Comments for The Last Word http://blog.kasson.com Photography meets digital computer technology. Photography wins -- most of the time. Wed, 16 May 2012 21:19:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Comment on Resolution vs Quality in Images by What’s a pixel? | The Last Word http://blog.kasson.com/?p=12#comment-38591 What’s a pixel? | The Last Word Wed, 16 May 2012 21:19:42 +0000 http://blog.kasson.com/?p=11#comment-38591 [...] If engineers ruled the world, image capture pixels might actually be counted that way. However, for what I believe to be mainly marketing reasons, image capture pixels are actually counted quite differently. I dealt with this issue in passing in an essay back when The Last Word was a column in the CPA newsletter, Focus. It’s available here. [...] [...] If engineers ruled the world, image capture pixels might actually be counted that way. However, for what I believe to be mainly marketing reasons, image capture pixels are actually counted quite differently. I dealt with this issue in passing in an essay back when The Last Word was a column in the CPA newsletter, Focus. It’s available here. [...]

]]> Comment on Photography and the work ethic by Jim http://blog.kasson.com/?p=1618#comment-38481 Jim Tue, 15 May 2012 03:17:17 +0000 http://blog.kasson.com/?p=1618#comment-38481 I sure hope so. But, after so many years of take-no-prisoners approach to whatever I was doing, it feels right, but not natural. Jim I sure hope so. But, after so many years of take-no-prisoners approach to whatever I was doing, it feels right, but not natural.

Jim

]]> Comment on Photography and the work ethic by Kerry Adams http://blog.kasson.com/?p=1618#comment-38472 Kerry Adams Mon, 14 May 2012 22:23:17 +0000 http://blog.kasson.com/?p=1618#comment-38472 Well rounded? Well rounded?

]]> Comment on NEX-7 — purple corner effect varies with aperture by Anonymous http://blog.kasson.com/?p=1260#comment-38359 Anonymous Sun, 13 May 2012 10:52:35 +0000 http://blog.kasson.com/?p=1260#comment-38359 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> Comment on Nikon D4 first impressions by Initial D4 testing results | The Bleeding Edge http://blog.kasson.com/?p=1582#comment-37400 Initial D4 testing results | The Bleeding Edge Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:32:53 +0000 http://blog.kasson.com/?p=1582#comment-37400 [...] posted my initial D4 testing results here. This entry was posted in The Bleeding Edge. Bookmark the permalink. ← D4 [...] [...] posted my initial D4 testing results here. This entry was posted in The Bleeding Edge. Bookmark the permalink. ← D4 [...]

]]> Comment on Virtualization by Jim http://blog.kasson.com/?p=678#comment-37015 Jim Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:30:42 +0000 http://blog.kasson.com/?p=678#comment-37015 The one I have cost about $18K new in 1998. The current Imacon Flextight X1 scanner sells for about $17K new today. Jim The one I have cost about $18K new in 1998. The current Imacon Flextight X1 scanner sells for about $17K new today.

Jim

]]> Comment on Virtualization by m21gunner http://blog.kasson.com/?p=678#comment-37013 m21gunner Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:11:23 +0000 http://blog.kasson.com/?p=678#comment-37013 How much is the Imacon Flextight scanner? How much is the Imacon Flextight scanner?

]]> Comment on Microsoft Server and Drobo by Jim http://blog.kasson.com/?p=217#comment-36675 Jim Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:56:37 +0000 http://blog.kasson.com/?p=217#comment-36675 Exchange is now hosted on Rackspace. Guilty otherwise, though. Exchange is now hosted on Rackspace. Guilty otherwise, though.

]]> Comment on Microsoft Server and Drobo by decoy http://blog.kasson.com/?p=217#comment-36670 decoy Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:28:07 +0000 http://blog.kasson.com/?p=217#comment-36670 so you have active directory, files services and exchange all on the same server. big mistake! so you have active directory, files services and exchange all on the same server. big mistake!

]]> Comment on NEX-7 — purple corner testing summary by Sony NEX-7 and the use of legacy ultra wide lenses | PanoTwins http://blog.kasson.com/?p=1241#comment-36274 Sony NEX-7 and the use of legacy ultra wide lenses | PanoTwins Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:40:34 +0000 http://blog.kasson.com/?p=1241#comment-36274 [...] But there is still a problem when you use ultra wide lenses originally designed for the Leica-M camera system. Depending on the lens you get a strong coloured cast in the corners of your image. Meanwhile this problem is well described throughout the web. For example in an article of Luminous Landscape, the blog of Steve Huff or the blog of Jim Kasson. [...] [...] But there is still a problem when you use ultra wide lenses originally designed for the Leica-M camera system. Depending on the lens you get a strong coloured cast in the corners of your image. Meanwhile this problem is well described throughout the web. For example in an article of Luminous Landscape, the blog of Steve Huff or the blog of Jim Kasson. [...]

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