Knuckledragger

agile_birthday, happy_one!

Palin is trying REALLY hard not to corpse.

Thalty!

The problem with all of the consumer Canon point and shoots is that they lack manual control. You have no direct control over the shutter an aperture. To me that is UTTERLY unacceptable.

Damn, dude.

This animation looks familiar, but I have no idea what's it's from. "Fuck it, I'm not paying for a computer case."

Well, it's a compact point and shoot, so it'ss not going to have the deep bass response of a full frame DSLR or large format digital back. The F/2 maximum aperture is full a stop larger than most point and shoots so the midbass and lower mids are going to have a lot more impact than other cameras of its size. Even wide open, the lens is quite sharp corner to corner, giving it excellent imaging and high frequency response. With such a tiny sensor, the S95 is not going to have the smooth high gain (ISO) of a tube driven beast like the Nikon D3s. The dual control dials make for easy adjustments, but the camera reacts quite a bit slower than a DSLR would. I didn't take measurements, but I suspect it's slew rate isn't very good. I'm sorry, we don't give numerical scores here at KnuckleDragging Enterprises, but we rate the S95 a winner if you're not looking to pony up for the Fuji X100. Also, can I have a hit of whatever you're smoking?

I paid $299 for my S95 at AMZN a few weeks ago, FWIW.

Srs bsns geekdom.

That asshat persona is part of Kai's schtick. He's a divisive character, but (unlike, say, Ken Rockwell) he provides a fair amount of useful info and is clearly aware that he might come across as a jackass. You know what I haven't done in this thread in forever? Post some fricken photos. Time to rectify that. Late last month (right before the Epic Snow Storm and week without power), I worked a gig in an old mill in Holyoke. The headliner in the main room was DJ Frankie Bones. For a variety of reasons, he was really late getting to the venue, and was only able to DJ for 20 minutes. He negotiated a deal where he'd go back to the promoter's house and DJ to a small crowd in exchange for most of his fee. Even though I was absolutely exhausted after working for 12 hours (no lie) in the club, I drove to the promoter's house (which was in the wrong direction for me) and heard Frankie spin for 2 solid hours. He didn't half-ass it either. I'm pretty jaded toward electronic music and what most DJs spin, and it's rare when I hear something that really impresses me. Frankie delivered on all counts. This was the crowd during Frankie's abbreviated set in the nightclub Silhouette of Frankie spinning in the promoter's loft. The light source was two LED fixtures I lugged in as well as a diffraction grating laser. Lights in the main room, which was really rectangular. Diode lasers have really revolutionized the industry. A gas laser this bright would be one or two colors and consume 20A at 240V (and require serious cooling). This unit pulls 200W. A very exuberant crowd. Serious liquid sky. I didn't precisely plan to frame the DJ with a silhouette of the crowd, but if anyone asks, "I meant to do that." The promoter, who DJed pretty early in the evening. As per usual, Katherine the dancer was present. Of course, that's not all I've been up to recently. I can't remember if I posted this here before or not. Taken on day 6 days six of the power outage. At that point, most of the town has had its power restored. Not on my street, however. The workers hadn't even started repairing the damaged lines. My neighbor has a generator, which was a welcome relief I have no doubt. Why he used it to power the lanterns on either side of his gate, I am not so sure. 30 second exposure using a Nikon E Series 75-150mm, stopped all the way down and a REALLY shitty tripod because I couldn't find my good one in the dark. Not the best sunstar picture I've taken, but it did document an absurd situation. I ...had planned on added a few more pix, but Flickr just did me a favor and went tits up. Other photos will have to wait for another post.

I've never used the EF 28mm F/1.8, but it does have a nasty reputation for softness and eye-gouging CA. I'm surprised how much Kai liked it.

Starcraft II. Blizzard has a special Black Friday/Cyber Monday promotion going where SCII is half off. Even though neither of my machine will run it for a damn, I couldn't resist. Blizzard games don't go down in price like "normal" video games do.