Monday, December 30, 2002
I've uploaded a new gallery: Where No Man Has Gone Before.
+ 8:05 PM; Archives
Wednesday, August 28, 2002
I decided to start a black and white gallery. I wonder how much higher quality pictures this camera could have been capable of, if it was B&W only?
There's just something about this camera that makes me want to take pictures of buildings. Big, ugly buildings. But the camera makes them look much bigger than they really are, and somehow more impressive -- surreal and larger than life. Look at this one. This dumpy, nondescript lecture hall now looks like the Parthenon.
+ 5:00 PM; Archives
Monday, August 26, 2002
Only a pinhole-lens, wide-angle L'Espion could possibly take in the wonder and grandeur that is the Colossal Colon. This is just about the only shot I took at the State Fair that came out both (a) interesting and (b) clear. What a bummer. Other great shots that didn't come out: the 60-something guy singing karaoke onstage alone at the Empire Theater, and the rooster that looked like Patti LaBelle. I'm going to try and get the House of Hazards next time I go.
Some more additions to the gallery.
+ 3:30 PM; Archives
Thursday, August 08, 2002
One of the nice things about this camera also is that -- unlike most dual-platform gadgets -- it has a far better interface with the Mac than with the PC. In fact I suspect that when this camera is marketed on this side of the Atlantic, the notoriously clunky PC interface is the first thing that will go. (And hopefully also, the beep will go. If they ever sell a beepless L'Espion, I'm there.) For PC users who haven't had the pleasure, the Mac version of the L'Espion software automatically starts up the second you plug the USB cable into the camera, asks you what you want to name your batch of pictures, and then the whole operation takes less than 30 seconds. The Mac also automatically converts continuous-mode shots into Quicktime movies and apparently you need an extra step for that with the PC.
Macs rock.
Some guy from Norway visited London in May, and he took his L'Espion.
Here's a mini-review by a camera enthusiast. Come on, the high-res mode is "horrible"? What are you expecting for $60 and two inches of plastic, the Hubble Telescope?
A Dutch user has a Lespion Log. Sadly, it looks like he is no longer updating, but click on the link and you'll see a calendar of daily galleries.
A user named Amy also has a review.
+ 3:14 PM; Archives
Saturday, August 03, 2002
One special talent of this camera, I've noticed, is that it takes vivid images of skies. Clouds and colors really stand out. You can see some examples of this in the photos I took today.
+ 1:28 PM; Archives