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personal blog about, well, various stuff…
Force flash high speed sync on a Canon 550D
Nov 23rd
If you don’t have a flash that supports high speed sync you are limited to a shutter speed of 1/200.
However – you can actually take pictures at 1/250 – 1/320 without any noticeable artifacts using a normal slow sync flash. If you go faster than 1/320 the curtains will start More >
Samsung plasma – No black level changes with firmware T-VALDEUC-2004.0
Nov 1st
Some PS63C7000/C8000/C77X0 owners have reported improved 50Hz black levels (and 24Hz with Cinema Smooth). I did the firmware update just a few days ago from T-VALDEUC-2001.0 to T-VALDEUC-2004.0 (european firmwares) and there was no change in the black level.
Although I don’t have a picture of it the black level with More >
Convert cdm2 to fL (foot Lambert)
Aug 18th
Really useful converter for converting between cd/m2 (Candela per square meter) and fL/ftL (foot Lambert). Just enter the values below and it will automatically convert from one unit to the other.
Candela per square meter – cd/m2
The candela (pronounced /kænˈdɛlə/ or /kænˈdiːlə/, symbol: cd) is the SI base unit More >
Samsung C7705 plasma black level at 50Hz vs. 60Hz vs. Cinema Smooth
Aug 12th
I’ve been really satisfied with the Samsung PS63C7705. Owned it now for over 2 weeks and I was really impressed by the picture quality. And as many of you know I measured the black level low (at 0.02 to 0.03 cdm2) and some other reviewers measured it higher. Some of More >
Samsung PS63C7705 (PN63C8000) test – part 2
Aug 8th
This is a follow up to this post: Samsung PS63C7705 (PN63C8000) review and settings.
It’s now been two weeks since I received the Samsung PS63C7705 and I’ve received a lot of feedback (from both comments and different forums). I’ll try to answer some of the questions in this post and if you More >
Apple TV – Installation of Crystal HD – Hardware
Aug 7th
My old Apple TV (which is now used by my parents as I switched to a Mac Mini with Plex some time ago) went through an update to be able to play 720p and 1080p video. I bought the Crystal HD card cheap off ebay (shipped from Hong Kong – More >
Samsung PS63C7705 (PN63C8000) review and settings
Jul 30th
Update post: Samsung PS63C7705 (PN63C8000) test – part 2
So finally got my Samsung PS63C7705 delivered and set up. Here it is on the floor before being wall mounted (and no – it’s not a crack in the glass, just a reflection).
The Scandinavian model PSC7705 is the same as the UK More >
HDMI RGB video levels with OS X
Jul 26th
Ran into this little problem when setting up a new AV receiver with HDMI inputs and outputs. I have all my video going into my Onkyo TX-NR808 and using that for switching between video devices (Mac mini, PS3, BD player etc.), so I need all the devices to output HDMI video More >
Delete / remove svn folders
Jul 26th
Always seems to need this little command when moving stuff around in different projects.
find . -name ".svn" -type d -exec rm -rf {} \;
Hopefully somebody else will find it of use also.
scp: ambiguous target
Jul 23rd
Just spent quite a few minutes with this strange error while trying to copy some files from one OS X machine to another. I kept getting the “scp: ambiguous” target error and I was pretty certain I did everything right…
So if someone else runs into this problem here is a More >
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