Eye-Fi – Explore Video Adventure

Ever dream of uploading your photos and videos right after you record them? The makers of Eye-Fi have developed an SD card that will do just that. Your images and video can be wirelesly uploaded to your photo or video sharing website. Yes, that means no more lugging the laptop and air card to a rally, picnic or vacation – all you have to do is point and shoot – Eye-Fi does the rest!

The Explore Video SD card automatically geo tags photo for all you geo-cachers out there.

Was very excited about this wireless technology being brought to the consumer level. Until I ran into one small snag – the card was unusable with a Nikon Coolpix P2. This is the only camera I own that uses SD cards to store images and video. Frak. What to do? Tomorrow my new point and shoot arrives, a Canon Powershot SD789 IS. Video review will be uploaded to Flickr.

Intrigued?
Mesmorized?
Quizzical?

Check out the details of Eye-Fi HERE

Business Cards by Moo

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Pictured above are my new Moo Business Cards created from select photos from my Flickr collection. They are printed on recycled card stock making a sturdy and unique business card. The colors of the printed images remain true to the original photos and the images are nicely scaled to the size of the card.

Using the Moo software, you can import photos from Flickr, Facebook or Etsy to create your masterpiece. Don’t have good photos? No problem, the Moo people provide designs you can use to create your cards. Within the space of a few minutes, you can design personalized business cards that reflect your personal style or business venture.

These cards are a great way to make a unique and personalized first impression. This is a must have for citizen journalists or bloggers extraordinaire.

Get your Moo Cards HERE

I’ve no conflict of interest to disclose. I’ve not received financial or material compensation from the creators of the Moo Business Cards in exchange for this review

Tokina Lens Test

While the democrat controlled House and Senate are busy finding ways to waste taxpayer dollars in social engineering projects, instead of actually using the money to better the lives of average Americans. I have been doing my part to stimulate the economy by researching and purchasing a Tokina 12-24mm lens from a small, family run photography store. Quite frankly, I know better how to spend my money than the Obama/Pelosi/Reid/Franks gravy train, especially when it comes to photography equipment.

Out of the box, the lens felt solid with a good weight. I spend a few days reading tips and techniques for shooting with an ultra-wide lens. However, you simply have to jump in and get wet in order to appreciate this lens. I joined the magnificent Neocon for a late morning photo shoot at Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station. The station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and boasts a spectacular art deco design. A perfect venue to work with a new ultra wide lens. I have to say the workers at the station were welcoming to our photographic efforts. I plan to present photos taken at the shoe shine shop to the owner. You can view the rest of my photos HERE.

Take a few minutes to view the video below. It goes into more detail about why my version of economic stimulus is the right way to fix this problem, and the Dem’s bailout plan is destined to be an epic failure:

Like Peanut Butter for Chocolate

I’ve had my eye on the Canon EOS 40d for quite some time and decided to snap on up before we are all forced to spread our wealth around for our own good.

What a sweet camera, especially when matched with Canon’s EF 28 to 135mm USM lens. I’m looking forward to shooting with this combination very soon! I’ve been tinkering with the camera using a 50mm f1/8 lens. The camera has all the features I’m used to using with the Canon XT, but the organization of the settings on the 40d is vastly different. Getting used to the new gear will require numerous trips to Longwood and Winterthur Gardens.

Here is a little pic spam of my experiments with this camera, including the monochrome setting:

Skye’s New Toy

Apple iPhoneG3

SWEET!

Skye’s New Toy

AKA – How I spent my Economic Incentive:

Goodbye to the old….

Hello to the New…

The Roomba has arrived…

Iroomba has arrived.

Meet Little Mo!

PSP Photo XI

This past Sunday, I upgraded my existing PSP-7 image editor to Corel’s PSP XI. The difference in functionality between the two versions is unbelievable. I’ve worked with more types of image editing/manipulation in 5 days with PSP XI than in the 4 years that I’ve used PSP 7. The discovery of an online PSP users group was also helpful in figuring out the process of image editing using PSP software.

So far, I have to give this image editor two thumbs up. It is a reasonably priced, fairly easy-to-use program in which you can acquire the techniques used today in image editing and manipulation. Who knows, as your skills increase, Reuters might offer you a position in their company

Motorola Razr V3: Flat-Out Fabulous

Skye’s New Toy:

At only 13.9 mm thin, 53 mm wide (the width of a credit card) and 98 mm long, the Motorola RAZR V3 is one of the slimmest phones on the market yet still rich in functions, performance excellence and design innovation. It provides the user with a total sensory experience – from the innovative metallic finishes and use of materials to a truly revolutionary, chemically etched keypad created from a single sheet of nickel-plated copper alloy. The Motorola RAZR V3 is the ultimate, beautiful slim-phone.

Canon XT Review

Over the past two weekends, I’ve made some room in my weekend schedule to visit both Longwood and Winterthur with the objective of trying out my new dSLR – the Canon XT. In addition, I brought along my Canon EOS Rebel SLR and Nikon Coolpix P2 for comparison.

Just a few observations from the field:

The camera is smaller than my Canon EOS. There has been critism over the small size of the XT, yet as I hold the camera, my index finger falls naturally over the shutter button. No problems here.

It is surprsingly heavy for its size, especially when I attach the telephoto lens. This is no vending machine camera, it is a sturdy little camera.

It is quickly becoming apparent that I need to use a tripod when shooting with the telephoto lens. This was never an issue when used with the film SLR and I’m thinking about purchasing a IS telephoto lens for the dSLR.

The battery life so far is excellent. I’ve only recharged it once since receiving the camera. As the winter approaches, we will see how the battery handles the colder temperatures.

And now for the pictures – just a few examples…

Winterthur

Longwood

Winterthur