A personal website (blog) by Khürt Williams, with inchoate ramblings on Apple technology, photography, and geekery.
The manufacturer tells you the ’35mm equivalent focal length’ of the lens but then claims its absolute aperture. Here’s an example. Let’s say the camera has a 1" sensor, which is a 2.7X crop factor. If they claim it has a 24-70mm full-frame equivalent lens, it’s actually a 9-28mm f/2.8 lens. OK, fair enough. But…
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On a drive, down from an overnight trip to Williamstown, Massachusetts my wife, hoping to make the drive more interesting for me, asked if there was any special location I wanted to photograph. From my list, I suggested the historic Saugerties Lighthouse in Saugerties, New York. I don't recall the exact details about how I found…
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This summer we drove to Vermont to drop my daughter off for a 10-day summer wilderness retreat at the Sky Meadow Retreat in Greensboro. My wife thought it would be an excellent way for her to learn relaxation and stress reduction techniques while taking a break from technology. No bacon, no wi-fi, and no reading.…
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We've lived in New Jersey for several years, but I've never liked the Jersey Shore. It’s just not comparable to the West Indian islands like Antigua and Bequia where I grew up. The brown polluted looking waters of the Jersey shore are no comparison to the turquoise blue waters of the Caribbean Sea. That's my…
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For Spring break, I persuaded my family to take a trip to Ann Arbor to visit the University of Michigan. It was a nostalgia trip for me but I think the kids were excited about the idea of a long road trip. I completed my graduate studies at the UoM in 1994. I don't know…
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