Recently, I sold my old and trusty Tokina 19-35 AF193 lens, because I could buy a Canon 17-40/4 for a very good price. First of all, the Tokina AF193 is a completely different lens than the cheap Vivitar/Tamron/Quantaray 19-35 lenses you often encounter. A night and day difference actually, both in…

15 years ago / 2 213 visits

Today, a friend attended me of a new(?) research project, which tries to rate the aesthetic appeal of pictures by using artificial intelligence. http://acquine.alipr.com While I am fascinated by the idea, it seems that this still has a long way to go, and that the designers maybe focus too much on…

15 years ago / 1 333 visits / 4 comments / 1 person likes

Since not too long ago I am the owner of a Canon 5D (the original). Second-hand, but it's basically like new. Actually it feels very very familiar to me, since I am used to the Canon 30D already. However, a new toy is always fun ;-) and the bright viewfinder and low noise are a real improvement. M…

15 years ago / 878 visits / 1 comment

A happy 2010 for all my Ipernity friends!

16 years ago / 728 visits

This week I got two manual lenses, from a Dutch auction site. The first one is a Pentax Super Takumar 35/3.5 and the second one is a Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135/3.5. Both are manual focus, and the modern Canon digital reflexes don't have a suitable viewfinder for manual focusing anymore, so I am eage…

17 years ago / 1 265 visits / 1 comment / 1 person likes

Yesterday I moved in here, from Flickr. Thanks to the great Flickr Importer greasemonkey script, I transferred all my pictures to Ipernity. However, I lost all my groups and albums, so it is time to start arranging things again. I'm sure I'll feel at home here very soon

17 years ago / 918 visits / 3 comments