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By John, September 21, 2012 10:29 AM

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By John, September 14, 2011 12:33 PM

What you’re looking at is probably the end of an era. Motion picture production companys are fast converting over to digital motion picture cameras.

Camera shown is an Arriflex 435 ES. You can even find this model at eBay. Just viewed one that was for sale at $96,000 (Without a lens.) The camera is working on location for the newest Oliver Stone motion picture Savages. Location is Laguna Beach, CA.

ARRI is still in business and making Digital Motion Picture cameras. It’s called go with the flow or drown.

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By John, August 9, 2011 1:10 PM

Plein Air painters with their version of a light weight painters kit.

This last Sunday at the computer club I attend there was a demostration of the ASUS tablet. Did I like it? Yes. Would I buy one? No. Why? I’ll tell you why.

First I need to explain how I would use the tablet. It would be in the field. I would load images onto the tablets storage space. From there I would decide on images for immediate use and then do some basic editing before sending them onto the Internet or to be printed. All the images would later be exported to a computer for archival storage and get imported to the full version of Lightroom. I would like to be able to import the images from the tablet directly into Lightroom on my primary computer.

There is no professional image software. Something along the lines of Adobe Lightroom. In fact Adobe image software for the apple tablets is just for users of the iPad or iPhone camera.

If you are familiar with Lightroom you can get a general idea of what is required in image management. In short the functionality of the Library, Develop, and Print modules but with reduced capability.

What I would need is the ability to Import images from a camera and rename and store them locally. I’m not sure collections is needed. Maybe one or two hardwired into the program for selecting the best images. Keywords are not needed because all the images will eventually be stored at a permanent location. Metadata is required for exporting. And finally Export with Presets.

Editing: To be able to crop  and do as many corrective abilities they can cram into a tablet app.

Print: I’m not sure if printing is important but some printing abilities would be helpful.

Can it be done on a tablet? That’s for the professional app developers to answer. I sure hope so.

Android Market Photography page with only light weight amateur apps listed

Searching through the Android Market web site I found only amateur apps and nothing closely resembling a good productivity tool.

Can Adobe deliver on such an app? I would hope so. But until they or someone else develops a professional management app for Andriod tablet it will be the heavy laptop with the full version of Lightroom that goes into the field.

I’m waiting.

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By John, May 10, 2011 12:54 PM

This is a 1952 Bayside. It was purchased by the U.S.M.C. new in 1952. It’s now being used by a construction company that is repairing the beachside boardwalk here in Laguna Beach.

What I find interesting about this crane is that the Marines ever got rid of it. They NEVER salvage a thing. Only thing I can figure is that they probably stole a newer one from either the Navy or Army.

It even has it’s original 3-cylinder diesel engine.

Go Marines.

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By John, April 21, 2011 2:28 PM

The Fujifilm X100 went into production just prior to the Great Quake of Japan. Production was halted after the quake.

But demand for the camera did not stop.

There is just one Fujifilm X100 available at Amazon and you must see the price for yourself.

The list price for a Fujifilm X100 is $1,199.95

(Updated: April 25, 2011) It’s still far above recommended list price. Apparently there are additional vendors now selling the X100 at Amazon. Scroll down the linked page to see all of three vendors. Go to this link to see the market value of the Fujifilm X100.

(Update: May 18, 2011) Fujifilm has started to ship the camera and some retailers are selling the camera at list price. There is also a long detailed review of the camera at DPReview.com. Check it out.

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