Category Archives: New technology

These are blogs about new technologies, new gadgets, new things to make our lives better, or perhaps more complicated.

EyeFi changes everything!

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Brian Lawler

Last year I wrote about using the iPad as an instantaneous proofing device when shooting digital portraits. It turned out to be the most popular blog I have ever written. Months later, I still get many hits a day on … Continue reading →

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French TAGA chapter captures the Kipphan Trophy

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Brian Lawler

This year’s TAGA Conference featured something completely new: the French student chapter from Grenoble won first prize in the TAGA scientific journal competition. This is the first time a student chapter outside North America has captured the prize. The students … Continue reading →

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11.73 Terabytes of storage at my fingertips

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Brian Lawler

I want to be able to store my entire archive on one hard drive so that I can have instantaneous access to all of my files. As I mentioned in my last blog, I decided to build my own NAS … Continue reading →

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Optical discs fail, forcing me to move back to hard drives

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Brian Lawler

For years I have been making writable DVDs as archives for my files. I compile a selection of about 4GB of material in a folder, and when it’s reached that size, I write a DVD. Then I catalog that DVD … Continue reading →

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Really Right solutions to my tripod problem

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Brian Lawler

I have written about my mountain-top GigaPan photos in recent months. The results have been spectacular, and I am very pleased with the photos. Carrying the equipment to the mountain tops has been my problem. The tripod I have been … Continue reading →

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A not very brave new world of storage

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Brian Lawler

I just bought a pair of 4TB drives. I installed them in a LaCie RAID drive enclosure to make a single 8TB drive that will become my Time Machine back-up drive. Until I run out of space again. I know … Continue reading →

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A new ink-jet news press debuts in Chicago

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Brian Lawler

In the Four Seasons hotel in Chicago last night I attended an interesting panel discussion on ink-jet printing of newspapers. The event was hosted by Cabot, an international manufacturer of the components of ink. They make, among other things, carbon … Continue reading →

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The idea of a “mirrorless” camera – good and bad

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Brian Lawler

I have a very nice Canon professional camera. I love it. But it’s really noisy when the shutter is activated. It makes a clop-snap sound that is sometimes unacceptable to the circumstances. When I was photographing the Festival Mozaic concerts … Continue reading →

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The Blognosticator’s first anniversary

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Brian Lawler

Today is the one-year anniversary of the Blognosticator-gone-private. I had been blogging for Graphic Arts Monthly for three years until their demise in the Spring of 2010, and then for What They Think until that fall and they could not … Continue reading →

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Stargazing with the San Luis Obispo Astronomical Society

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Brian Lawler

I was standing on a hilltop called Star Hill late last night, advancing my panoramic camera mount and pushing the remote shutter button. My camera was aimed into the night sky, with the foreground in each shot. Every frame was … Continue reading →

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