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The Nighthawks reception

September 19, 2010 JimK Leave a Comment

Yesterday’s reception went well. The gallery looked great. We had more than 100 people stop by.  The gallery is large enough and the people spaced their arrivals out well enough that they could actually look at the work. There was plenty of good food (thanks to Maria Castro’s catering service). I was able to properly… [Read More]

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Nighthawks in “Color”

September 17, 2010 JimK 1 Comment

Sometime last spring, I sent off 12 images from the Nighthawks series to Color magazine for the portfolio contest, and then promptly forgot about it. A couple of weeks ago, the magazine sent me an e-mail saying that my portfolio had been selected for inclusion in an upcoming issue. Not being dummies, they took the… [Read More]

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iPod Touch gen 4 OOBE

September 16, 2010 JimK Leave a Comment

The process was entirely uneventful; a textbook example of what a user’s first experience with the new product should be. Except for the usual IQ test associated with the clever, but sometimes opaque, Apple packaging, the physical part of the operation was smooth and intuitive. Even figuring out how to get the darn thing out… [Read More]

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Hartnell reception

September 16, 2010 JimK Leave a Comment

I apologize. I’ve been really busy, and I got behind on this blog. I’m going to try to catch up in the next few days. This post is either a reminder or an open invitation to attend the reception for the Hartnell show. The reception for the Nighthawks show at Hartnell will be from 4… [Read More]

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      • Excellent 180-400 zoom
      • Fair 14-30mm zoom
      • Good 100-200 mm MF zoom
      • Good 100-400 zoom
      • Good 100mm lens on P1 P45+
      • Good 120mm MF lens
      • Good 18mm FF lens
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      • Good 24-70 FF zoom
      • Good 35 mm FF lens
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      • Good 60 mm lens on IQ3-100
      • Good 63 mm MF lens
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      • Mildly problematic 55 mm FF lens
      • OK 16-35mm zoom
      • OK 60mm lens on P1 P45+
      • OK Sony 600mm f/4
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