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OK, so Vlad was wonderful and recommended a nice beginner set of lenses, so shooting with DxoMark database as a first cut, here is a quick review: Sony Zeiss Planar T* FE 50mm 1.4 ZA. This is the classic prime Lense. It is big heavy but boy is it every so…

If you are away from home, what are your options with Tesla gives you out of the box. Well they give you the so called Universal Mobile Charger), this is a 240V x 32A or 6kW maximum charger, they provide you with two connectors out of the box: 120V by…

OK been playing with these cameras for a month now and figuring out what the best mode is. The first consideration is that you really want the highest resolution and also the lowest noise for each. Aperture Priority and Base ISO in good light There seem to be two really…

Well since having a backup modem is pretty critical these days, here’s a list of modems to think about. The first thing to ask is how much bandwidth you are buying. For 99% of all users, they are getting way less than 300Mbps, so the lowly basic Docsis 3.0 modems…

Ok, you knew life wouldn’t be simple, but now that Apple (and Google and everyone else) are eliminating that 3.5mm jack, it does seem like a push to Bluetooth wireless headphones is inevitable. Naturally, technology means that it is super complicated to get audiophile quality from these things. Here’s a…

These days the cable modem is the weakest link in most homes. Even if you do enterprise networking the way that Comcast work is pretty mysterious and hard to figure out. Here are some pointers for diagnosing problems. As an aside they have a push on to get you to…

Well the emergence of really cheap voip and nearly free phone numbers means that this kind of spam is on the rise. Even with T-mobile anti spam we still get messages every week. Here are some notes on how to prevent it. iPhones On the iPhone there are few things…

Well Mojave has been a pretty seamless upgrade for me at least. The quality push at Apple seems to be working. The only glitch I’ve seen so far is that on one of my machines, Finder is not refreshing properly so you see old files even after you move them.…

OK some more notes about using these cameras. Brian Smith explains how it works with the older app from Sony: DxO PhotoLab 2 costs $80 for the latest upgrade, but does a nice job of processing the A7R III images The Sony RX100 M6 appears to overheat pretty quickly. I…

Well it’s time of year, so time to check that everything is safe and ready for the winter. Here are some things that may need upgrading: Water hoses. The cheap plastic ones are hard to manage and they get brittle. Bring them in for the winter. Alternatively, get the Wirecutter…