Its quite some time since I wrote something over here. It has been a very hectic and happening week so far. At office, we had the synergy finale last Sunday, the details of which I had posted up over here. On Monday, we had christmas celebrations in the office. Was fun! :). And then on Tuesday, there was a performance by the in-house musical band of mInfosys called Yantra. I could not stay for the entire show, which went for over 2.5 hours., but I did listen a couple of songs. Its was really a great performance. Even though I could not be *at* the show, I could hear the music/songs at my work place.
My wife is doing fine and is now settled down in Houston. The Canon Powershot A610 rocks. The quality of image is real good. We are now waiting for the rechargeable batteries and charger which I bought over eBay. Digi-cams are power hungry devices. They need batters with more power. So, Its always better to get batteries with higher mAh rating. mAh of a battery is similar to Stamina. The higher, the better. I have managed to get hold of 8 AA sized 2500 mAh NiMH rechargeable batteries and a 1 hour fast charger for around $29 (including shipping) over eBay. Don’t know if is a nice deal. But it sounded reasonable.
On the work front, lots of work. We are working on providing a single sign on feature (provided by siteminder/identiyminder) for windows sharepoint portal. And this kind of requires us to write a ISAPI filter for IIS. We are currently working on writing this ISAPI filter (which does custom authentication). If you are familiar with ISAPI programming, get back to me!
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December 23rd, 2005 at 03:04pm
Bought Canon PowerShot A610 this week. This would be our second camera. I still love my Digital Rebel (EOS 300D). But the problem is, others feel its too complex for them to handle it. :) I can’t give it to my parents/relatives to use it. They find the Rebel it something big and that its meant only for professional photographers. It actually looks like that!. But, A610 is relatively small, and would easily fit inside a shirt pocket. So, this would be kind of a Backup Camera. The reviews for this camera are pretty impressive.
Front View
Top View
Back View
Front View - With the flip screen open
PowerShot A610 Features:
- 5.0 Mega-pixel CCD imager for up to 2592×1944 pixel images
- Postcard (1600×1200) mode with 3:2 ratio for making 4×6″ prints
- 4x optical 35-140mm f/2.8-4.1 zoom, 4x digital zoom
- 2.0″ vari-angle color LCD with up to 10x playback zoom
- Advanced TTL AiAF 9-point autofocus system
- Program AE, Shutter-speed priority, Aperture priority and Manual modes
- Pre-programmed creative scene modes for beginners
- Movie mode w/sound, 640×480 30fps up to 1GB
- 1.9fps Continuous burst capture of Large/Fine images
- Evaluative metering on focus point, Center-weighted or Spot options
- Stitch Assist mode for perfect panoramas
- Exposure compensation: +/-2EV in 1/3-step increments
- White Balance: Auto, 5 presets or Custom
- Orientation sensor that automatically detects vertical or horizontal shooting
- Low-light focus assist illuminator
- Light-guide zoom flash, angle changes with focal length
- Shutter speeds of 15 seconds to 1/2500 second
- Selectable ISO settings from 50 to 400
- Built-in microphone and speaker
- Powered by four standard AA type batteries
- USB 2.0 high-speed connectivity for PC and Mac
- Secure Digital/MMC memory cards, 16MB supplied
- Optional wide angle and telephoto lens adapters
- Optional High-Power Flash HF-DC1
Bought it over eBay. Got a pretty decent deal along with 1 GB Secure Digital Card.
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December 15th, 2005 at 12:01pm