The best camera is the one thats in your hands. This axiom is especially true for enthusiasts of any sort of documentary photography, such as photojournalism or street. Given that my (and probably your) mobile phone is either on me or more accessible to me than my proper camera more often than not, it is actually an important component of my greater camera kit. As I did with my prior mobile (read my HTC Desire HD camera review), I put my new Samsung Galaxy Note 2 camera through its paces and thought Id pass along my thoughts to you. With the exception of a few software differences (most involving S-Pen use), the Note 2 has the same camera package as its smaller brother so you can consider this a Samsung Galaxy S3 camera review, too.
A couple of months ago I reviewed what I believed (and still believe) to be the best stylus for the iPad (and one stylus that was complete crap). Since settling on a stylus that I was comfortable with I decided to move on and experiment with some of the more popular drawing apps available for the iPad. To be honest, I really dont have a favorite. They are all good in some respects and lacking in others. Therefore, Im going to structure this article as a series of mini reviews, spelling out where each app shines and where each falls short for me.
I like to take photos. If you weren’t aware of that, take a look at any other article in this blog. Or the domain name. I also like to sketch. It’s something that I’ve been doing ever since i used to sit in the furthest back corner of algebra class drawing rather sick and perverse, yet comical pictures of Mr. Ward. I’m not actually good at sketching, but if we only expressed our inner artist in the ways we knew we would do well, there would be no need for karaoke bars. In fact, it can be said that I am as good at drawing as every single person who I’ve ever heard doing karaoke is at singing.
I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz recently for Adobe’s Photoshop Touch for the iPad. I’ve taken a look at the features and really can’t understand where the buzz is coming from. It’s an okay app and the UI is solid but it doesn’t bring anything new or different to the table. It’s not the first with layers and, due to physical limitations defined by iOS, using layers severely compromises image resolution. Is it just because photographers like to name-drop recognized brand names?
I’m here to introduce an app with tools that are actually useful to the mobile professional and has been evolving over the past couple of years to meet their needs: Photogene. Specifically, I will be referring to the “Pro features” version of the app, available via in-app purchase for eight bucks.
Almost directly across from the National Taiwan Museum entrance at 228 Peace Memorial Park is the Land Bank old building. Now, I know what you’re thinking:
“A bank. How exciting.”
It is. First off, it’s a great example of colonial-era architecture of which there are not many. More importantly, there is a large exhibition hall inside…
Wait, what? Kawai….Taiwan? My Kawai upright piano clearly states Made in Japan! Well, it was. Sort of. We’ll get to that briefly at the end of this article. First, we need to get into the wonderful Music4Fun program launched by this factory in Taoyuan, which produces instruments for both Kawai and Suzuki.
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