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Death Valley iPhoneography

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Dec 062011
 

During a recent trip to Death Valley National Park, I often took a step back from my ‘big’ camera and pulled out my phone to make some panoramas. If you want to see the big camera photos, click this – Death Valley 2011. The iPhone panoramas are all linked below – the first set was exported from the amazing Photosynth iPhone app and the second set was stitched using AutoStitch. I wrote about both apps in this post a few months ago.

At first glance, the Photosynth panoramas look weird and terrible. Keep in mind, though, that they are full 360° in all directions and when you constrain it to be a 2D rectangle, things get a little squished. Click the ‘interactive’ link below each image to see it how it was intended. The Dante’s View Photosynth turned out particularly well, in my humble opinion.

The AutoStitch panoramas are much prettier, but of course lack the interactivity and imersiveness (?) of the Photosynths. AutoStitch can handle multiple rows of photos, but in all the cases below I just did a single row. It’s interesting to see what textures and scenes each app could handle gracefully.

Photosynth

Zabriskie Point [interactive]

Dante’s View [interactive] Continue reading »

The Amazing iPhone Camera Comparison – iPhone 4S

 iPhone, Photography, Southland, Technology  2 Responses »
Oct 272011
 

Last year, I wrote The Amazing iPhone Camera Comparison using an iPhone 4, 3GS and 3G. This year, I am doing the same thing with the iPhone 4S and 4. Being able to compare the quality from the two cameras has given me a huge respect for the iPhone 4S – the quality difference is amazing and makes the iPhone 4 feel like a toy.

Yes, I made this image in MS Paint.

My Methods

For the tech specs below, I included my numbers from last year’s post and added the ones for the 4S. Most of the numbers came from directly observing the EXIF data off of the photos, which included shots of the sun (for max shutter speed, etc) and a dark closet (for highest ISO, etc). Continue reading »

First Weekend with the iPhone 4S

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Oct 162011
 

Oh yeah, it's got the GBs

Although I never considered myself one of ‘those people’, I got my hands on the new iPhone 4S the day it came out – Friday, October 14th. There was no line late in the day at the AT&T store, but still a bit of a party atmosphere. We were served popcorn and cotton candy while a DJ spun off to the side. What a strange phenomenon.

Initial Thoughts

Having owned the iPhone 4, the successor is a bit underwhelming. It’s awesome, for sure, but the differences are subtle compared to the huge leap between the 3GS and the 4. But hey, that’s why it’s called the iPhone 4S – the fact that it’s just an upgraded version is right there in the product name. Continue reading »

Panoramic African Vacation with Photosynth

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Sep 052011
 

My wife and I recently returned from an amazing 3-week trip to South Africa and Mozambique. Along the way, I used the Photosynth app on my iPhone to capture full 360° panoramas of all of the places we stayed and a few places we visited.

Now I share them with you.

Church Square in Pretoria, South Africa

Each of the links below will open in a new page on photosynth.net, where you can pan around and zoom in/out. Be sure to try it full-screen.

My wife makes many cameo appearances, as does my shadow and feet. Not all of the panoramas are complete due to space constraints and/or laziness. Please ignore any weird artifacts or ghosting effects – Photosynth is a quick-and-dirty tool. OK, let’s get started!

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iPhone Panorama Apps – Pano vs Autostitch vs Photosynth

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Jul 282011
 

As I’ve been using my iPhone for the One/Day Project, I’ve developed quite an interest in the various ways to enhance the iPhone’s camera. Unfortunately, the genre of iPhone photography seems to have already jumped the shark. In addition to some truly ridiculous physical add ons, there are literally thousands of apps available. Of course the vast majority are terrible. Just terrible.

One area that I consider legitimate is panoramas. Since your phone is now a camera as well as a computer, it’s cool that you can take and stitch multiple images into panoramas with the same device. Panoramas allow you to create higher resolution images than is possible with the camera alone. It’s great for capturing the big picture and being able to immediately share it.

Palisades Park - my daily photo for 4/23/09

My interest in panoramas has pointed me towards three apps – Pano, AutoStitch and Photosynth. All three have their pros and cons which I’ve briefly laid out below, along with some sample photos of the same scenes for comparison. Continue reading »

Wallpaper for your iPhone

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May 052011
 

It’s regrettable that even one of the most high-tech handheld consumer devices ever designed suffers from diminishing returns – after you’ve used it for a while, it can get a little boring. To combat this head on, I periodically change the wallpaper on my iPhone. Revolutionary, I know, but I actually find it refreshing because it tricks my subconscious into thinking there’s something new and exciting going on.

Fotos 4 U

I present to you nine photos from the One/Day Project that are sized for the iPhone screen at 640×960 pixels, which is the resolution of the iPhone 4′s ‘retina’ display. They’ll work just fine on an iPhone 3Gs, 3G or original iPhone, too, or any other device with the same 2:3 aspect ratio.

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Browser of Choice, Part 2

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Apr 202011
 

In Part 1, I said that Firefox was my preferred browser and listed some extensions that I like. They’re cool and useful, but pale in comparison to my favorite and most indispensable feature – smart keywords.

Firefox Logo Again!

I used Firefox for a long time before discovering smart keywords. After I did, it has been a monumental shift in how I use the browser and search for information.

Keywords

Let’s start with keywords in general – not the smart kind. Keywords can be assigned to any of your existing internet bookmarks. Here’s how:

  1. Show the bookmarks sidebar by pressing Control+B (Command+B on a Mac)
  2. Search for or navigate to a bookmark, right-click and choose Properties
  3. Add a keyword that describes the bookmark (e.g. ‘goog’ for Google), press Save
  4. Type the keyword into the address bar and hit return

In step 4, you should have gone straight to your bookmarked page. For commonly used bookmarks this saves you time – you don’t have to go hunting for the bookmark in a menu, you just type the keyword and it goes straight there. Continue reading »

Browser of Choice, Part 1

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Mar 242011
 

I like Firefox.

Mozilla Firefox Logo!

It’s my preferred browser above Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari and Opera. I like the overall design and features – many of which were pioneered or popularized by Firefox, such as tabbed browsing and the search box. Fortunately for everyone, many of those features are now standard across all browsers, so you really can’t go wrong as long as you’re using an up-to-date version.

What really makes Firefox stand out for me are two things: the first is extensions. Stay tuned for Part 2 for the second.

All browsers have extensions – little self-contained programs that add some sort of functionality – but Firefox seems to have the biggest and strongest user base. You can browse them here, along with other add-ons like themes and media plugins. Sometimes the terms add-on and extension are used interchangeably but these are all technically extensions in Mozilla terminology. Continue reading »

Day 1 with the Canon S95

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Dec 152010
 

The Canon S95

I just bought my first new camera in 3.5 years, not counting iPhones. The Canon S95 replaces my old compact, a Canon SD400. It fills a niche between my SLR (Nikon D80) and my camera phone (iPhone 4). It’s a pretty awesome piece of gear, but maybe not for everyone.

Why You Want It

  • The build quality is solid, it feels good
  • Nice wide angle on the stabilized, 3.8x zoom lens
  • Full manual control
  • Customizable control wheel around lens and a thumb click wheel on the back
  • 1/1.7″ sensor nearly twice the size of SD400′s 1/2.5″ sensor
  • LCD screen is big and pretty
  • Lighter than its competitors at 195 g (.4 lb) Continue reading »

iPhone 4 HDR Photography

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Nov 052010
 

On 9/8/10, folks with an iPhone 4 could upgrade to iOS 4.1 and get HDR capability on the rear-facing camera. If you don’t know what High Dynamic Range photography is, do a quick search.

I’ve never been a fan of HDR – it looks over-saturated, washed out and generally fake. Most of the shots in Flickr’s HDR group back up that claim. That’s not to say it can’t be done well – I’ve liked plenty of HDR shots. The main difference is that I couldn’t immediately tell that they were HDR, because they weren’t screaming “that HDR look.”

I consider HDR more of a trendy novelty style rather than real photography. Regardless of my current views, I was eager to see how the iPhone 4 executed its HDR functionality.

Below is a collection of HDR shots that I’ve taken over the past two months and some comments. I included a wide variety of subjects and lighting conditions. Hover to see the non-HDR version (by default, the iPhone saves both versions). You can view the full size images here, should the mood strike you. Everything is straight out of the camera, no editing. Continue reading »

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