This weekend in Lincoln we have the Buskers Weekend, so lots of street entertainment and plenty of opportunities for photography.
iPhone – 10 Years Old
You have probably heard that its the ten anniversary of the iPhone.
It now hard to now to remember what a revolutionary product it was. I bought the first iPhone and was very pleased with it. While it lacked many features of my previous Windows Phone, the ease of user and the ‘internet in you pocket’ was the killer feature.
Its also worth while remembering that in these ten years we still have not had a significant malware attack on iOS.
While people critic the locked down nature of the phones and the restrictions of the app store process it has succeeded to keep us safer.
I currently have the iPhone 6 which I am very happy with but might upgrade this year if the ten anniversary edition is something special.
Wimbledon 2017
When it comes to sport I don’t watch a lot.
American Football, Wimbledon for Tennis and MotoGP are my main real loves, and I do not mind rugby and Formula E and F1 and cycling.
This week sees the start of Wimbledon so i’ll be monopolising the TV.
Village School Fete
This weekend it was the village school fete.
Entertainment from the children, stalls and of course cake!
Photo of the Month – June
Leica M10
Leica Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH 6-Bit
50mm, 1/750 Sec at f/2, ISO100
Post Processed in Adobe Lightroom CC2015.10.1
On a Mac Pro, OS-X 10.12.5
New Leica M10 Firmware 1.7.4.0
A new version of firmware has been released for the Leica M10. I have not installed it yet just downloaded it and the pdf to see what it does. It seems to mainly increase compatibility with more and fast, larger cards.
Snapshots
Compact Camera or Phone?
Having my Leica as my general camera, I do sometimes wish for an autofocus compact for quick snapshots, but do we need then now with todays smartphones?
A small portable high quality camera is always necessary and this is fulfilled by my Leica but with it not being autofocus it is not always the best option for quick snapshots.
Mum’s Operation
Mum goes into hospital this week so i’ll be on tender hooks while she has her surgery. So i’ll not be doing a lot of photography this week.
Nik Software and Photoshop plug-ins
Obsillescence is always an issue with computing and now in digital photography. I used to Nik software for a while, the black and white module that plugged into Lightroom was very affective. Now that Nik has been bought by Google we get no more updates and as Adobe continue to update their products the old plug-ins get broken.
I suppose that is life now, and why I am trying to do most of my editing now with just Lightroom and Photoshop and no other third party software.
Another Year and another OS X now MacOS release coming soon
I generally update my laptops fairly quickly but my main desktop only gets updated after lots of testing.
This year MacOS gets two significant updates under the hood. The new file system which I am very excited about but possibly more critical for us users is the fact that support for 32-bit applications gets dropped in this version.
You might want to review your critical software before updating.