Niche (I)

Goya no. 3: trabucul de fumat atunci cand mergi pe la umbra.

Facts & Figures

Pagina de Facebook a pantalonilor echipei olimpice de curling a Norvegiei are 641.000 de fani. Cea a uniformei elvetienilor din Garda Papala, doar 31.

There's no justice in this world.

Nike Free Run +

Nu de alta, da ma lupt cu ceva similar :)

Holy Grail

The Leica 250 Reporter is a body variant of the Leica screw mount rangefinder. It was designed to take bulk film by rolls of 10 metres, allowing 250 exposures. The film was charged in special film cassettes (code KOOBF).

Two prototypes Leica 250 DD were made based on the Leica II. According to Luigi Crescenzi in Classic Camera issue 19, s/n 114051 was later modified to a 250 GG and s/n 114052 still exists (in chrome finish).

The Leica 250 FF was based on the Leica III, with slow speeds, and the Leica 250 GG on the Leica IIIa, with 1/1000 top speed. Most were black but some existed in chrome. Less than 1,000 were made. There were many small variations: some had no slow speeds (see here for example), some were coupled to a motor drive. Fake Leica 250 Reporter are known to exist.

Independent craftsmen have modified ordinary Leica cameras to load bulk film. The work can vary from crude to excellent, but these are not Leica 250 Reporter.

Dati-mi un motiv

"... iti dam inca un motiv sa zambesti: 20 de grame in plus la un pachet de 140 de grame!"

Lentile

"Oh, din oglinda moartea ma imita/ aur, copil, cenusa rand pe rand/ Nu sunt decat lentila prafuita,/ prin care timpul a privit razand."

(Lentile - Mircea Dinescu)

Softscar

Oscarul de anul asta a semanat ca doua picaturi de apa cu batalia electorala din 2003 pentru postul de guvernator al Californiei, in care Schwarzenegger concura pentru respectivul scaun cu un pitic si cu o fosta starleta porno. Motiv pentru care o sa va rog sa uitati de "The Hurt Locker", care e o prostie, si sa va uitati la treaba de mai jos, care prin 1989 nu a luat decat un premiu pentru costume si o nominalizare pentru ce mai bun actor: Henry al V-lea, varianta lui Kenneth Branagh.

Imprecatia muzei. Asa, cat sa va fac pofta.

Phony "viral" from Vodafone

Eram pe net, citeam, si ghici ce apare in fata mea? [o fereastra de YM de la un prieten, care imi trimitea un spoof destul de soios dupa o campanie de telecom]. Ma gandesc eu ca un brand care se baga asa in seama trebuie sa fie cu adevarat disperat…

Si-mi vine-n cap numele lui real: Vodafone. Si caut pe Facebook. Ii recunosc proza. Ii umblu pe profil. Intreb prin jur. Si vad ca-i place. Ghici ce, frate? Spamul!

Ce fac? Soptesc prietenului: “Oare tu te-ai tampit de-mi trimiti mizerii de astea?”. Bai si imi spune prietenu' in cauza ca nu mi-a trimis mesajul el... Ca e furt de identitate urmat de spam pe mess... Ne imprietenim si pe Facebook... foarte tare, frate!

Mizerie primita pe YM de la un prieten care sustine ca nu mi-a trimis niciodata asa ceva.
Nasol, Vodafone.

Google dixit

Samurai Jack: The Making Of

Holy Grail (the somehow sinister edition)

"Two climbers, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, lost on Everest in 1924, may have been the first to reach the summit. Another member of the expedition has been quoted as saying that he had loaned his Kodak VPK camera to Mallory as they passed each other on the north ridge. There are and extensive efforts underway using current technology to locate Irvine's body and perhaps, the camera."

Foamea de absolut

Cumparati acum un infinit si veti primi nu unul, ci doua infinite mari, la pret de unul! Da, ati inteles bine, doua infinite la acelasi pret, la care vom adauga ca bonus si un infinit mai mic, portabil!

Sunati acum la 0-800-ABSOLUT, fiti printre primii 100 de cumparatori si veti primi complet gratuit si o functie f(x)cu care se poate tinde foarte usor catre oricare dintre infinitele dumneavoastra, pe orice plaja de domenii.

Sunati acum!

Holy Grail (the camera that came from the cold)

The FED 'Siberia' is a standard FED, modified with large nobs to enable it to be used whilst wearing gloves.

The authenticity of this camera is sometimes questioned. Because counterfeiting is rife in Russia any really rare FED such as the Siberia, TSVVS and the FED-V must be assumed to be a fake. The FED S is more likely to be real because to fake one you need a rare lens and a body with 1000 speed. The price that could be realized for a FED S will not cover the effort to fake one,The Zorki red banner of Labor, the Siberia and Yura must also be assumed to be a fake. Even an expert can only verify that it may be original. Some items such as the FED Stalinets and Stemar copy are known to all be fakes.

In many cases even an expert can only say "this appears to be original" because only 1 or 2 of the model have been seen.

I hate ponies!

"Darling Winston, I hope you will try & not smoke. If you only knew how foolish and silly you look doing it you wd give it up, at least for a few years. If you will give it up & work hard this term to pass yr preliminary I will get Papa to get you a gun & a pony".

Lady Randolph Churchill in a letter to her Harrow studying 16 years old son, dated 19 September 1890

Asa, un whishlist fotografic vag :)

Hasselblad 500 C/M sau un SWC
Lentile: un 60 mm si un 80 de mm;

Alpa, inca nu am decis ce.

Voigtlander R4A (gata, s-a rezolvat, l-am luat)
Lentile: un Voigtlander Nokton 50mm 1.1 sau 1.5, un Nokton 35mm 1.8, un Ultron 28mm 2.0, un Color Heliar 75mm 2.5 pentru portrete; (intre timp mi-am luat un Ultron 35mm 1.7 si un Skopar Snapshot 25mm 4);

Nikon D7000 digital, un FM2/Titanium si un F6 pe film
Lentile: un 50mm 1.4 pentru Nikon, un 12-24mm, 85mm 1.4, 85mm 1.8 avem, multumim pentru intentie.

Leica CL
Lentile: Summicron-ul de 40mm 2; Leica Summicron M 50mm 2;

Canon AE-1 Program
Canon L1
Zeiss Super Ikonta A 531/2
Zeiss Super Ikonta B 532/16 (din toata saracia, inainte sa platesc darile la Stat...)
Zeiss Ikon Kolibri (Guess what... :)
Zeiss Werra
Contax Zeiss IIA/IIIa
Rolleiflex 2.8F. Merge si un 3.5E sau F:)
FED Siberia
Plaubel Makina 67
Olympus Pen FT
Pentacon Six
Hasselblad Xpan sau un Fuji TX-1 (more or less the same)
Hensoldt Hensa Reporter
Gandolfi Precision
Steinheil Casca II 
Konica Hexar RF
Konica Hexar AF
Yasuhara T-981

Sa intram si in compacte:
Ricoh GR21 sau un Ricoh GR1s
Ricoh 500G
Leica Minilux
Leica CM
Rollei 35 SE
Fuji KlasseW
Minox 35 GT
Olympus 35SP 
Olympus 35RD
Olympus XA

Nikon 28Ti sau 35Ti

Minolta TC1
Konica S3 Auto
Yashica T5

Instant things:
Polaroid 690
Polaroid 600SE

Asa, mai pe departe: o Moskva, un Kiev, un Kalimar Reflex, un Bencini Comet III, un Tessina, un Graflex de presa, un Minox Riga, un Minox MX, un Exakta Varex VX, o lentila Zeiss Sonnar Ultron de 50mm 1.5, o prisma metered pentru Bronica ETRSi, un incarcator profesional, un set de 8 acumulatori R6 buni.

si mult timp liber, daca se poate.

Ataque de panico!

A small time producer from Uruguay puts Hollywood to shame. His bet? Making a cool video of a robot invasion in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, on a 300$ budget. Long story short, he gets 2 million + views on his Youtube page, and bang, Hollywood calls: he signs a 30 mil. movie deal.

Watch his four-minute short, "Ataque de Panico!" (Panic Attack)

Product tip for Asus

Hello Asus Product Development Team,

if you were wondering what should be the next big thing after you flattened the EEE netbooks, here is a free tip from me: just put an eInk based e-book reader on top of them, on the back of the actual screen, for an extra 200$. No, actually, for an extra 199$.

The thing is I don't want to carry both a netbook and an e-reader around. If you price the combo better than the cost of a separate netbook + ereader combination, it would be great.
And you should, as the combo should have only one battery, not two, as its separate pieces.

The Naming Paradox

Final Fantasy XIII :)

Decat

"Mai aveti decat trei zile de mandat, domnule Basescu..."
Mircea Geoana, in timpul dezbaterii

E greu cu romana, domnule Geoana. Decat ca din cauza asta o sa pierdeti voturi, chiar mai mult decat din cauza vizitelor la Moscova si la Vantu.

Naming is Believing

"According to the "Sagas of Icelanders", Norsemen from Iceland first settled Greenland in the 980s. Erik the Red, having been banished from Iceland for manslaughter, explored the uninhabited southwestern coast of Greenland during the three years of his banishment. He made plans to entice settlers to the area, even purposefully choosing the name Greenland to attract potential colonists, saying "that people would be more eager to go there because the land had a good name".

Get yourself a good name. Naming is believing.