I am out in Miami this week for a trade show but I am going to be out and about getting some great shots and writing up some articles about taking outdoor shots around the beach area. Just wanted to let you know we haven’t fallen off the face of the earth and I will try to post some great shots from the area this week.
If you haven’t been visiting JPG Magazine than get over there and check it out. JPG Magazine is all user contributed content based on different themes each month and then readers vote on which images shoud be included in the magazine. So while you are over there, be sure and vote for me!
So here they are - a first glimpse of the P1 production units. Pictured are the v1.0 preproduction prototypes. These are functional units from the first short run batch. They were manufactured with micro sized internal antennas. These micro antennas, though highly and specially tuned for this application, failed to provide the even signal pattern they were looking for. The pictured units have been refitted with connectors for external antennas. The unit pictured displays the antenna to be used on final production units.
Both units sit on half of the enclosure to be used for production units. The finished dimensions 2.6 inches long by 2 inches wide, by 0.75 inches thick. The antenna length is approximately 4.5 inches. This enclosure is very slightly larger than the one they originally designed to. The original enclosure didn’t allow enough room for the antenna mount. A major bonus with the move to this new sized enclosure is they now have room for a standard AA battery. That’s right! They went from watch batteries, to AAA batteries, and now, finally - the battery you already own a bag full of - a standard AA. That’s progress!
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One of the most useful and yet least understood tools in your digital arsenal is your camera’s histogram. Learning how to properly use and understand your camera’s histogram is the easiest way to vastly improve the amount of properly exposed photographs you take. In the past you had to use a light meter and then set your camera settings for the light reading. Modern digital cameras, including most point and shoot cameras, have an internal light meter and can display a graph showing the exposure levels. So how do you read this information and put it to use? Continue reading and let’s dive into this important topic.
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If you haven’t visited the L7Foto Flickr Group, we post regular assignments to help people have inspiration for taking different types of pictures. This new assignment is for you to go out and take a picture where you live that shows something unique or special about your city and shows what winter in your city is like. Showing a tree covered in snow may be a pretty picture but it may not represent anything about where you live. In my entry, I am showing the new balloon ride that is in the Great Park that is being built from an old Marine base. Since I am in southern California, I don’t have snow, but we do get low laying fog on cold mornings and you can see this in the image around the base of the balloon ride. So stretch your imagination and go out and show us winter in your hometown and post it to the L7Foto Flickr Group.
