http://www.olegkikin.com/shutterlife/
Find your own shutter count here:
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Camera Shutter Life Expectancy Database
Camera Shutter Life Expectancy Database
http://www.olegkikin.com/shutterlife/
Find your own shutter count here:
http://myshuttercount.com/
http://www.olegkikin.com/shutterlife/
Find your own shutter count here:
http://myshuttercount.com/
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
What I would look for in a compact camera
From time to time people ask me if I can recommend a point and shoot or compact camera.
The answer is more of a checklist than a 'buy this' list and it goes something like this:
1) Size (Physical and Financial)
If you're looking for a compact or a point and shoot instead of a dSLR these are probably the key reasons. If you want it to be able to fit inside your pocket/purse/whatever take that pocket/purse/whatever with you when you go shopping and remember to stick to your budget.
2) Good lens/Good colours/Good Image Quality
By this I mean a camera that takes pictures that look good to you. The sensor, lens, and in camera software will be the key contributors here. Don't be afraid to take a few test shots in the showroom. Take your own memory card along if you have one and try it in a few different cameras to see which ones you like best.
3) Minimal shutter delay
The less time there is between you pressing the shutter button and the camera actually taking the picture the better.
4) Around 10 megapixels
10 is plenty of pixel power for most things short of a billboard. Don't fall into the pixel trap.
5) Zoom
If you want zoom make sure you get a camera that employs optical zoom (i.e. it zooms using the lens). Some cameras employ digital zoom instead. Digital zoom is no good as it is exactly the same as cropping a photo.
6) Flash
Point and shoots should be compact so, ideally, the flash will be built in. If the flash isn't built in (if it's one of those click on ones) think about whether this will make you less likely to use your camera, whether you can justify the extra cost and fragility, and whether the external click on flash actually provides any real benefit (i.e. is it more powerful than the flashes in competing cameras). Even if you don't like flash it's always good to have the option available.
7) High ISO performance
How does it perform in darker situations (i.e. indoors) without flash? If you usually take photos using flash then this probably isn't worth worrying about.
8) Manual control
This one is last because point and shoots and compacts are typically fun cameras where you don't want to think too much when you take the photo. Additionally if you're getting to the point where you want full manual control it's probably worth looking into getting a dSLR.
Features I would really like:
- Waterproofing/shockproofing
- A built in lens cover (harder to lose)
- Maybe video
Features I would ignore:
- Smile detection
- In camera editing - you can do this later anyway
- Digital Zoom - you can do this later anyway
The answer is more of a checklist than a 'buy this' list and it goes something like this:
1) Size (Physical and Financial)
If you're looking for a compact or a point and shoot instead of a dSLR these are probably the key reasons. If you want it to be able to fit inside your pocket/purse/whatever take that pocket/purse/whatever with you when you go shopping and remember to stick to your budget.
2) Good lens/Good colours/Good Image Quality
By this I mean a camera that takes pictures that look good to you. The sensor, lens, and in camera software will be the key contributors here. Don't be afraid to take a few test shots in the showroom. Take your own memory card along if you have one and try it in a few different cameras to see which ones you like best.
3) Minimal shutter delay
The less time there is between you pressing the shutter button and the camera actually taking the picture the better.
4) Around 10 megapixels
10 is plenty of pixel power for most things short of a billboard. Don't fall into the pixel trap.
5) Zoom
If you want zoom make sure you get a camera that employs optical zoom (i.e. it zooms using the lens). Some cameras employ digital zoom instead. Digital zoom is no good as it is exactly the same as cropping a photo.
6) Flash
Point and shoots should be compact so, ideally, the flash will be built in. If the flash isn't built in (if it's one of those click on ones) think about whether this will make you less likely to use your camera, whether you can justify the extra cost and fragility, and whether the external click on flash actually provides any real benefit (i.e. is it more powerful than the flashes in competing cameras). Even if you don't like flash it's always good to have the option available.
7) High ISO performance
How does it perform in darker situations (i.e. indoors) without flash? If you usually take photos using flash then this probably isn't worth worrying about.
8) Manual control
This one is last because point and shoots and compacts are typically fun cameras where you don't want to think too much when you take the photo. Additionally if you're getting to the point where you want full manual control it's probably worth looking into getting a dSLR.
Features I would really like:
- Waterproofing/shockproofing
- A built in lens cover (harder to lose)
- Maybe video
Features I would ignore:
- Smile detection
- In camera editing - you can do this later anyway
- Digital Zoom - you can do this later anyway
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Communicating from the inside out
Why do you do what you do?
How do you explain when things don't go as we assume?
How do you explain when others seem to achieve things that defy all of the assumptions?
eg.
Why is apple so inivative?
They're just a computer company, they're just the same as everyone else.
They have the same access to the same talent the same agencies, the same consultants, the same media.
why did Martin Luther King lead the civil rights movement?
Why did the Wright brothers figure out flight when other teams were better qualified and better funded?
There's something else at play here.
As it turns out there's a pattern.
all the great and inspriing leaders think act an dcommunicate in the excat same way.
It's the complete opposite to everyone else. They communicate from the inside out.
It is the world's simplest idea and it is called the golden circle.
Why
How
What
What
Everyone knows what they do
How
Many know how they do it
Why
Few know why they do it. Why does your organisation exist? What do you believe in? Why should anyone care?
People don't buy what you do they buy why you do it.
The goal is not to sell to people who need what you have but to sell to people who believe what you believe. This breeds trust. This breeds loyalty.
What is about rational decisions.
How and why are where people make decisions based on feeling or gut instinct.
Feelings cannot be expressed in language whihc may explain why it can be hard to describe gut decisions.
The law of diffusion of innovation
- 2.5% innovators
- 13.5% early adopters
- 34% early majority
- 34% late majority
- 16% the rest are laggards
Early adopters buy what they buy because of what THEY believe
People who tell us what they have
- Tivo
- Langley
People who tell us what they believe
- Apple
- Martin Luther King (I have a dream, not I have a movement, I believe, not I have.)
- The Wright Brothers
How do you explain when things don't go as we assume?
How do you explain when others seem to achieve things that defy all of the assumptions?
eg.
Why is apple so inivative?
They're just a computer company, they're just the same as everyone else.
They have the same access to the same talent the same agencies, the same consultants, the same media.
why did Martin Luther King lead the civil rights movement?
Why did the Wright brothers figure out flight when other teams were better qualified and better funded?
There's something else at play here.
As it turns out there's a pattern.
all the great and inspriing leaders think act an dcommunicate in the excat same way.
It's the complete opposite to everyone else. They communicate from the inside out.
It is the world's simplest idea and it is called the golden circle.
Why
How
What
What
Everyone knows what they do
How
Many know how they do it
Why
Few know why they do it. Why does your organisation exist? What do you believe in? Why should anyone care?
People don't buy what you do they buy why you do it.
The goal is not to sell to people who need what you have but to sell to people who believe what you believe. This breeds trust. This breeds loyalty.
What is about rational decisions.
How and why are where people make decisions based on feeling or gut instinct.
Feelings cannot be expressed in language whihc may explain why it can be hard to describe gut decisions.
The law of diffusion of innovation
- 2.5% innovators
- 13.5% early adopters
- 34% early majority
- 34% late majority
- 16% the rest are laggards
Early adopters buy what they buy because of what THEY believe
People who tell us what they have
- Tivo
- Langley
People who tell us what they believe
- Apple
- Martin Luther King (I have a dream, not I have a movement, I believe, not I have.)
- The Wright Brothers
Friday, September 9, 2011
Rugby World Cup Starts Today!
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\¸.ALL BLACKS! ,.,\
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/▌
/ \ Rugby World Cup 2011 !!! keep the flag going
It's here, the opening day of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Here's hoping the opening ceremony goes according to plan and here's hoping for an All Black victory.
Who knows, by the end of the tournament I might even know what exactly Rugby is... well, I might learn a few of the rules at least :P
\¸.ALL BLACKS! ,.,\
.\¸.¤*¨¨*¤ .¸¸.¸.¤*
..\
☻/
/▌
/ \ Rugby World Cup 2011 !!! keep the flag going
It's here, the opening day of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Here's hoping the opening ceremony goes according to plan and here's hoping for an All Black victory.
Who knows, by the end of the tournament I might even know what exactly Rugby is... well, I might learn a few of the rules at least :P
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
T is for Talk - V is for Vote
A stunning and brutal wee short from H2OW (previously known as Haynesfilm / Ow / Halcyon)
Please vote for this over here:
http://26th.theabcsofdeath.com/t-is-for-talk/
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