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“ You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren’t. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don’t think your way into becoming yourself.”
Yes, I’ve been in this room before.
Every Presentation Ever, A Hilarious Video Template For Presentations
This inspired this. Maratac’s Elite band looks great on a Seiko Orange Monster – better than I expected, given the heft of the watch.
“ The devaluation of connections and commentary.”A new medium: neither rare nor well-done
Most commentary on social media ignores an obvious truth—that the value of things is largely determined by their rarity. The more people tweet, the less attention people will pay to any individual tweet. The more people “friend” even passing acquaintances, the less meaning such connections have. As communication grows ever easier, the important thing is detecting whispers of useful information in a howling hurricane of noise. For speakers, the new world will be expensive. Companies will have to invest in ever more channels to capture the same number of ears. For listeners, it will be baffling. Everyone will need better filters—editors, analysts, middle managers and so on—to help them extract meaning from the blizzard of buzz.
Choosing a digital camera
Every so often a friend will ask for advice about buying a camera. Here’s that advice, in a nutshell:
The best camera is the one you always have with you.
You have a better chance of capturing photos if 1) you always have a camera with you, and 2) that camera is easily accessible. So forget about anything that doesn’t fit comfortably in your pocket. If you have an iPhone 4/4s you’re set. For snapshots there’s little reason to look at anything else.
But what if I want…more?
An iPhone is limited, for sure. So if you want better quality images, or a very good basic travel camera, start with a Canon Powershot S100, which features a sharp, fast lens, and controls that allow you to set exposure and focus to match your creative intent. You can capture RAW files instead of JPEGs, which will give you the most control over the output of your images. And best of all, the S100 still fits in a pocket.
Yes, but my needs are more specialized.
If you photograph wildlife or kid’s sports, or want control over your photography that exceeds the capabilities of the S100, it’s time to look at a DSLR, or Digital Single Lens Reflex camera. These allow the use of interchangeable lenses, as well as add-on accessories like more sophisticated flashes.
I’m not fond of most entry-level DSLRs, which tend to be crippled by controls that assume the user has a low level of knowledge, and doesn’t want immediate access to some features. And it’s important to remember that the lenses you choose have a direct influence on image quality. So if you take this step, choose a body that allows intuitive control over the features you most commonly expect to use. Then, pick a lens that is fast enough (in terms of aperture, the “f” number, where lower is better) across its focal length range to give you control over depth of field, while offering sharpness across the entire image area. And if these terms seem foreign to you, it might be a good idea to rethink the need for a DSLR.
Yes, but Canon or Nikon?
Both make great DSLRs, and both have their true believers. I use Nikon bodies and compatible lenses, but could just as easily be happy with a Canon system. I’ll assume that if your feelings about this are strong enough, you have experience that exceeds the intent of this post.
