameras, so I jumped at the chance to try out the olloclip.

The olloclip is a small attachment made of lightweight aluminum, reasonable quality glass, and a sturdy plastic. The three lenses are contained on the two sides - fisheye on one, a wide angle lens on the other, and a macro mode lens beneath the wide angle lens (you physically unscrew the wide angle lens to expose the macro lens beneath).

I was impressed with the fit and finish of the olloclip - it was snug but fit nicely on all the iPhone 4 and 4S models I tried, including those with some thin screen protectors. It's a bit annoying to have to take the case off, but there's really nothing that could be done about that. The lens aligned perfectly with every iPhone camera I tried. It's simple to put on, remove, and to flip around or use. There's no software, either.I'm mildly disappointed by the picture quality, but for something that costs less than $70, I'm not sure if that's warranted. Some full size fisheye images are below, and as you can see, they're noticeably blurry. But I doubt very much you're interested in a three-in-one lens for your iPhone if you care about pixel peeping at 100%. The images look great on an iPhone and flaws only stand out when you get to 50% or more of the actual size of the image.

The fisheye lens works great. The wide angle lens is "okay" - I didn't find much use for it, but if you're routinely trying to take photos in tight spaces (like your friends crammed into a booth at the bar), then the wide angle lens will be great. The macro lens works really well and, not surprisingly, offers the best quality of the lenses.

The olloclip works with video as well, though the caveat there is that the video uses a different field of view, so results will be slightly different.

If you take a lot of photos - for Instagram or whatever - the olloclip deserves your attention. It fits in a pocket and snaps on in an instant, and produces some pretty amazing images for a relatively inexpensive cost.

Three Fisheye Lens Images

iPhone Photo Adjustments are Non-Destructive

Erik J. Barzeski — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:40:27 +0000

Sweet! Adjustments made to your phone are imported into Aperture as adjustments which can be undone!

Still, the age-old advice still applies: get it right "in the camera."

DSLRU Design

Erik J. Barzeski — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:25:33 +0000

Oftentimes I'll go back to a site I "designed" or helped to design months later and think "blech, that's terrible."

Not so with DSLRU:

http://nslog.com/imgs/dslru_screenshot_1.png
http://nslog.com/imgs/dslru_screenshot_2.png

Now I'm not saying these things are winning any awards or blowing anyone away, but they're well crafted, solid designs that I appreciate to this day.

It'll be a shame when it finally goes away for good.

DSLRU Lessons Learned

Erik J. Barzeski — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:06:12 +0000

Josh has a nice writeup on why DSLRU failed. The site and all of the code and intellectual property behind it remains available for a sale.

Someone would do well to pick it up fairly inexpensively.

Photography, Art, and Pixellated “Copies” That Aren’t

Erik J. Barzeski — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:52:00 +0000

Some links on the Maisel/Baio thing that's been talked about lately.

http://waxy.org/2011/06/kind_of_screwed/

http://duncandavidson.com/blog/2011/06/maisel_vs_baio

http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/06/kind-of-screwed.html

http://john-mccoy.blogspot.com/2011/06/sound-of-money.html

I think Maisel had a right - perhaps "artist to artist" - to ask that the cover be pulled. But that's about it. The $32k? Puh-lease. Going way too far there.

IANAL, and I did read some things about "derivative" versus "transformative" that gave me pause. I think the, just based on what I know of those two words, the work was both derivative and transformative. That seems clear to me.