Filed under: Jonathan's Photography, Photography Links, photography | Tags: Castle, photography, Square, Swansea, Wales
Hi I have a new website to keep myself busy with though it is specific in content relating to a photography project I am shooting. It can be found here though at the moment the site is low on content. The project is about youth culture.
What I aim with the site is to discuss my photo essay on the main page, practice my edits and discuss photography through the pictures I create. But also in the Photography Archive section, is a place for content I want to share with those I photograph.
Filed under: Equipment highlight, photography | Tags: 28mm, 46mm, 90mm, auction, Carl Zeiss, Contax G2, ebay, f2, f2.8, Panasonic Leica, Planar
As mentioned in a previous post, I’ve started to sell some of my gear. I’m selling my Leica 25mm lens, my Contax G2 with 28mm f2.8 prime and in separate auctions my 46mm Carl Zeiss Planar and 90mm lens. They can all be found here if anybody is interested:
I’ve decided to sell the very lens I’ve reviewed; the 25mm, f1.4, 4/3rds mount. If you’re in the UK I’m prepared to sell it for £400 without factoring in delivery but I can’t see it being too much, but I would insure it for those interested. Any takers, just give me an email.
I’ve haven’t used it much, its still in mint condition with box and leather case, as I’ve found my 12-60mm to be than enough and I found I only used my Leica for those special portraits. Anyway, I’m offering it for those interested.
Compounding the problem is the fact that somewhere along the way, the brains at Apple have decided that “Pro” means “big”.
I’m going to mention again the lack of firewire in the new MacBooks. Apple’s sudden decision to cripple their line of laptops by downsizing the firewire ports. This article here neatly covers everything about the situation and as a photographer myself who travels I much prefer (for the moment) my smaller MacBook over the bigger laptops Apple offers. I would love to see a response from Apple about this other than the supposed email from Steve Jobs who when asked about the lack of firewire stated that most cameras are USB now and there isn’t a need for the FW port.
Firewire is so much more than that. But is it? Does it bother you that the firewire port has disappeared? I’ve read on forums that people are buying the older generation White MacBooks because it has Firewire.
In relation to the quote, why can’t we have a full featured laptop smaller than 15″ like with what we had when the 12″ PowerBook came out. People loved that thing as well as myself because of its form factor and ability to be a near complete all in one for those who used it.
Filed under: Opinion, Waffles, photography | Tags: Apple, Exhibition, Firewire, Swansea
I haven’t written anything for a while, this is because I have been busy with University and the time I’m spending on one of my photographic projects. At the moment I’m also curating and setting up an exhibition, if you’re in Swansea it opens in the Grand Theatre on November the 3rd and will run for 18 days. It will be a collection of work by the students from Swansea Metropolitan University.
That aside I will be doing a bigger update in the near future, I still need to write my third part to buying an SLR and upload one of the projects I am working on.
However as a photographer I am concerned by the recent announcement by Apple to not include Firewire on the new MacBooks. If you want to sign the petition which is going round the internet then you can find it here. There have been over 9000 signatures at the time of writing.
