Chris Parker's Personal Blog – Flying, sailing and photography, mostly. And gadgets.
I found some great transfers (“decals” in American English) on the web and ordered this one. It’s a Canon 5D Mk II Mode Dial and it’s really easy to apply. It also comes off cleanly if you change your mind.
The decals come from Suzie Automatics and are listed on Etsy.com. The iPad ones are the same size as the MacBook/MacBook Pro versions as far as I can see. This one cost US$15 with $3 shipping and it arrived about four days after ordering.
The is a screenshot of JuneCloud’s Delivery Status Touch running on my iPad. The Apple status panel says my new MacBook Pro will be delivered tomorrow, the UPS panel says it’s stuck in Shanghai due to a natural disaster. Interestingly, yesterday UPS were reporting that it had arrived in Cologne, Germany.
We’ll see.
I’ve put my Nissan up for sale on eBay if anyone’s interested – no point in having two cars in London. The auction ends on Thursday 22 April.
Nissan 350Z eBay listing
[Update 19 April] Sold! Sad to see it drive away – enjoy it Brad!
The top fifty or so photos from our honeymoon in Lamu.
I picked up a trip to New York last week, four days after the Apple iPad was released. The SoHo Apple Store only had the 64GB models in stock – luckily that was the one I wanted. I also bought a second AC charger to keep in my travel bag, a Belkin case (they’d sold out of the Apple one) and a dock.
I’ve now had a few days to set it up and play with it. It is simply a wonderful machine. Reading on its LED screen is a joy, photographs look fantastic and there are already something like 2,500 iPad specific apps available. I imagine I’ll be carrying this more often than my MacBook Pro.
UK prices and release date haven’t been announced yet but the iPad is expected here by the end of April. The 3G and WiFi-only models should both be available then. I’ve obviously got the WiFi-only model, but despite the lack of GPS, it always seems to find my location. On the move I’ve got a Three MiFi to provide mobile internet access. Three are replacing it with an unlocked version this week which I plan to use overseas.
Here are some images and screenshots of some of my favourite apps:
Some good flying:
I’ve made the switch from Olympus to Canon. I’ve really loved Olympus kit – image stablisation built into the camera body, smaller, lighter, cheaper lenses – but I decided I needed to make the jump to a full-frame sensor so as to have more control over depth of field and better low-light performance.
I’ve gone for the 5D Mark II with the primary “walkabout” lens being the fast 24-70 f/2.8 L USM. I’ve also sprung for the 70-200 f/2.8 L IS USM for longer reach.
Some photos of Stockholm taken this week:
We’re back in Nairobi after a week at Shela, on Lamu Island, Kenya. There was no internet access at Shela, so we’ll be uploading photos like mad when we get home.
In the meantime, here’s a small selection:
