Durable Laptop Batteries
What’s in my bag (2009 edition)
What’s in my bag (2009 edition)
Image by karlo
Every couple of years I take a picture of the equipment I’m regularly using at the time, as a visual record. This is the 2009 shot.
For comparison, here’s the 2005 version: www.flickr.com/photos/karlo/6046403/
(For reasons I don’t understand, the 2005 version remains my most-viewed photo on Flickr. In fact, I had it set to private for a long time so that it wouldn’t keep piling up views.)
I sold the 18-70 and 80-200 a few years back on eBay (partly to pay for the 18-200, which was better for travel.) The 80-200 was a great optic but a dog so far as AF.
Probably the most impressive thing to me in looking at this set is that there are at least 2 or 3 pieces of gear I still use on a regular basis that I’ve owned for 15 years or more. I’ve done similar inventories with my computer purchases – it helps me know what to spend a lot on (monitors) and not too much on (laptops.)
The other thing is how miserable the quality of the 7 megapixel Optio W30 is, even at ISO 200. I really miss my Canon SD850, which made horrible grinding noises when it zoomed but took a darn good picture.
Argh.
Image by Todd Huffman
Fixing computers in the Fab Lab.
The computers are Inveneos, which are specialized for developing countries. Low-powered and durable. 12 volt, 20 watt.
www.inveneo.org/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inveneo
My one piece of feedback is they don’t have a battery. The electricity here is all run off generators, and several times a day there’s a couple second drop in electricity, which loses everyones open projects and frustrates the students. A small battery which provided continuity would increase the usability a lot.
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My SD800 is still going strong, now with an 8gb SDHC card in it. I understand the SD870 is the successor with the same wide-angle, but with an increase in megapixels that probably does nothing for real image quality.
Whoops, looking at the EXIF it was the 850, I had an 800 a year ago and killed that one too.
I had looked at the 880, although there is now the 960 which may be somewhat smaller and have newer internals.
My 850 met its untimely end at 4:30 in the morning in Miami when a water bottle put in a bag with it had the cap come off. It was only a little bit of water, but it was apparently enough.
The real indicator of how much I dislike the Optio W30 is how long it’s lasted me. Mini-cams I like tend to die in the line of duty, I budget for them expecting they’ll maybe last two years before they’re destroyed just from the natural abuse of being carried (without worry) everywhere.
There are also some new Samsung models that are interesting because they have more manual control. Ideally, I’d love to move up to something like the DP1 with a larger sensor if the price ever dropped far enough.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0902/09022303samsungtl320hz15.asp
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Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Inveneo Photo Pool, and we’d love to have this added to the group!