Above; the covers of the European, Asian, Latin American, and US editions of this week’s Newsweek magazine. Yes, in that order.
Update: This week’s versions below. Global warming, or sexual scandal? They report, they decide.
Happy birthday baby!
Keeping in the spirit of ridiculously cool camera gear, the new Seitz 6×17cm digital panoramic camera is the balls. It’s got a 160 megapixel, 48-bit back (that’s 21,250 × 7,500 pixels), and can use any large format camera lens (Schneiders or Rodenstocks or Linhofs, oh my). I mean come on, it’s got a Mac Mini for flash memory!
It uses a “scanning” back, to pan across the frame and capture the panorama (just like the large format panoramic cameras of yore), but what’s I think is potentially the coolest thing about it is that it’ll be able (in the future) to be used on other large and medium format cameras. Which, as far as I know, would be the first full-frame 6×6 digital back.
Start saving though, it’s $33,000.
I killed two external hard drives today, and learned a lesson. Make sure you always use the right AC adaptor with the right device. Little puffs of smoke are generally not good (when they come from electronics).
I also got an eye exam, which has evolved into an elaborate series of really really bright lights, shined right into your freshly-dilated pupils, burning your eyes from inside.
My friend Mike and his bandmates Ben and Chad came out for a show at Mama Buzz in Oakland, and practiced in my yard.
