I purchased this camera back in January but a busted arm and cold weather prevented me from plunging in as I usually do with a new toy. Additionally, I found myself overwhelmed by the number of features and settings. All excellent features, but there are so many of them. I couldn’t find a place to start. So yesterday I turned the camera on and headed into the woods, paying to attention to settings. The video below was shot at 1080/30fps. I’ve reset to 4K/60fps for the next shoot. Watch this space. (PS: A YouTube search will tell you all you might want to know about this little gadget.)
Category Archives: Gadgets & Apps
Is Perplexity a “Google search killer?”
They call it an “answer engine” rather than a “search engine.” Can it/will it replace Google search? Hard to imagine but I have it on my laptop and my phone and will post thoughts and updates here.
I keep pinning this post because I keep finding better reviews of Perplexity.
John Robison
My friend John has also reached the age where a little digital enhancement is called for, so I fired up the Prisma app again.
Edited in Prisma app with Thota Vaikuntam
Edited in Prisma app with Dallas
Edited in Prisma app with Daryl Feril
Edited in Prisma app with Mosaic
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Drone view of corn harvest (George Kopp)
My buddy George has been flying drones —and using them to record video— pretty much since drones have been available for the consumer market. He has become quite proficient.
The video below –the work of Jack Dodson, a friend and client– is a fascinating look at the corn harvest (from combine to truck) on the Steck farm in the Missouri River Bottom near Jefferson City. The video was captured with the DJI Mavic 3 Pro Cine.
Audigo Microphone
I’ve been using the Audix USB 12 microphone to record the audio for videos for a long time. Ten years? Sounds good but keeps me tethered to my MacBook which hasn’t been an issue for most of my stuff. But, occasionally, I’ve thought it would be fun to put the video camera (laptop or iPhone) further away. But then the audio suffers.
The first video below is a demo of the Audigo Microphone and app. The short video below that is my attempt to show the difference audio quality. Eager to try this out with a new uke song.
UPDATE: Sample (:50) off video recorded from across the room with audio from the Audigo mic.
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AI Pin
iPhone 15 camera
I sprung for a new iPhone 15. The camera sold me and it’s all that I hoped for and more.
Flickr Batch Organizer
Flickr launched in February, 2004. I created an account and started uploading photos in March, 2005. So I guess I’m a long-time user. My primary photo repository is the Photos app on my MacBook (mirrored in my iCloud account): 2,449 photos. I make some effort to only save “keepers.” Flickr is where I post photos I’d like to share with the world. All under Creative Commons license for unrestricted use. I have about 2,500 photos in my photostream organized into albums and collections.
This 12 minute video (I know, too long) is a very cursory explanation of how I use Flickr’s Batch Organizer to manage photos.