During the night (the German night, daytime in the US :-)) NikonRumors published a front and back shot of the new D800 body (thank you to Peter from Nikonrumors.com for letting me use these images !). The images show the D800 body with a battery grip attached (I hope...
I own a Playstation 3 and the Playstation Move system. Move is Sony’s answer to the Nintendo Wii, adding motion control to the gaming experience. How does it work – you place a camera (“Playstation Eye”) in front of the TV which films you. The...
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....
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...
Three weeks ago we spent an extended weekend in Xanten at the river Rhine. Xanten is about a 1.5h drive from Aachen and has, like Aachen, a rich history connected to the Romans. Xanten was a thriving Roman city of strategic importance its roman name was Colonia Ulpia...
