After re-arranging Visual Studio windows and moving my Output window to my 2nd monitor, my web project started crashing after it was built, giving an error BEX in msenv.dll, and an error for msenv.exe was logged in the Application Event Log. After some searching I came across a post referencing a hotfix for similar issues under KB960075, posted here. After downloading and installing, the issue was resolved. A new msenv.dll is placed onto the system that fixes the issue.
Firefox 3.5.2 update fixes Flickr viewing (ICC bugfix)
August 4, 2009Update Firefox to 3.5.2 to fix viewing of images with embedded ICC profiles. This was broken in Firefox in version 3.5, making images on sites such as Flickr to appear very dark. This update corrects the problem and adds more flexibility – images will be rendered using their embedded ICC profile (if there is one). Firefox 3.5.2 release notes.
Japanese Maple
May 9, 2009
This was taken with the Canon EF 17-40mm
Night Timelapse
March 15, 2009This week I set up a night-time timelapse exposure with the Canon 5D Mark II
The video can be seen here.
Cyber’s PetSmart Pickup
March 2, 2009
(Click to watch the video on YouTube)
A rare snow, a timelapse photography session, and a PetSmart grooming date collided and the attached video was created. The video was shot using a Canon PowerShot G9
Gear Used:
Timelapse Photography Tips:
- Use a tripod or support to keep the shooting perspective steady.
- Set a manual white balance so the camera does not change from shot-to-shot.
- Set a manual exposure to keep the camera from adapting to changing light.
- Drag the shutter – use a longer shutter speed to blur the motion from shot-to-shot to prevent “blips” of new subjects entering the frame.
How to throw a killer Rock Band party
February 17, 2009More info to come…
Checklist
- Rock Band 2
– we rock on the XBox 360, but you can also rock on your Playstation or Wii.- Ion Drum Rocker Premium Drum Set
– this is a premium drum kit that amps up the experience considerably. Skip the drums that come with RB2 and go straight for this kit.- Backstage Passes – we made printed up 3″x4″ artist passes for all of our rockers – came up with a template in Photoshop, put 2 to a sheet, and printed them out on 4″x6″ photo paper at the local drugstore. Then placed them in lanyards purchased at Staples. Instant credentials to present to people upon their arrival.
- Mic stand – put the Rock Band Microphone
on a stand
Amazon announces Kindle 2
February 9, 2009The new Kindle 2
Overall, seems like a nice upgrade, but nothing bit in terms of new functionality. The Kindle 2
Book Cover: There’s also a nice-looking Kindle 2 Leather Cover
The live feed of the Kindle 2 press conference is posted at the Engadet site.
Made the paper
November 3, 2008Or on ajc.com anyway – I’m the 4th one in this gallery of Halloween costumed freaks:
http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/atlanta-holiday-guide/halloween-costumes/readers-costumes6/
Photo shoot entry coming later.
Photo shoot: Joe Satriani concert
October 29, 2008
B&W Conversion
Guitar god Joe Satriani played the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta and the venue allowed “non-pro” cameras to be used, so I brought the Canon G9
With the help of a female friend (which helps to prevent being punched), was able to work our way up front behind a layer of a couple people. Took shots the whole show – about 400, until the battery almost ran out.
I had the G9 set to manual mode, no flash, using ISO 400, he lowest aperture available and played with shutter speeds from 1/80 – 1/160. A tip I came across is to use manual mode as the lights are always changing. Find some settings that work and keep them there.
I got some fairly decent exposures considering. The best came when the lights were up full of course. Noise at ISO 400 on the G9 in that light is pretty pervasive, but it lends an interesting quality to the shots. I had trouble with the auto-focus so I needed to look into setting a manual focus point, but got some good results and mistakes nonetheless.
I post-processed the shots using Lightroom 2.1 only, converting some to B&W and using Matt Kloskowski’s Sin City presets as a starting place on the shots when Satch was playing his red guitar. Played with the color temperature to achieve some good results. Shots with a lot of noise or lower light I went with B&W or muted colors to control the noise.
A slideshow of all the shots is up on my Flickr page here.
B&W - Some mis-focus leads to a neat effect
Satch hitting his trademark artificial harmonics - tilting this shot adds some interest
What’s in my bag? Episode 2 – Kata Sensitivity V
September 23, 2008This is a 7-minute video walk-through of the packing job I did for my next international trip using the Kata Sensitivity V Backpack
. This is for an upcoming trip to Capetown, South Africa for touring and Botswana for safari. My kit for the trip is listed below. In the video I start with the backpack loaded and unload it an item at a time.
Contents:
- Apple Macbook
- Macbook Power Adapter
- Amazon Kindle eBook Reader
- Canon XSi D-SLR Camera
- Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.4L IS Zoom Lens
- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens
- Canon EF 50mm f1.4 Prime Lens
- Canon EF 1.4x II Telephoto Extender
- Canon Speedlite 430EX II Flash
- Elinchrom Skyport Universal Trigger Set
for remote strobing
- Pharos Trips and Pics GPS Receiver
- Sony PSP
- LaCie 250 GB Rugged Hard Drive
- 3-77mm photo filters
- LED flashlight
- 2 USB battery backup units
- Camera remote control
- Lens pen
- Mouse/receiver
- Extra batteries and chargers for XSi and G9
- Media wallet with SD Cards
- Screen cleaner
- Shower caps
- Several cables and adapters
SDHC Memory Card Tests Updated with SanDisk Extreme III 8GB 30MB/s Edition
September 23, 2008It’s another winner from SanDisk. The SanDisk Extreme III 8GB 30MB/s Edition
Canon fires back
September 17, 2008New Canon 5D Mark II
More info on the blog at TWIP, and a preview on DPReview.
Pretty interesting features on the newly announced Canon 5D Mark II full-frame update to the 5D.
- 21.1 Megapixel
- Shoots full 1080p HD Video
- ISO to 25,600 with new DIGIC 4 processor
- Still just 3.9 frames/sec
- New RAW options size-wise
- Silent shooting options
There’s also a new Canon G9 successor – the G10. It’s not quite as big a jump from the G9 and the G9 is still a bit different due to a more telephoto lens (6x on the G9 vs. 5x on the G10). I’d expect the G10 to have better low-light ability, although ISO range has not changed (1600 max).
- 14.7 Megapixel
- New wider-angle lens
- DIGIC 4 processor.
I’d like to see them make a G10 with half the resolution but twice (or more) the low-light capabilities — that would be useful.
Thoughts on the Canon 50D
September 16, 2008The newly-announced (estimated early October as far as I can tell) Canon 50D
Pros:
- New CMOS sensor with DIGIC 4 processor
- Gapless micro-lenses on the sensor
- 920k pixel LCD
- Cool new interface to the camera features
- New high-ISO modes
Amazon mentions that is captures to SD cards, that’s not correct. Other sites mention it’s still on Compact Flash.
Canon 5D Successor Coming ?
A new version of the Canon 5D appears to be coming as well as in this teaser on the Canon site.
SDHC Card Test Updated with AData Turbo 8GB
September 16, 2008I purchased a cheap AData SDHC 8GB Class 6
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Setup Failure on 64-bit Vista Solved
September 12, 2008When trying to update my Visual Studio 2008 to Service Pack 1 (I’m on Vista x64), the update for the remote debugger (KB945140) was halting with an error. Checking the first log showed the message: Error 1324.The folder path ‘Program Files’ contains an invalid character. Moving to the log file of the installer itself, the VS90sp1-KB945140-X64-ENU.msp patch, made a reference to an F:\PFILES folder instead of my normal Program Files folder.
My F:\ drive is a virtual drive from PowerISO, which is used to mount disk images. Turning off my virtual drives allowed the installation to proceed successfully. I’m posting that here to remember for next time 
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I saw a post where this issue also was seen with another virtual drive utility, Virtual CloneDrive. The installer seems to think they’re hard drives and is trying to install to them
