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Test driving the T1i

17 May, 2009 (21:15) | Canon, Jim Dicecco, My Photography, Opinion, Review, T1i | No comments

My first impressions of the Canon Rebel T1i.  Sample pictures included.

iPhone external batteries

8 September, 2008 (00:19) | Opinion, Review | 3 comments

Anyone moving from a standard cell phone to the iPhone will agree that it has great features but the battery life has much to be desired.   This of course put me on a search for an external battery that would allow me to watch movies or extend the use for taking notes in long meetings.  Below are a two impressive batteries that I tried.  However, only one performed as expected.

EOS Rebel XS

9 August, 2008 (15:06) | Canon, Jim Dicecco, Opinion, Photography, Review | No comments

First impressions of the new Rebel XS.

Chuck Westfall’s Tech Tips – July 08

6 July, 2008 (17:54) | Canon, Jim Dicecco, Opinion, Photography, Training, Travel | No comments

Each month Chuck Westfall from Canon USA answers questions with insightful answers in The Digital Photo Journalist.This months issue he covers: 

Is there a list somewhere that mentions whether a Canon IS lens has tripod-sensing capabilities?
Using the WFT-E2A with an external hard drive the drive does not connect. Why?
Why did Canon not put a focus limiter [...]

Expelled – no intelligence allowed

18 April, 2008 (22:47) | Movie, Opinion, Review, Science | No comments

This is the first movie I’ve ever attended where the audience applauded at the end. And well deserved. But only for those who have learned critical thinking