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I carried a Mamiya C330 in a handlebar bag like this. It didn't have a shoulder strap but it would come off so you could carry it. I used to wish for an Arca-style quick release built onto the stem so I could use the bike as a tripod.
Commented Oct 19, 2009 on Open Mike: Albatross Update at The Online Photographer
Open Mike: Albatross Update
This post is actually on-topic—it's just woefully unseasonable, that's all. Except for those of you in Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and South America.* As you can see, Gruesome got her albatross bars since I first mentioned them last Sunday. I like them a lot, too—they suit me much better...
The same folks that make the pencils I referenced earlier also have a very nice sharpener. It's a simple razor blade affair, bur it has two blades with different pitches. The first sharpens the pencil with a blunt point, and the second only sharpens the lead. Nice!
Commented Oct 12, 2009 on Open Mike: Plugs at The Online Photographer
Open Mike: Plugs
On Sundays I sometimes write off-topic posts that have little or naught to do with photography. This week, plugs: that is, a few endorsements of stuff I happen to like. Some of these you might have heard before from me. Apologies if I repeat myself. Who Reads TOP? Bronislaus Janulis reads TOP ...
If its pencils you be liking, try some of these. Nice cedar aroma, buttery lead, and a beautiful, thick paint. They only sell on eBay. Pencil porn.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Palomino-Graphite-HB-Pencils-Blue-w-Erasers-6-pack_W0QQitemZ220437760840QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item33531d4b48
Commented Oct 11, 2009 on Open Mike: Plugs at The Online Photographer
Open Mike: Plugs
On Sundays I sometimes write off-topic posts that have little or naught to do with photography. This week, plugs: that is, a few endorsements of stuff I happen to like. Some of these you might have heard before from me. Apologies if I repeat myself. Who Reads TOP? Bronislaus Janulis reads TOP ...
I was lucky enough to have really good vision as a youngster, something like 20/10 in one eye and 20/15 in the other. Now that I'm, ahem, over forty, I've got a bit of astigmatism and of course can't focus closer than about six feet. I hate to complain since some people have NEVER had good vision, but man, I really miss being able to read nearly everything without glasses! Sigh, middle age is a series of indignities.
Glad to hear you're no worse off than normal. Good vision is a real blessing.
Commented Aug 11, 2009 on Doctor My Eyes at The Online Photographer
Doctor My Eyes
I hope I'm not one of those new-media types that belabors readers too regularly with personal trivia, like the best meals I've eaten recently (a chicken Marbella my sister-in-law made at the Lake) or what's happening outside my window this morning (it sounded like someone was killing the neighbo...
The classic future that never arrived had flying cars. I'm still waiting for mine, but I's settle for a single-stage-to-orbit spacecraft.
Oh, and robots were going to make breakfast for us.
Commented Jun 15, 2009 on Column 100: Looking Forward, Backward, and Sideways at The Online Photographer
Column 100: Looking Forward, Backward, and Sideways
Introduction: I'd like to congratulate Ctein on his 100th post for The Online Photographer! For four decades, Ctein has been one of the world's leading technical authors in photography—and one of the few technical experts whose work is based so securely on firsthand experimentation rather than o...
Baseball really was the "national pastime" back in the day. This particular pennant race was a real nail-biter and came down to a one-game playoff. If we don't quite get it, well, I guess you had to be there.
Commented Jun 9, 2009 on Rudy Mancuso Gets Justice in the End at The Online Photographer
Rudy Mancuso Gets Justice in the End
Rudy Mancuso, The Shot Heard 'Round the World "The Man Who Shot 'the Shot Heard 'Round the World,'" by Joshua Prager of The Wall Street Journal, is a touching story. Photographer Rudy Mancuso, who took a famous baseball photograph, lost track of his negative and never got credit for his pictur...
"Isn't the sun 93 million miles away?"
Yes, it is, and the shuttle is only a few hundred. Space is actually pretty close. You could drive there in an afternoon if only you could go straight up.
My 1990 Volvo 240 has enough miles to make it to the Moon. It's just not space-rated.
Commented May 18, 2009 on Sic Transit at The Online Photographer
Sic Transit
Photo: Thierry Legault Every now and then a photographer manages to capture a truly spectacular sight, and the image becomes instantly famous—so far, I've seen this one on the news, in newspapers, and in numerous places on the internet. Astronomical photographer Thierry Legault (he's authored...
Similar and equally cool are videos of the Space Station taken from the ground. Search a bit...you can also see the ISS transiting the Moon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtzBb8ufVoU&feature=related
Commented May 17, 2009 on Sic Transit at The Online Photographer
Sic Transit
Photo: Thierry Legault Every now and then a photographer manages to capture a truly spectacular sight, and the image becomes instantly famous—so far, I've seen this one on the news, in newspapers, and in numerous places on the internet. Astronomical photographer Thierry Legault (he's authored...
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