News from Kickstarter…. once again! But this one looks great!

Continue reading “R E F L E X”

From Wikipedia:

Adobe (US: /əˈdoʊbi/, UK: /əˈdoʊb/;^[1] Spanish: [aˈðoβe]) is a building material made from earth and other organic materials. Adobe means mudbrick in Spanish, but in some English speaking regions of Spanish heritage it refers to any kind of earth construction, as most adobe buildings are similar in appearance to cob and rammed earth buildings. Adobe is among the earliest building materials, and is used throughout the world.

That’s where it’s at for me and Adobe. From now on Adobe is just a mud brick for me, not any enslaving subscription software (I wonder about the ‘other organic materials’ mentioned in the definition above 😉 ).

Continue reading “Adios Adobe!”

Yes, I hate it with a passion!

Those last two weeks I’ve been spending my days between the bed and the couch. Speaking of a choice here! Before the surgery I had a number of great scenarios in my head… At last having time for myself, at last being able to think about the answer to life, the universe and everything… (42’s the answer!).

Nope, boredom’s the real answer!

Continue reading “I hate my Couch or how to chose the right software!”

About one week ago Adobe put out their newest Lightroom iterations, and a faithful subscriber to their monthly photography plan I grabbed the updates.

On paper, Lightroom CC – the new one, please do not mistake it for the previous Lightroom which is now called Lightroom Classic CC, confusing, isn’t it? – is a very nice thing. Lightweight and fast. When I tried it out it even ran very fine on my 7 years old Mac Mini.

Continue reading “Just a Word of Warning!”

Do you know this famous outcry of Gollum when he’s unable to solve Bilbo’s unintended ‘riddle’?

The question is a valid one. What have we got in our pocketses nowadays? I guess most of us carry a shiny square of metal/glass/plastic that has become the Swiss Army Knife of our civilisation, if I may call this sorry state a civilisation, sorry to all you Romans, Greek, Chinese, Indian, Phoenician, Maya etc out there.

Continue reading ““What has it got in it’s pocketses!?””

No, that’s (unfortunately) not the number of visits on my blog 😉

It’s the serial number of my humble Pentacon 135mm f:2.8 lens. No, not the so called Bokeh Monster, the cheap one.

Continue reading “1000003”

This is a quick review about another camera I got dirt cheap, and even cheaper than the Praktica MTL5B I wrote about here and here.

This camera is the magnificent Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SP1000.

Continue reading “All Curves – The Asahi Pentax Spotmatic”

It’s been cold and wet mostly the weeks prior to my surgery, in my mobile days and now that I’m codemned to sitting at home with a maximum of 10 Minutes of staying upright per hour, the sun’s out and temps will go to an unseasonable 20 plus degrees celsius (68 F). Continue reading “The weather is mocking me!”

All went well according to the doc! Hope he’s not joking this time. Continue reading I’m back…. and meaner than ever!

I told the doctor I was very scared! He said: ‘me too’ Funny guy! Continue reading Here we go!

Some days ago I asked you HERE about something I tried on my blog, integrating photos uploaded to SmugMug as a slideshow in the gallery part of my site. Thanks for the numerous comments and for trying it out. It appears that either, the photos are not appearing, not due to SmugMug but when you’re behind a company firewall blocking these sites – anyways, you … Continue reading Something New – back to the old stuff!

P.S.: I reverted to the ‘old’ style gallery as there were too many inconsistencies with using SmugMug in conjunction with this blog. Hi all, I try something new in the GALLERY!  <– click on this link or on the Gallery in the Menu. A link to an album I uploaded to SmugMug. Can you just get back to me and tell me if it’s OK, … Continue reading Something New