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New camera: Pentax K20D

Posted on 17 June 2009 by isaac

I’ve used a Rebel XT for the past 2+ years, and it’s been a great camera for me. I haven’t wanted for megapixels – 8 is plenty for pretty much any print I’ve wanted to make. It shoots fast enough … Continue reading →

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Image renaming bash script

Posted on 03 April 2009 by isaac

As part of my photo archiving process I like to first change the image file names from their original nonsense names to something based on the date and time. This way, if I upload a low-res image someplace, such as … Continue reading →

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Digikam-pocalypse

Posted on 03 December 2008 by isaac

I’ve been using Digikam to organize my photo portfolio into albums and tags for quite a while. I have something like 2500 photos, with a few albums and a LOT of tags. The new version of Fedora comes with KDE … Continue reading →

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Fuzzy US Capitol

Posted on 03 April 2008 by isaac

I’ve been using a Super Takumar 50/1.4 adapted to my Rebel XT a lot lately. I think it’s got a bit of the radioactive yellow thing, which I guess means it sat around a while out of the sun. It’s … Continue reading →

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Comparing a couple of M42 wide-angle lenses

Posted on 31 October 2007 by isaac

So, after spending maybe-a-little-too-much time on eBay I’ve got 3 wide-angle M42 screw-mount lenses to choose from. I didn’t intend to get two 28mm lenses, but I bid on a couple of lenses where the descriptions were vague and the … Continue reading →

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