Return

In about 24 hours I shall return to a location that I will call home for the next 6 months.

Fallen

No, not me. But sounds like a good caption.



Stand tall.

Noise

I need a camera with much better low light performance. The amount of noise created is sick.

Honestly sick.

There is so much noise that detail is being taken out.

And I wish Olympus would release an update to their 25mm (EFL 50mm) f2.8 pancake lens.

Hopefully a 25mm f1.4 or f1.8 lens.

Now that would be good...The bokeh would be beautiful.

Innovation

One look at the new iPod Shuffle and it is evident that it is an Apple product.

The clean lines...

The curves...

The elegant design...

But there seems to be something missing. No, I do not mean buttons.

I mean Mr. Jobs.

Its just different. I cannot understand why they would move the buttons onto the earphones. That would mean that third party earphones will not work without an adapter.

The difference here is that Steve Jobs would be able to convince you that having the button on the earphones is a major improvement. He would be able to sell this "imperfection" (for lack of a better word).

Without Steve Jobs, there would be no Apple today.

Without Steve Jobs, will there be an Apple tomorrow?

Climb

C'mon....keep climbing.....Don't stop....

Touchdown

Back.

Bankrupt

It is reported here that Ritz Camera is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

For those who do not know, Ritz Camera is the largest camera reseller in the United States of America. They owe Canon and Nikon a total sum of USD$40m, broken down into USD$26m to Canon and the rest to Nikon.

The only conceivable reason that such a huge retailer will fall is that customers are moving towards buying their purchases online. The only reason that I would buy something from a reseller, is the value-added services that they provide. There is no way that they would be able to match Amazon in price.

Perhaps this is the only way to survive in such a cut-throat business world. You have to provide excellent service.

On another note, Annie Leibovitz, one of the most celebrated portrait photographers has put up the rights to all her photos as collateral in exchange for a 15.5 million dollar loan.

Woah....

I mean, Annie Leibovitz is one of the most successful photographers, possibly ranking along side people like Ansel Adams. For her to be facing such a financial catastrophe is unthinkable. She must be damn bloody cock-sure that she will pay off her debts though.

Interesting......