Make your own Micro-SIM
If you have an iPad 3G in the UK, there are no providers offering Micro-SIMs yet, meaning that if you’ve grey imported your own iPad 3G, you’re going to have to wait until the end of the month.
iPad 3G running on 3
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HDR software for the Mac
Today, there are many different ways of producing HDR photographs on the Mac, the most common of which was described in my Beginners Guide to HDR, and this review covers four of the applications available to us. I will be looking at Photomatix Pro, HDR PhotoStudio, Hydra and the free option HDRtist. To help you make your own mind up, the source photos used in this review are available to download here, and you can use them in the demos linked at the end of this page. I will be testing all four applications at aligning and merging first and then tone-mapping second, making the image usable as a JPEG on the dynamic range a monitor can display. I will be assuming you’ve read my beginner’s guide and will be using terminology described there, but if you haven’t, don’t worry too much about it. Apologies for both the length and the lack of detail. I wish I could have made it shorter and I also wish I could have had the time to make it much, much longer. Comment below if you agree or disagree and if you like this sort of thing, follow me on Twitter.
Boats at Bowling - Widescreen
Your Mac Life iPad appeal
Update: 3rd April, 2010. He’s in the queue hoping to get one. We’ve done as much as we can.
Update 2: 3rd April, 2010. He got one.
Shawn King with an iPad
Photography: Professional hubris
In recent years, it’s safe to say everything has been on the up for amateur photographers like myself. Digital photography has removed the waiting and the chemicals from the workflow, meaning everyone who has a digital camera can see instantly what their pictures look like. The adage that every photographer has a few thousand crap photos to take before they take a good one is dealt with so much sooner now. This, coupled with sites like Flickr, DeviantArt and to some degree Facebook, means amateurs like myself can get their pictures seen by more people than ever before. This leads to being approached for commercial usage and this is where the Professionals have got themselves into apoplexy.
A rank amateur, raining on your parade. ©2008, Stuart Dallas Photography
Android iPhone Linkbait Fight!
Ten reasons Android pisses on the iPhone’s strawberries! Seven reasons the Nexus One will defeat the iPhone 3GS! Why to buy one phone over the other! Seriously, give it a rest. Linkbait articles are going up all over the place with imaginary battles taking place all over the place, begging for your eyeballs and attention, and they all have one thing in common: They’re bollocks.
An iPhone 3GS serving as linkbait
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