Knuckledragger

Olympus point & shoots used to be absolutely awful, and I had to both use and support them when I worked at Amherst College. I had a hard enough time getting the sodding things to do what I wanted, nevermind trying to explain that to AmhCol students and (shudder) faculty. My recent experience with Olympus cameras has been limited, but my reaction is still basically the same: their UI is lightyears better than it used to be, but it's still pretty awful by today's standards. Being able to interact quickly with a camera is key for capturing candid shots, particularly in low light. Point & shoots are inherently sloweer than DSLRs, and it is essential that the UI and menus be as intuitive as possible. Truth be told, Fuji's menu system in the X100 is only okay, but the camera itself has so many dedicated physical controls that the UI is much less of an issue. Not gonna lie, I have no real interest in the M9. Even disregarding it's eye-watering price tag, the sensor in it is simply not that good. It's high ISO performance is only decent, and it gets some weird color artifacts with super wide lenses (which is supposed to be an area of strength for rangefinders.) To continue the above thread, the M9's UI is pretty piss poor. That is unforgivable in a $9000 camera. In terms of interface, the M9 is bested by the X100. Even Leicaphile and noted Froot Loop K-Rock prefers the comparatively humble Fuji to the M9. If I were going to shoot Leica, I'd rather have a film body anyway. Give me an M7 and a 35mm F/2 Summicron, and I'd be all set.

I already have a camera with swappable glass and a pile of lenses, Crappy. At some point in the future Canon will make a new body that I actually want to pay for and I'll replace my 30D. Either that or I will say "fuck it," knock over a liquor store and buy a sodding D3S. What I need in the interim is a good point & shoot. One with a max aperture of F/2 or larger. If I didn't loathe Olympus quite so strongly, I'd seriously be considering the XZ-1. If I pop too many Irrational Pills, I will sell all my Canon kit, go "lol DSLRs!" and buy a Fuji X-100.

Argh. Now I have my own camera problem. NewEgg issused me a refund (minus shipping, both ways) instead of a replacement on my S95. Meaning I'm out $25 and still have no fucking camera. When is the S100 shipping again?

I'm not sure what type the NEX5 requires, but the answer to your quandary is Sensor Swabs.

Nice use of natural light and DoF there. You have a Nikon crop sensor DSLR, right? Which lens did you use? </photo nerd>

"Reality hits you hard, bro." Video for the above roller coaster. Reminds me of RCT.

It's a lot of people going

(I'm pretty sure the photo is actually taken in Iceland.)

Really nice stuff there, forbigger. I do wish you'd posted bigger size images to the thread, though. Flickr gives you an option to post a larger image in the "share" drop down. A kiss on the dancefloor. This is probably the best shot I took at a huge gig I worked last month. DJ gig in hell, apparently. Not the most amazing shot in the world, but it does show off the insane sharpness of the EOS 5D and EF 35mm F/2. Bourbon makes everything a bit blurry

Reapy Mc. Repost, but one of my favorite pictures.

Been busy recently filling in some holes in my collection. Stryke – Rare & Remixed Lypid – The Sign's Alive I'm always after Fila Brazillia remixes. Chill Out in the City: Second Cut So rare it's not on discogs. It's also the only way to get the original mix of France & Dom's "Blue Smoke" (which I have in a crappy 192K mp3 for nearly a decade now.) Holmes Ives – Tetrasomia I bought the stunning "Kuanos" in FLAC from Music Is Here after hearing it on Groove Salad back in '06. I decided to buy the whole album and MiH no longer has it. BeatPort wanted $2.75 per track for .wav files (cretins) so I spent half that an got an actual physical CD. I'm amazed sodding BeatPort stays in business.

Damn, dude. Removing the faulty (wired) router from my network chain has made for a notable improvement. I think the router had been dying for quite some time. A year ago I got 500+ K/s when leeching off my friend's server. Earlier this year, it dropped to 2-300K/s. A month ago, it was 150K/s and last week it varied hugely but dropped as low as 20K/s. Last night it was saturating my downstream at 1.5MBps. I need a "Memorex" smiley here.

What was that about Nikon macro lenses?