Archive for February 4th, 2008
Behold the Apple IIc
February 4th, 2008 | 
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This brought back so many memories I had to share it. Fresh from the box is an Apple IIc all the way from 1988. I remember wanting this machine when it came out. I was 18 at the time and I thought it was about the coolest computer on the market. I had the Apple II+ which supported 40 columns and only had uppercase letters. How old is that?!
For those who don’t remember the Apple IIc came with a floppy drive (no hard drives in those days!) and a staggering 128k of memory. Make sure you read that one again, that’s 128k not 128MB…
Check out these pictures and go down memory lane. It’s so funny to look back on computers and see where we’ve been!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dansays/sets/72157603835099525/
http://flickr.com/photos/kathryn/2233515467/
Thanks for Daniel and Kathryn Yu for the great pictures!
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Photography Time Travel
A while ago, probably over a year ago now, I had a go at time lapse photography using the bundled Canon software. It didn’t turn out too bad for a first attempt but since then I moved over to using a Mac and can not try it again in the same way. Enter Photojojo who have written up an excellent guide to Time-Lapse Photography
read our guide on the ins and outs of time-lapse and start churning out your very own time-lapse videos from your photos.
- Choose your subject.
- Figure everything out.
- Shoot your still photographs.
- Edit your photos in Photoshop (Optional).
- Assemble all your photos together into a video.
- Edit your video – add titles, music, and all that jazz.
All seems a lot more complicated than using the Canon software but, hey, I am willing to give it another try 
Tamron announces six lenses at PMA
Tamron has launched six new lenses at the PMA trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Among the newcomers is the SP AF 70-200mm f/2.8 Di LD (IF) Macro billed as a lightweight, fast tele-zoom for DSLRs with a full-frame 35mm imaging sensor.
Tamron’s UK distributor Intro 2020 has confirmed a price of around £599 for this lens.
The Canon-mount version will be out in the spring with Nikon, Pentax and Sony models due at an unspecified later date.
Tamron has also unveiled a full-frame version 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di LD Macro, featuring a built-in AF motor for use on Nikon DSLRs.
Meanwhile, designed to be used on APS-C size image sensor DSLRs comes the SP AF 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di II LD Aspherical (IF). It will be available in Canon, Nikon, Pentax and Sony versions.
Pentax DSLR users can soon expect to see the Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di-II LD Aspehrical IF, an APS-C format model already available in Nikon, Canon and Sony lens mounts.
Finally, Tamron has announced the development of two more APS-C size format zoom lenses with built-in AF motor for Nikon DSLRs. They are the 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II and SP 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II.
