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My Karuna Vihar calendar is here

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Look at what came in the mail for me from India! Thanks Jo.

I got a very pleasant surprise from my online buddy Jo McGowan Chopra in the mail on Friday.

Thanks so much, Jo.

A year flies by so quickly.

My attempt to share them here by copying the images with my Powershot G11 doesn’t do the printed calendar justice.

You really should see this printed calendar. It’s a labor of love to be sure, from the photography, choice of inspirational quotes which accompany each picture of the month, and right down to the layout.
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Xmas gift ideas for photographers

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Xmas--time to give the photographer in your life something special

A while back Randy Habicht, one of my students, asked me to compile a wish list for him.

It wasn’t that long ago, I was in those shoes–a newbie.

I had more money than smarts when it came to gear.

Though still cameras have undergone so much transformation, so much is still the same.

The allure of seductive ads touting better, more responsive, higher megapixel, lower noise and all the other superlatives are still there.

And yes they are still as mouth-watering and tempting as the first time I laid eyes on that glossy ad for that Canon F-1 with motorized 6-frames-a-second body, powered by Hi power Nicad battery etc.
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Review Eye-Fi Pro X2

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The Eye-Fi Pro card is ideal for me instead of the Explore because this version has ability to connect to your Ad-hoc network which any laptop can create on-the-fly. Just don't forget their special USB reader to configure setup.

On a previous post I tested the Eye-Fi Explore 8GB card.

I liked how this Secure Digital size memory card works.

Whatever you do, don't lose this special USB card reader. Without it, you won't be able to configure your Eye-Fi card

On further use, I realized what I really needed was the Eye-Fi Pro X2 8GB card.

Whenever I was away from my home network like in a busy coffeehouse, the bandwidth issues and whatever restrictions placed by the network admins made wireless transfer via WiFi somewhat unreliable.
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Eye-Fi Review

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Two posts back, I mentioned Eye-Fi as a possible solution for digital photographers who have a “wait problem.”

It is inevitable, we get so used to the immediate nature of digital photography.

I’m sure I’m not alone.

As soon as we are done taking pictures, we’d like for those images to get to our computers ready to edit by the time we sit down.

Not everyone using a digital camera wants to edit their pictures.

Some may just want to shoot, upload to an online sharing website.

And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

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