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What the heck is this ship?

4 Comments Published by Jason May 1st, 2008 in Photo. Share This

Carolyn and I saw it passing through the SF bay with 2 black tugs. No name visible on the ship. This was the sharpest I was able to grab with my D70. I didn’t have a cable release handy, sigh.
**UPDATE**
BoatingSF shows two tugs leaving the bay at the same time I saw this ship with […]

Flip Ultra + Under Water Housing = RULE

6 Comments Published by Jason April 15th, 2008 in Gadgets, Photo. Share This

I know I promised to review the Flip Ultra a few weeks back, but I wanted to wait until I had a chance to really mess around with it. I have. It rules.
There isn’t much to say — low light, bright sunlight: it doesn’t matter! There is really only one button to press: Record.
The real […]

Free Tibet/Chinese Olympics Protest - Golden Gate Bridge, April 7, 2008

9 Comments Published by Jason April 7th, 2008 in Great Capers, Photo. Share This

A photo I took driving in to the Giants opening day game. The Giants suck. Sigh.

Flip Ultra - I Bought One and Share Someone Elses Video Review

5 Comments Published by Jason March 27th, 2008 in Gadgets, Photo. Share This

I just don’t know! Do I want a good video recorder to take video of the baby, or not? I have a DV cam and we’ve hardly used it in the last 5 years. I have it hooked up for skype in the livingroom with a USB PolyCom and the big LCD.
I looked at the […]

The Lens Baby 3G - a tricky little trick lens

2 Comments Published by Jason March 10th, 2008 in Gadgets, Photo. Share This

I’d long wondered if I wanted a Lens Baby. I went back and forth on it for so long that I finally decided to just buy one and find out. About 30 seconds after I placed the order the realization hit: I could probably rent or borrow one from my local camera shop — oh […]

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