neourbanite » gadgets http://www.neourbanite.com Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:32:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The intangibility of being… http://www.neourbanite.com/the-intangibility-of-being/ http://www.neourbanite.com/the-intangibility-of-being/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:14:42 +0000 courtney http://www.neourbanite.com/?p=101 As of late I'm reading less books; I have a Kindle but it has been sitting dormant for a few weeks now. There is nothing wrong with the Kindle, and I actually enjoy reading on it. I think the problem is the persistence of a new tangible thing versus an old. What I mean is that when I used to buy books, the book was a new object and it tended to garner more of my attention which in turn would cause me to read it. But with the Kindle I have several new books to read but they have no tangibility or permanence in my day to day peripheral view so I tend not to remember I have them and subsequently they go unread. When I first purchased the Kindle it had that tangible newness and I read a few books but now it's "old" and tends to be forgotten. I find this is inherently part of the problem with all media moving to digital only, it lacks permanence and doesn't co-exist in my physical space so it's harder for me to remember/account for...

]]> http://www.neourbanite.com/the-intangibility-of-being/feed/ 0 Sigma DP2 http://www.neourbanite.com/sigma-dp2/ http://www.neourbanite.com/sigma-dp2/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:35:57 +0000 courtney http://www.neourbanite.com/?p=39 Here's some sample pictures taken with my new Sigma DP2 digital camera:

Alex Flower

So far I really like the camera. It's a little quirky and definitely wouldn't be a good everyday point and shoot, but as an art/hobby camera it's great!

Pros:

- Build quality, design

- Image quality at low ISO

- SLR like depth of field

Cons:

- Lot's of noise in low light and at high ISO

- Fixed lens

- Slow auto focus

- Requires patience

More info on the camera:

Sigma DP2 Site

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