October, 2010

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tfttf487 - The Canada Video Episode

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

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Guest on today’s show: Allan Attridge, film maker from Canada. In this slightly unusual episode, Chris and Allan discuss DSLR video shooting, the technology and what film making is really about. Also on the show: is there a mathematical way to determine how much sharpening your pictures need, and panorama stitching software Hugin plus a cool video camera gadget presented you from Everest Trek participant (and Canadian) Geffrey.

Next week: back to still photography.

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tfttf486 - Does Digital Photography Make Us Unhappy?

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

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Today’s show features an intro by Olivia, an overview of Chris’ upcoming projects, a discussion of Back Button Focus and how it can help you get better exposure, and some food for thought: does digital photography make us unhappy?

Dan Gilbert’s video on What makes us happy?

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“You Know What” for show 500

Friday, October 8th, 2010

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Forthose of you who have been around awhile, I’ve done some special surprises for Chris every now and again. And I think it’s time for another one for show 500.

To join in just send an email to tfttfsecret (at) gmail.com and you’ll get instructions on what to do.

-Ravsitar the Release Pixie

—- Chris… just forget about sending an email to that address to find out what’s going on. :)

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My Beef with CFLs

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Spectrum CFL Compact FluorescentToday I got my new handheld spectrometer that lets me look at the spectrum of different light sources. So I have taken it out for some tests and pointed it at daylight, a compact fluorescent (CFL), an incandescent light bulb, my computer monitor and a vapor discharge lamp.

Read the surprising results here: My Beef With CFLs (aka “It’s Not Easy Being Green”)

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