Welcome back to Hotel Doom.
If I drink Bourbon, I drink this.
I bought two bottles of this to drink with a friend I worked with in Iraq during the war.
He got kidnapped when I was out of the country and I bought them to celebrate his rescue and release.
We only got through one bottle and I’ve kept the other for I don’t know what.
For a night like this perhaps. A hot night where I get to write in the garden.
So here I am, sat in my safe, comfortable English garden. And I’m raising a glass to my friend. Currently the last western journalist holed up and working in Damascus.
To your safe return Phil.
Having a play in my garden office today. Modifying some custom strap solutions and seeing what works best. Some of my solutions are pretty hardcore for my current choice of camera.
In the photo I have a Fujifilm X-10 attached on a sling with a keyring via the C-Loop camera strap mount and a nifty little Swiss made invention called the ‘Le Hook’.
I have tried the C-Loop on a number of camera systems and although better suited to the heavier bodies it functions well with this full frame compact too. A little over kill perhaps but it’s beautifully machined and does what it’s designed to do with ease.
I do have a couple of Black Rapid straps at my disposal but they seem more suited for my SLR. Hence making this super slimmed down system with a climbing sling.
The C-Loop is from www.theusualshutterspecs.com
Taken on the iPhone 4s using the 645 Pro app.
It’s an image of a Tramadol pill. One type of pain relief that’s getting through the days since my recent operation.. http://documentally.com/2012/08/03/under-the-knife/
I photographed this girl on the train with a Leica M9 set to shoot only raw. I then inserted the SD card via the camera connection kit into my iPad and converted the image to JPEG.
This isn’t a big deal with most raw files as the iPad can deal with them fine. Not so with Leica files.
There is still nothing in the app store that does this smoothly. Believe me, I have looked. The app I used is not out yet and I have not yet had clearance to blog about it.
All I will say is that you may already have a version of this app as it has been a photo editors choice for a long time.
There are still a few bugs to iron out, but on the whole I am really excited that at last Leica users will easily be able to edit and upload their awkward RAW files without lugging their laptop around.
I’m looking forward to doing a more indepth review on http://Documentally.com
