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Ruling Allows ‘Jailbreaking’ of iPhones.

Stack of iPhone’s, Photo by Jaap Oostinjen.

Announced today Monday, July 26, 2010, owners of iPhone can now legally break electronic locks on their precious phone in order to download software apps from third party sources not approved Apple.

The decision to allow the practice commonly known as “jailbreaking” is one of a handful of new exemptions from a 1998 federal law that prohibits people from bypassing technical measures that companies put on their products to prevent unauthorized uses. The Library of Congress, which oversees the Copyright Office, reviews and authorizes exemptions every three years to ensure that the law does not prevent certain non-infringing use of copyright-protected material. Continue Reading…

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Lincoln Memorial, originally uploaded by sweetspot@f8.

This is the black and white version of the photo from my previous post which you can see here.

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I’ve encountered this question many times, Third party made lens hoods(including those sold on ebay) vs manufacturer made. In my strongest opinion it is ok to get a third party made lens hood, in fact they work as well as the original. All of my lens hoods are from third party chinese manufacturers and were bought from amazon and ebay, most of them from ebay, except those for my Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM Lens and the Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8 SP XR Di II VC (Vibration Compensation) Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras which came with a manufacturer lens hoods. Continue Reading…

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Photography in the Nations Capital, originally uploaded by sweetspot@f8.

Photography in the Washington DC area isn’t that strict and are allowed in most places. But fullsize tripods and similar devices are not allowed unless you have a permit. I have compiled  a short list of information which maybe of help to some: Continue Reading…

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Website : http://www.nps.gov/nama/index.htm

Address :
Superintendent
National Mall and Memorial Parks
900 Ohio Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20024

Park Information
202.426.6841

Park Headquarters
202.485.9880

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The Washington Monument, originally uploaded by sweetspot@f8.
Taken on the northwest after crossing the 17th St. NW. Please refer to the map below and click on the green push pins to see my location. Taken using a Canon Rebel XS 10.1MP SLR Camera with a Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8 SP XR Di II VC (Vibration Compensation) Zoom Lens for Canon at ISO 100, F/10, 1/500sec in Aperture Priority. Post processed using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.7.

I probably have to do at list 4 posts for the Washington Monument. Honestly, I don’t know where to start, but here it is. First a short backgrounder.

Built between 1848 and 1884 near the west end of the National Mall to commemorate George Washington, the First President of the United States. Standing 555 feet and 5 1/2 inches tall, it is the world’s tallest stone structure and the tallest obelisk in the Washington D.C. area. Continue Reading…

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Remember my post, Glad I have Glad? Most of you know that I always carry around a couple of Glad freezer bags on my camera bag, this might come in handy in cases like rain or dust. Feezer bags are the cheapest protection you can find for your gear and the good thing about it is, it is available almost anywhere.

Recently, I found a really nice product from OP/TECH USA, the Op/Tech 18″ SLR Rainsleeve for Digital & Film Cameras with Lenses up to 7″ Diameter, 18″ Long, and it is available from Amazon.. Continue Reading…

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Fake Demb DYI -The Main Ingredients, originally uploaded by sweetspot@f8.

My DIY Demb flash diffuser featured at PetaPixel.Com. Thanks to the Editor Michael Zhang.

For the short easy to follow set of instructions please click here.p>