My first thought when I read that Apple is releaseing Safari 3 beta for Windows was Hey, is this a joke?
.
Anyway, I gave it a try. But I'd say this is more like pre-alpha quality than beta. This is what it looks like on my machine:
The menus have been replaced by little lines. And if I try to use it, it'll just hang itself. I guess that is what you'd feel like doing if you've been living in OS X for ever and you're suddenly forced to live in Windows.
When they make it stable though, it will be good news for web designers using Windows, since they'll be able to test their designs in Safari. Until then I'm leaving it to rot at the end of my Start -> Programs menu.
Labels: browsers
I've sort-of been wanting a really wide angle lens for a while. You can do so many cool things with them, and they're actually quite useful as well. For instance, you can easily make really goofy portraits:
The widest lens I've had before was 17 mm, so going down to 10 mm makes quite a difference. Especially in tight spaces and for landscapes. So, having had what felt like my first ever real pay check a few days ago, I ordered a Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6 (and a UV filter to go in front of it). It arrived yesterday. Included was a great carrying pouch and a lens hood.
[@Tommy: Den finns med Nikonfattning också.]
After work and dinner I went out and played with it for four hours :) in town.
First I headed for the historic parts of the town. Basically a large collection of 17th century smithies, now functioning as a tourist attraction with restaurants, etc.
This bell tower worked quite well from below I thought. Sadly you can't actually make out the bell here:
Close to the old smithies I found what looked like a half deserted factory building.
Just as I was going to leave, I saw this bracelet haning on a hinge on the fence:
The last three photos were taken with my old 75-300mm lens.
Then I headed back home, but got stuck at the church which looked pretty good against the blue sky.
There were plenty of cool cars rolling around, so I had a go at improving my panning skills. Not sure what the first one is though... some kind of Chevy perhaps?
By now it was so dark I decided to go back into town to have a shot at some lit-up fountains that I pass every day going to work.
Going there, the view of the river was pleasing to the eye. I was lucky enough to get a horde of jackdaws in the shot.
And a last shot of the church from across the river before I went home. This time I actually did go home.
I'm getting close to 10,000 photos now. My camera has made 9949 exposures, and out of those I've kept 3604, or 36%. Sadly I haven't printed very many, but I'm planning on making a few enlargements soon to put up on my bare walls.
Labels: canon, Eskilstuna, lenses, photography, Sigma
Full-text blog feed
