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Continue reading →: Sport Game Demos
Sports – Reviews and free downloads at Download.com. Calvin loves sports games. Here is the place to get demo versions so he can figure out.
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Continue reading →: Bike Light Guide
Mountain Biking Product Spotlight: MTBR Lights Shine-Off. For years I’ve recommended the Light & Motion HID lights. They are super bright, but the big drawback has been they don’t run that long, so aren’t that useful for more than a relatively short bike commute (2 hours at most) and they…
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Continue reading →: Canon Digital Workflow
I now see why folks are building tools like Aperture. Actually processing a digital image really well is very complicated. The workflow for 35mm negatives to digital I kind of get now (Vuescan to Photoshop), but there is a whole new world if really want the highest quality output. The…
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Continue reading →: Good overview of Canon Speedlites
Canon Speedlites compared – 580EX, 430EX, 420EX, 220EX, 380EX, 550EX. _The net is that the 420EX was just $180 new vs. the new 430EX at $250 and is just about the same, so get it used on ebay. If I was a typical amateur photographer who was looking for a…
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Continue reading →: Sony Cyber-shot vs. Digital Rebel vs. Fujifilm F11 Size and Weights
So what are the dimensions and weights of the recommended cameras, its interesting to see the tradeoffs, as you can see the Sony Cyber-shot is really in the middle so very convenient for travel. It weights less than a pound, while the whole kits for the Digital Rebel is 1.1kg…
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Continue reading →: More Web 2.0 sites
OK, as I promised I’m signing up to more web 2.0 sites. These are just from trying to find photo imaging sites: * “ShoZu”:http://shozu.com. This is one of a zillion sites that let you connect your phone to a photoblog on the web. Their big thing is a link to…
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Continue reading →: Polar s720i Battery Change
Polar S720i Heart Rate Monitors . I’ve had one of these for quite a while and the battery if finally dead. Got two years out of though. Fortunately you don’t have to send back to Polar, but you do get an additional year warranty if you do: Battery life is…
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Continue reading →: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H5 and Camera Buyers Guide
“DCViews”:http://www.dcviews.com/_Sony/h5.htm. Well, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H5 is probably the closest thing to the right small camera with big quality compromise. The key thing is that it can shoot decently at ISO 400 so is good for low light situations. Read the reviews, but with 12x optical zoom, 3″ LCD viewer,…


