Posts about 'Opinion'

For me, the answer is Yes and Maybe.
David Schloss is in the unfortunate position of having to travel from the sunny and warm Hudson River Valley to Hawaii while the iPad was being announced, so he asked me to cover the impact that this device may have on photography and photographers going forward.
I was not ... read more
January 27, 2010 in News by John Omvik

If a picture paints a thousand words, then it was only looking at a small slice of the spectrum…We have all become accustom to seeing stunning photographs from the Hubble Space telescope, but the telescope on the Hubble primarily captures the visible spectrum of light from the universe, as do most ground based telescopes. Galileo ... read more
October 7, 2009 in News by John Omvik

So I am afraid to admit it, but when I saw the latest TV Guide issue at the check-out counter yesterday, my eyes were immediately drawn to the ring flash. Being the CSI fan that I am, I know that for 9 seasons they have shot Nikon, and Nikon no longer makes ring flashes. So ... read more
September 30, 2009 in News by John Omvik

Dan Havlik at PDN reports that Canon has confirmed it will not be attending the next PMA trade show in February 2010. This will certainly deal a large blow to this once major launch pad for the spring photo season. For many years Canon has had one of the largest booths down the “Main Street” ... read more
September 30, 2009 in News by John Omvik

I know Billy Mays is no longer with us, but Ron Popeil is. Seems that it would be more effective to have Ron produce a late night infomercial than to ask people to throw home parties for Windows 7. I hear that it not only cleans your teeth, but straightens them as well.
Can’t wait for ... read more
September 23, 2009 in News by John Omvik

New WD Caviar Black 2TB uses four 500GB platters and achieves 7200 RPM spin speed and 64MB cache and a SATA 3Gb/s interface. In addition to speed new drives include additional mechanical design elements that contribute to reliability of the drive.WD Caviar Black 2 TB and WD RE4 2 TB hard drives feature the following:Dual ... read more
September 4, 2009 in News by John Omvik

So it has been just about a week since I converted all four systems over to Snow Leopard, and I’m happy to report that for the most part, the transition has been surprisingly smooth.
Other than the strange crop of “Rosetta Mushrooms” that I mentioned in my first look piece, I encountered no problems with the ... read more
September 3, 2009 in News by John Omvik

One of the biggest perks of being my own boss, is that I am also my own IT Manager with full purchasing and policy making authority. That is why my business and household has always run Macintosh since I purchased our first Mac Clasic in 1986.
In the past I’ve worked for fairly open minded small ... read more
August 29, 2009 in News by John Omvik

When the home page of a supposedly grass roots organization that claims to be “an alliance of people from all walks of life who are joining forces to educate lawmakers and the general public about the importance of coal and coal mining to our local and national economies and to our nation’s energy security” looks ... read more
August 28, 2009 in News by John Omvik

…but also manages to offend people with really bad photoshop and racial insensitivity.
See the English and Polish versions of the same webpage.The top photo on the English webpage looks very much like a standard corporate boardroom stock photo featuring an ideal ethnic and gender diversity. It is only fitting that it should also include computer ... read more
August 26, 2009 in News by John Omvik