Friday, May 27, 2011

Largo de Fradelos

Trivia (VII)

Just bought a camera for the little fella. A soon to be discontinued Canon A3150 IS (A3100 IS) for around 100 Euro, Lowepro Ridge 20 case included.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Trivia (VI)

Today I had a near-religious experience. I got my hands on an M9 Titanium.

The LEICA M9 Titanium is a traditional LEICA M9 with its external metal parts rendered in solid titanium.

This special edition is strictly limited to only 500 cameras worldwide and is offered as a set together with a LEICA SUMMILUX-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH. lens.

The lens is also made not of aluminum, not of brass, and not of titanium-painted aluminum, but of solid titanium.

(source: kenrockwell.com)

Ponte D. Luís I (lower deck)

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Rua Heróis de França s/n, Matosinhos (Lota de Matosinhos, Docapesca)


Merluccius merluccius (Linneaus, 1758)
3Alpha Code: HKE Taxonomic Serial No.: 164795
1.9 kg @ 5 € / kg = 9.5 €

Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
3Alpha Code: CTG Taxonomic Serial No.: n.a.
1 kg @ 15 € / kg = 15 €

Monday, May 9, 2011

Rua Heróis de França s/n, Matosinhos (Lota de Matosinhos, Docapesca)


Merluccius merluccius (Linneaus, 1758)
3Alpha Code: HKE Taxonomic Serial No.: 164795
1.7 kg @ 4 € / kg = 6.8 €

Sparus aurata (Linnaeus, 1758)
3Alpha Code: SBG Taxonomic Serial No.: 647901
1.4 kg @ 7.5 € / kg = 10.5 €

Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)
3Alpha Code: BSS Taxonomic Serial No.: 170317
1.4 kg @ 6.5 € / kg = 9.1 €

Friday, May 6, 2011

Trivia (V)

Today I was offered a Leica S2 for the weekend.
Couldn't accept it though.
Damn...
:(

Quoting from Luminous Landscape, the basics of the S2's design brief are as follows...

  • A 37.5 Megapixel Kodak CCD sensor measuring 30X45mm. This offers a 3:2 aspect ratio, the same as 35mm.
  • A 6 micron pixel pitch, the same as the Phase One P65+'s sensor
  • 1.5 frames / second shooting rate (impressive for a sensor of this size)
  • Autofocus lenses
  • Dual shutter system; a focal plane shutter and also a range of lenses with leaf shutters (CS)
  • 16 bit files – DNG format raws and in-camera JPGs (according to Leica true 16 bit, not 14 bit padded to fill a 16 bit space)
  • ISO 100 – 1600
  • Weather sealed construction – both body and lenses
  • Ships with full Adobe Lightroom 2.4

Steve Huff's excellent review of the Leica S2 is up on his site here: stevehuffphoto.com

Ponte D. Luís I (from Escadas do Codeçal)