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Interesting article over Wired on the Red Digital Movie Camera. But this is way beyond amateurs. What I find interesting is the new Nikon D90 (links to dpreview and Ken) which shoots 720p at 24 frames with a bigg-ish and fast sensor.
Despite what the Wired article says about HD cameras having too much DOF, I [...]

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攝於赤峰附近。

赤峰附近大量種植玉米。我問司機他們是否多吃玉米，他說現在大家環境好了，種出來的玉米多用作飼料，亦有用來製造甲醇。

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這年的端午節，我入了大澳，去體驗大澳人怎樣渡過這個一年之中大澳最熱鬧的節日。
我參加了遊涌的項目，更有幸可以乘神艇跟隨父老們一起去迎神及送神。

迎完神之後，父老們泊好神艇，讓眾神看艇賽。不過這個艇賽在內灣進行，不同在灣外的正式比賽。

冇飯食就好難有人肯扒艇，所以贊助十分重要。各位如果不想這個傳統失傳，可以考慮贊助。
從Google找到大澳端午遊涌，有更多相片及簡介。其中有張圖片有小弟客串路人甲。

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Victorinox Hong Kong has a shop in the IFC Mall, and used to sell Suunto watches there. I ordered a strap for my old man’s Vector there and the service was alright.
Not any more. So when one of the buttons on my Core stops working, I looked up on the Suunto website, which still lists [...]

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雖然Scribus有中文menu items，不過唔識避頭點，做唔到中文DTP，唔合格。

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Ken Rockwell on the D700:-
Serious amateurs can kiss those squinty little finders and plasticy DX lenses of DX cameras goodbye forever! It’s been a silly past few years.
(Emphasis mine). Hey I happen to like those cheap light excellent DX lenses. Pentax DSLRs don’t have squinty little finders so the DX format should not be blamed.
I [...]

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The latest martial-art action movie from Thailand. A bunch of petti gangsters refusing to settle small debts of a few thousand Bahts and a big gangster aided by she-male assassins, all getting beaten up by an autistic girl. The fighting parts are good, but dragged on for far too long. The film otherwise doesn’t make [...]

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I have been playing with video encoding tools to try to turn the HD video files (in AVCHD format) I shot during my trip to Mongolia to video files good for general consumption, i.e. watchable on the standard personal computer (e.g. DivX or H.264).
Apple iMovie and Final Cut Express both work very well for DV [...]

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My old man has managed to chip it, at two spots on the sharp edge. One bit came off while in the storage box, and the other bit came off while cutting… bread.
He’s made the call (phone number printed on the blade) and should be getting a replacement (for under HK$100) soon. Update to follow.

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Background reading.

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When I first bought my CX7 videocam, only 8GB Memory Stick Duo Pro was available (and more expensive than SDHC cards of the same size too!) The package came with 2 4GB cards, each only good for shooting for half an hour on the highest quality setting. They are probably okay for shooting SD movie, [...]

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Thoughtful and well-written response to a complaint of a children’s book about gay marriage in a public library, made by the librarian, Jamie LaRue.

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My old man has been using an old BBK DVD player with his plasma TV.
I saw the Pioneer 410V HDMI upscaling DVD player in PCM (local computer-AV-gadget mag) and told him about it. He went around shopping and bought one from Fortress in Causeway Bay. But he forgot to grab an HDMI cable, so it [...]

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From inmediahk.net:-
無線電視生活台的《全民開講》一般會在播出前兩天錄影。七月二十四日，原本該播放七月二十二日錄影的節目，內容是關於警權的，除了慣常幾位評論人外，來了兩位被警察拘捕及脫衣搜身的年青人。可是，觀眾在七月二十四日看不到這一集，而且，可能永遠看不到。為甚麼？無線的官方說法是，錄音方面出了問題。
七月下旬，無線《全民開講》的負責人，打算以「警察濫權」及修訂的「搜身指示」作為題目，透過邵家臻，找到麥家蕾及王浩賢兩位，他們與其他十幾位朋友，於去年十月五日，抗議市建局清拆利東街，後被警方帶回警署，警察要求他們脫衣搜身，有女示威者更指有男警經過觀看。
麥家蕾與王浩賢於七月二十二日到達無線電視在將軍澳的錄影廠，出席《全民開講》節目錄影，出席的除了主持邵家臻外，亦有何國良、游清源與涂謹申作為評論嘉賓，無線亦曾邀請香港警察公共關係科派出代表出席，但最後不知何故沒有警方代表出席。麥與王兩人在節目內主要講述被搜身的經過，評論人亦討論了警權問題及搜身指引所涉及的問題，全程大概花了兩小時便完成節目錄影。錄影期間及之後，負責製作的工作人員亦沒有表示有任何技術問題。
節目原定七月二十四日播出，但是，王浩賢發現該集節目沒有播出。王浩賢表示，他於翌日致電該節目的一名編導，她解釋說，當日節目的「聲音錄得唔 好」，所以沒有播出來。王浩賢即時說，他們二人可以來無線補拍，因為，他們覺得這議題重要，希望能願市民知道。該編導說，此事她不能作主，星期六開會，會 再跟監製及導演商量。但是，該編導或任何無線電視代表均沒有主動聯絡二人。
七月二十八日，王浩賢再打電話給該名編導，她表示，開會當日沒有正式討論，而接著的星期四，有其他「hot issue」，要錄影也要再遲一段時間，但至於「遲」到甚麼時候，她也表示不知道。
一位在本港電視台參與電視製作差不多二十年的收音師指出，他從來沒有聽過或試過事後才知道錄音失敗，因為，錄影過程中會用多個喇叭監聽，甚至會回帶 （playback）檢查。另一位在電視台工作了十年的編導亦指出，這是幾乎不可能的，他自己亦沒有試過或聽聞發生這樣事情，他甚至斷定，有人故意臨時把 錄影片段抽起，令人懷疑無線受到某些壓力。
一群關注警權濫用的市民組成了「民權行動組」，決定於星期日( 八月三日)晚上七時半，在旺角西洋菜街舉行一次民間版的「全民開講」，並邀請原有的主持及評論人，以及麥家蕾與王浩賢，一起討論警權，並向市民交待無線電視台「臨時抽片」這事件。

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