This is going to come as an enormous shock to readers of this blog or punchingIN.com, but I sort of have this thing for the color orange. What folks might not know is that I also have a (very small) collection of antique typewriters (and fans, but that’s a topic for another day).
So, when Shawn Blanc linked to John Carey’s Typewriter Picnic post on FiftyFootShadows, and I saw those two worlds colliding before me on the screen, I immediately downloaded the images and set the one you see above as the wallpaper on my iPad.
I’m not exactly sure where my love of orange came from, but I think it might have had something to do with that satin orange Philadelphia Flyers jacket I had in first grade. Yes, I was once a Flyers fan, back when the toothless Bobby Clarke and Rick Macleish ruled the ice, the latter by pretty much beating the living crap out of anyone that got in his way. Something very compelling about that to a 6-year-old kid.
And yes, I did use the word, “satin.” And, no, you cannot see the photos.
Source: fiftyfootshadows.net
The ever-thorough folks from dpreview.com have just posted their 22-page examination of the new Lumix GH2. I’ve been searching for a high-quality HD video camera for a project I’m working on, and this looks like it might be an excellent option:
The GH2 is easily the best video-equipped stills camera that we’ve ever used. The depth of its feature set is impressive, but more importantly, it creates great looking video. Movies shot at default high quality settings look fantastic, and the 60fps sensor output ensures nice, smooth footage, even when it comes to fast-moving subjects (like the skiers in some of our video samples). The rolling shutter effect is well-controlled, and interestingly, despite the fact that the GH2’s is primarily designed for still image capture, video footage shows virtually no moire, at either 720 or 1080.
Wow.
Source: dpreview.com
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