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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Hereinafter
26 July 2010 - Please share: 
We used to take the mickey out of Japanese user manuals for not being written very well. My favourite example was “engine not turning very round”, although sadly I suspect that may have been apocryphal.
Now, I think there’s a danger they are swinging the opposite way. Yesterday, in the manual for my new Canon 7D, I found a word I never expected to find in a camera user manual: “hereinafter”. Correctly used as well, but is this quite the language we expect of a user manual for the masses?
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Nice Palette
24 July 2010 - Please share:
| 0809 40D 8151 | Front of the Grand Hotel Suisse, Montreux, Switzerland |
| Camera: Canon EOS 40D | Date: 14-08-2009 18:12 | ISO: 200 | Exp. Mode: Aperture priority | Exp. bias: 1/3 EV | Exp. Time: 1/1600s | Aperture: 6.3 | Focal Length: 110.0mm | Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM |
Here’s a picture from my Swiss trip last year. I was a little disappointed with my shots from Montreux – it’s such a compact town it’s very difficult to isolate the buildings and features from one another. However, I’m reasonably pleased with this one. The palette’s great: everything the same yellow and red, with the rest almost monochrome (I haven’t made any adjustments apart from a slight overall saturation boost). Of course, if I’d been taking a commercial shot with the hotel’s permission I’d have tried to get all the blinds deployed to the same length, but I didn’t have that control. Still, I think it’s balanced enough to work.
Let me know what you think.
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First Photo Blog Post
21 July 2010 - Please share:
| 1009 40D 9643 | Another of my favourite subjects - sunset light on water |
| Camera: Canon EOS 40D | Date: 05-10-2009 16:27 | ISO: 200 | Exp. Mode: Aperture priority | Exp. bias: 0 EV | Exp. Time: 1/3200s | Aperture: 8.0 | Focal Length: 300.0mm | Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM |
Hi, welcome to my new photo blog. Here’s a shot taken on my trip to Santorini last year, a “grab shot” of a rather nice yacht scudding along in one of the island’s trademark sunsets. The triangular shapes at the bottom are actually the edge of a nearby roof, out of focus.
Let me know what you think.
Andrew
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The Big Blog Split
11 July 2010 - Please share:
Well, maybe not exactly a split as such, but a new structure. “Thoughts on the World” is a pretty eclectic mix of professional, personal, humour and photography-related content. However, one reader who follows mainly my “professional” content expressed a wish to see this separate from the more personal stuff. Given that I’m about to add more photography and review content to the blog, it seemed reasonable to try and meet that request.
I have therefore now created a number of new “views” of my blog, and a number of specialist feeds, as follows:
- Thoughts on the World. This is the original and complete blog and feed, and will give you access to all my content, in chronological order. Expect a mix of articles including my observations of the world of software development and architecture, humorous observations, photography and personal announcements.
- The blog address is www.andrewj.com/blog
- The feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThoughtsFromAndrewJohnston
- The Professional Blog. This will focus on professional articles based around my observations of the world of software development and architecture. Articles for AgileArchitect.org will appear here, as will updates on my products and publications, and I may cross-post relevant reviews. You’ll also see any practical announcements relating to my websites and feeds.
- The blog address is www.andrewj.com/blog/pro
- The feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/StructureOfTheWorld
- The Photo Blog. This will focus on my photos, and photography-related articles and reviews. You’ll also see any practical announcements relating to my websites and feeds. There’s also a separate feed for updates to my gallery.
- The blog address is www.andrewj.com/blog/photo
- The feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/ImagesOfTheWorld
- The feed for my gallery is http://feeds.feedburner.com/GalleryOfTheWorld
- The Review Pages. This presents my reviews of books, films and music. You’ll also see any practical announcements relating to my websites and feeds.
- The blog address is www.andrewj.com/blog/reviews
- The feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/ReviewsOfTheWorld
For more details, visit my Blog Views and Feeds page.
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IS Sometimes Doesn’t
8 July 2010 - Please share:
Gordon Lewis at Shutterfinger recently posted bemoaning how Image Stabilisation technology doesn’t work in some circumstances, especially when the camera’s on a tripod. This has caused me a number of jagged fireworks pictures, and others, over the years. Regular readers will recall my suggestion in What I Want In My Next DSLR that it would be easy for camera design to include automatic detection of “tripod mode”, and simply turn IS off, or at least visually warn the user.
Camera manufacturers have made enormous strides in very difficult technology areas, but current DSLRs fall down in so many simple usability areas. Why?
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