First Cut

It's Alex's first hair cut. It's expensive! Is it good? Well, I honestly don't think it's that good to worth HK$98.

Snap 鏡

近期試用 24/2 鏡頭配 DSLR 去 SNAP, 但我的鏡頭是銀色的, 實在太耀眼了. 就用黑色膠紙把它封起吧!

openRAW.org

Bad news for all digital SLR users: the camera manufacturers are starting to code their meta data within their RAW files. Which means, all third party software will have to do the de-coding works before they can get the important data to get the picture out from the RAW files. You are right that the original software will comes with all digital SLRs, but think about the following points:
- Computer OS changes over time. Your original program may not be usable after a few generation changes of OS. Are you sure your camera manufacturer will still support raw files of your camera model at, say, 10 years later? Worse, are you sure the camera manufacturer will still in business?
- Most original software run slowly, and the workflwo is horrable, especially if you have a large batch of RAW files to convert.

OPENRAW is a new organization pushing camera manufacturers to document their RAW files, so to make sure 3rd party developer can easily support every camera. That really makes your RAW file more accessable by different program, platform, and over time. Go there to have a look. They have a mailing list and is now asking members around the world to send press release to their local media. Help them if you can.

不再沈醉

曾是我最愛的相機, 完完全全是一部 photographer's camera. 但既然已有一後時間不再用, 也應該出讓了. 看那有緣人能善用它吧.

大澳美食

上週未假期去了大嶼山渡假屋兩天，順道跑了去大澳嘗一嘗著名的海韻菜館。真的美味。他們的走地雞，紅燒豆腐及炸芋頭素魚相當出色，價錢也不貴。值得推！