Oh my goodness, my camera got a hotpixel. What’s a hotpixel ? To explain that I…absolutely have to do this in German, taking a bow towards the Feuerzangenbowle and a German Star Trek parody “Wat is enne Hotpixel ? Da stelle mer uns mal janz dumm....
In the last post I was ridiculing the sharpness of the 8 mm Samyang lens at wide open apertures. To illustrate the problem I have made a few test shots at different apertures. The focus ring has not been moved between the shots, only the aperture has been closed step...
Sardinia is an island with many spectacular caves. Two of them I visited, the southeastern Grotto su Marmuri and the mid-south-western Grotto su Mannau. These caves are huge, sporting a roof ceiling of 70 m at the biggest point. The stalactites and stalagmites come in...
Today I decided to combine a necessary and a pleasing activity. I made a time-lapse video of me folding the laundry. Some background info. Movies usually display 24 frames per second, because with this number the human brain can not distinguish between the individual...
Today the mailman delivered the repaired Solmeta N2 geotagger unit from China. The port has been replaced and the unit is working again. All in all this adventure lasted six weeks, which is quite good considering that the service is located in China (far away I mean...
