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Comment on Photo Shoot For New DC United’s Jersey And Sponsor by James Beckman

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Comment on What’s In My Computer? by How to Lose Love Handles

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Comment on Photo Shoot For New DC United’s Jersey And Sponsor by Pete

Pete — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:20:29 +0000

Mitchell is the man!

Comment on How A $25 Investment Saved A $1700 Lens by Simona

Simona — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:11:03 +0000

Very useful information. I think it is useful for many people. Thank you for your blogs.

Comment on Caps Beat Islanders 5-2 by Allen Clark

Allen Clark — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:25:48 +0000

Kate,
These are awesome pictures!
Allen

Comment on How A $25 Investment Saved A $1700 Lens by Christopher Blunck

Christopher Blunck — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:50:12 +0000

Same thing happened to me!
I was at a Maryland baseball game and I had my body resting on the seat next to me while I fiddled with some other gear (I can’t recall what it was at this point). The fans in the row behind me decided to get rowdy and started beating their fists and palms on my row of seats causing them to vibrate a lot. Down went my camera.
I did the same thing you did – picked it up and moved on. When I got a chance to inspect it I was shocked to see a crack and a dent along the front of the lens. Thankfully it was just the 77mm UV filter that was cracked and dented and the 70-200mm f/2.8 VR lens was safe and sound.
I’m with you – it’s the vest $20 I ever spent.

Comment on What I Want To Do When I Grow Up by Christopher Blunck

Christopher Blunck — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:18:37 +0000

Definitely great shots. I love what he does with color and light. Fantastic!

Comment on Apple Introduces Aperture 2.0 by Christopher Blunck

Christopher Blunck — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:51:16 +0000

I use Aperture 1.5 for my post-processing. I run it on a MBP Core2 Duo 2.16GHz with 3GB of RAM and a 120GB HDD. It runs like a dog. It’s ridiculously slow.
I’m interested in evaluating the 2.0 but I noticed that they warn you that an upgrade is irreversible unless you first make a backup of your photos.

Comment on Workflow: Getting Pictures Off The Camera & Into Your Computer by Christopher Blunck

Christopher Blunck — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:53:28 +0000

You’re spot on with the USB vs Firewire observation. There are other limitations of USB as well, most notably the dubious marketing that many $9.99 readers will use to convince you that their product will push bits quickly because it is “USB 2.0″ (but not “USB 2.0 High Speed”). Even if the product is “USB 2.0 High Speed” rated the actual throughput varies a lot.
I started with a low budget “Superman Returns” USB 2.0 card reader and it worked pretty well when I first got it but it has recently slowed. It’s very frustrating to connect it, disconnect it, reconnect it, and disconnect it several times while anxiously trying to get your photos offloaded during half time.
With all the money we spent on lenses and bodies it is surprising how much we tend to skimp on things like card readers or media. The incremental cost between a “USB 2.0 High Speed” reader and an actual Firewire 800 reader is negligible in comparison to all our other equipment.
Congratulations on making the leap to Firewire.

Comment on Caps Thomp Atlanta Thrashers, 6-3 by Allen Clark

Allen Clark — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:51:58 +0000

Jordan thanks for pointing that out. Clearly I need a copy editor.