Having accidentally dropped my old Minolta 50mm F1.4 on the London Underground recently and putting it out of commission, I was in search for a new ‘Nifty-Fifty” replacement. The choice was obvious: Sigma 50m F1.4, with its massive front element that promised superior vignetting control, wide-open sharpness, and of course a deliciously smooth bokeh with [...]

I few months back, I’ve made posts detailing my experiences with Sony a900 and Nikon D700. I was on track to testing out Canon’s full frame offerings to make a comparison between these cameras, but was derailed in doing so because of school and work. Now that I finally have the time to sit down [...]

I saw this 10.1 inch going for quite cheap over at Canada Computers, so I decided to buy it for note-taking in class and answering emails. I’ve since nuked the HDD and installed Windows 7 Ultimate 32x. I thought about running XP or Linux, but Windows 7 had the best battery life. The 250GB Harddrive is a [...]

Long awaited replacement for my left, 17 inch, monitor has arrived today: The HP L2445M, 24 inch LCD TFT panel. the L2445M was pretty well priced with a nice, thin bezel that I prefer over the big TV style bezels that are more common (yuck!). Unboxing below. Now some people love this, and some don’t. For [...]