Archive for March 2008
Getting Ready for April
Posted on: 31 March 2008
I can’t believe we’re almost in April already.
David over on pixelated image has posted his April wallpaper for those of you who frequent his site. I didn’t care much for the March one but loved February and April is pretty awesome too. Take a look for yourself.
The New Rolleiflex MiniDigi
Posted on: 30 March 2008
What a great way to get your hands on a Rolleiflex! This is the nicest looking, reasonably priced, twin-lens reflex camera currently on the market. And it has the name Rolleiflex to back it up!
The MiniDigi AF 5.0 is a three-inch high, fully functional digicam replica of the original classic twin reflex camera.
Rolleiflex introduced the original MiniDigi in 2006, but it quickly sold out. The new MiniDigi AF 5.0, which is is available with a red or black casing, has been given some significant performance upgrades, including a 5 MB image file from a 3MP CMOS sensor, autofocus, and a very clear 1.1 inch TFT monitor, located at the top of the camera as it is on the full-sized Rolleiflex TLR. [via The Online Photographer]
The 25 Most Valuable Blogs
Posted on: 29 March 2008
- In: marketing | news
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Here they are according to the Wall Street Journal:
- The Gawker Properties: $150 million
- MacRumors: $85 million
- Huffington Post: $70 million
- PerezHilton: $48 million
- TechCrunch: $36 million
- (tied): Ars Technica $15 million
- (tied): Seeking Alpha $15 million
- (tied): Drudge Report $10 million
- (tied): Mashable $10 million
- GigaOm: $8.4 million
- Boing Boing: $8 million
- Silicon Alley Insider: $5.4 million
- ReadWriteWeb: $5 million
- Paidcontent.org: $3.5 million
- (tied) Search Engine Land: $2.7 million
- (tied) Smashing Magazine: $2.7 million
- DListed: $2 million
- Daily Blog Tips: $1.8 million
- (tied) Techdirt: $1.5 million
- (tied): Neatorama: $1.5 million
- (tied): BuddyTV $1 million
- (tied):The Superficial $1 million
- Talking Points Memo: $860,000
- Travelpod
- 24/7 Wall St.: N/A
Not a photography site in the bunch.
The World’s Oldest Photo
Posted on: 28 March 2008
- In: news
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A photograph (well, actually a Photogenic Drawing – basically an early photogram) just know as “Leaf” is coming up for auction at Sotheby’s and may possibly be the oldest photographic representation in exisitence. It had previously been attributed to William Henry Fox Talbot, one of the founding fathers of photography. Fox Talbot made a number of other leaf prints and this one was though to have been made by him in about 1839. But new research suggest it might well have been made as early as 1790 by Thomas Wedgwood, James Watt or Humphry Davy, who were all early experimenters in photography. [via muse-ings]
Canon Virtual Lens Plant
Posted on: 27 March 2008
- In: equipment | glass
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Via Lighting Mods:
If you ever wanted to know how Canon make their lenses you now have a great opportunity.
Canon has created a Virtual Lens Plant with lots of information about their lenses.
You can navigate through the factory and see the several process that the lens have to pass before they reach your hands.
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