Tag: equipment

New card reader

Sometimes I feel really stupid. Especially when I realize that I couldn’t properly diagnose the problem. I thought that my microdrive was dying, when in fact it was my card reader. Today I realized the problem in full scope.

Went out and bought myself a new card reader. This time I went for an all in one option. Before I had a need only for CompactFlash compatible media, but now I also have a large Memory Stick Due too.

I got myself a Trust (?) card reader with 16-in-1. Jez! I didn’t even know that there were 16 different card types. My, oh my. Considering that the card reader only has 4 holes to put cards into, I guess all those card types aren’t so different afterall.

11 CYP in ComputerWorld, if you were wondering. Let the file transfers begin!

Long time no order

With me not buying anything off the web for a long time now and holiday season approaching, I decided to make myself a present. The top of my wishlist is occupied by photographic equipment – all sorts of expensive lenses and a flash unit. I reviewed my wants, needs, and the financial status and decided to readjust things a bit. It will be some time until I will be able to buy expensive Canon lenses, but I have gaps in the coverage of focal length spectrum, so I thought I should do something about it.

After some Googling, I made a choice to buy Tamron Zoom Wide Angle-Telephoto AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) Autofocus Lens for Canon EOS (is it the longest lens name or what?). This lense has a good range of 27-75mm, which covers my needs pretty good. It is a rather fast one with f/2.8 aperture at all focal lengthes. The price of approximately $360 USD is affordable. And it has excellent reviews on the web. What else can I ask for? Well, I can ask for a lot of things actually, but that is irrelevant now.

And since I was already ordering something, it was a good thing to add a few smaller items, like a 128 MByte memory stick duo for my mobile (finally!) and few other small items.

I wonder if the package will make it here before Christmas.

The death of the microdrive

It seems that the 1 GByte microdrive that I used yesterday in my camera died. I tried to copy pictures from it using both my home and office workstations, but USB module just keeps crashing. The only hope I have left is that maybe the camera itself will be able to read it. If it will, I’ll copy the pictures from yesterday, using the camera software. Otherwise, I’ll lose a bunch of pictures from yesterday and will have to order a new CompactFlash. Sad.

The microdrive served me good for almost two years. Maybe it’s just the time for it to die. Or maybe it’s something else. Still, that’s sad.

Yet another order

It’s been a long time since I bought myself some photo accessories. My financial situation does not allow for anything ultimately cool for the time being and it won’t change at least until the end of the year. But I decided to feed my appetite with some starters, so I made a small order:

  • Canon 50/1.8 EF II Standard Lens
  • Canon ES62 w/Hood Adapter 62
  • Top Brand 52mm Circular Polarizer

All together it came up to $204.40 USD including shipping. Order from Digital Foto Club.