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Lunch With Beau And Andrew At Whiffies!
Jul 23rd
I had lunch with Automatticians Beau (in town for OSCON) and Andrew (who also lives here) at the most excellent Whiffies at SE 12th & Hawthorne here in Portland. Here’s a picture I took with my iPhone 4. 
CHDK Is All Kinds Of Awesome
May 26th
I’ve had CHDK on my Canon PowerShot G11 for about a month or two now. CHDK is a custom firmware that sits on top of the default Canon firmware (it does not replace it!) and allows you to do a ton of things that your Canon camera normally can’t do. For example, my G11 can only take exposures of up to 15 seconds. With this firmware, I can take incredibly long exposures if I want to (we’re talking up to hours or days).
Even more awesome though is that you can use CHDK to run scripts. I currently have two really awesome scripts on my camera. One is for time lapse — it will take a photo every X seconds/minutes for however long I want. Great for sunsets and more. The other is a motion detection script. It will sit and watch the scene and take a photo or video any time the scene changes (you can control sensitivity). It’s even good enough to catch lightning!
If you have a Canon camera, I highly recommend you taking a look at CHDK.
TweetSan Francisco
May 17th
Portland At Night
Apr 20th
I took some decently long exposure (15 second) photos Sunday night while at a friend of my dad’s place. Here are two of them that I thought turned out pretty good (click for larger):
Anyone Used A Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3? I’m Considering Buying One
Oct 25th
For about the past month, I had been planning on buying the new Canon PowerShot G11. However someone on the DPReview.com forums recommend the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 instead:
Comparing it to the G11 I have noted down the following pros and cons:
LX3 PROs
1) better wide angle (24mm instead of 28mm);
2) brighter lenses (F2.0 – F2.8 instead of F2.8 – F4.5)
3) smaller;
4) 110g lighter;
5) about 100$ cheaper;(doesn’t seem to be the case)7) besides the 4:3 and 16:9 it supports the 3:2 image ratio (the G11 supports 4:3 and 16:9 only);
8) better image quality compared to the G10 (I am looking forward to see a comparison with the G11).
LX3 CONS
1) doesn’t have a swivel LCD;
2) has a short zoom range (2.5x instead of 5x)
3) doesn’t have a viewfinder.Here you can see a detailed side by side comparison:
I think I’m starting to agree with them. The 720p video is a big plus (I plan on mostly doing images but I do video from time to time) as is the other stuff.
Anyone have first hand knowledge of the LX3 and would care to provide an opinion on it? Are you happy with it? Is it’s 2.5x optical zoom a problem? This would be my only camera (I don’t own a DSLR nor do I plan on getting one).
UPDATE: I ended up getting the Canon PowerShot G11 as their interfaces are just plain awesome, the swivel screen is handy, and the additional zoom is great. For video, I picked up a Flip Mino HD so I can take 720p video. Yes, I have to carry around two devices, but I have big pockets.
