Silent Sentinels
During World War II, German submarines, referred to as u-boats due to the designations given to them by the German navy, wrought havoc throughout the Atlantic, sinking allied ships, both civilian and military, almost with impunity. There was a great, founded, fear that the Germans were operating their submarines in American waters with great regularity,…
Calm Before A Storm
We’re expecting snow tomorrow. We still have some from the last storm, as you can see, which has been melting away. More is on the way. People are complaining about “more snow” but how quickly they forget that 11 years ago, most of us in this area couldn’t get out of their parking spaces for…
Missed It By That Much…
When I bought the little Sony RX100m3, and later the Sony a6100, a part of the reason for selecting them was that they are compact cameras that I could carry with me all the time. Admittedly, the a6100 is a little harder to carry than the RX100, but still, it’ll fit in the compartment in…
Episode 01-01 — The Microphone Episode
In this episode, I show off the new-but-needs-improvement mounting of the Sony RX100iii main camera, as well as the very flexible mounting for the Logitech C920 web cam. And, I audition four microphones, two of which are still available on the market. The show ended up being a good bit longer than I expected, but…
Hear The Light
I took some old clothes and electronics (some fancy, modern stereo receivers I’ll never use) to the Goodwill drop-off this morning, and while I was there, I wandered into the store. Whenever I’m there, I wander around there to see if there are any good clothing buys, or the odd piece of cool retro artwork…
The End Of November…
A few shots from today’s visit to Chincoteague National Seashore and Chincoteague, VA. Images shot with a Fujifilm X10 or Sony Alpha SLT-A35. All processing in Photoshop Lightroom 5.2. I went back-and-forth between the Sony and Fuji cameras today. I kept finding the Sony to be frustrating — almost to the point of distraction. In…
A35 First Shots
I’m finally able to share some first shots with the new Sony SLT-A35 — and my first impressions as well! SLT-A35 and 18-55mm f:3.5-5.6 SAM lens: I mentioned in my post, Quickie with the A35, that the camera and kit lens just plain feel good. With my own, I spent some time customizing the operation. A few things…