This day in 2007:
We spend the day at the beach ... but we did get to see more sites of Dubrovnik.
Photography, my photos and things that affect my life in New Zealand.
Just days after Canon announced it’s new 50D with a huge 15MP sensor (thats big for a cropped sensor), Nikon has announced its new D90. The big news here is that is shots HD video - a first on a SLR camera. Otehr spec’s are:
SLR purists must be turning over in there grave (unless they are still alive of course). First DSLR get live view (thats what the view finder is for), now it gets video!
If I was to be choosing a new camera out of the Canon 50D or the Nikon D90, I am not sure which one I would choose (larger sensor v video). However, since I already have Canon Lens, I will stick with this system. By the time I upgrade, Canon will probably offer video as well.
This day in 2007:
The locals just got on with their work…
While we saw some of the other sites of Montenegro:
Then a wall back through the old town of Dubrovnik on they way back to our hotel:
This day in 2005:
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlliantysiliogogogoch, Wales. The longest place name in the world - and that is about all it has got going for it, except a train station to get you out of there!
This day in 2007:
We arrived in Dubrovnik, an amazing walled city, for the start of 2 weeks in Croatia (the homeland thing is a few generations out). The architecture is ancient - it is surprising to think someone tried to bomb to nothing in the early 1990's!
Microsoft launched Photsynth last week and it seems to be getting a bit of applause from the tech fanboys. It is actually very clever. You upload a bunch of photos from different angles of the same scene and it creates a 3D navigable image. This is very early technology but you can see in the future, this could be very powerful (imagine all the images of Flickr, meshed together!!)
Apart from the obvious:
It could also be used to explore smaller objects in great detail:
Unfortunately you need to install software (windows only) to make it work, but it is worth it to see the future.
I haven’t made one myself yet but I am looking forward to it.
This day in 2007:
Helsinki, Finland
Who parked that there. Our wheels for the trip - we saw a lot more, and it cost a lot less than any other way to travel around Scandi (and the company was started by a Kiwi after all).
News broke on the Internet that Canon China put the specs of the new 50D up on their website for a brief period. Some one spotted it and the specs have been leaked.
When the story first broke, people though it had in body IS which would have been a giveaway that it was fake (Canon makes great IS lens and have said they wont do in body). Apparently people just misread the Chinese – it actually said it works well with in lens IS.
The specs are as follows:
I don’t think it justifies a body upgrade for me (I am using a 20D) – I can justify the money at the moment. For me 8mp is more than enough and the rest is incremental improvements. A better autofocus and less noise at higher ISO would be the main reason for me to upgrade.
People are also expect the full frame 5D to be upgraded. It will be interesting to see what the specs on that camera are.
Go to Photographybay for a more detailed spec list.
This day in 2007:
Every kids dream, visiting Santa Claus at his house in Rovaniemi, including sitting on his knee (yes I did).
Back across the actric circle, this time in Finland