Gregs Ramblings | Monthly Archive

Dec 27th, 2007

Why I Like SmugMug

I have spent a considerable amount of time seeking out the best photo gallery service for my pictures. My demands are fairly typical – I want to be able to upload pictures, create a nice looking gallery and be able to share that gallery. I need a lot of flexibility because I shoot many types [...]

Dec 24th, 2007

First mini-vacation with the Nikon D300

My wife and I flew to Key West this past weekend to get a short break before the last minute Christmas chaos. This was the first time I could use the D300 in a relaxed manner. Pictures are available at http://gregorywilson.smugmug.com (two Key West galleries). I am loving the camera. The D300 seems to have [...]

Dec 7th, 2007

A 500GB hard drive for $1,000,000 !

I’ve always been fascinated by how fast technology moves. It’s so easy to get wrapped up in the latest gadgets we often forget just how fast it is actually moving! A few days ago, I purchased a 500 Gigabyte drive for $160 at Best Buy. As I was standing in line to pay, my mind [...]

Dec 6th, 2007

Quoted on CNET!

My article on November 29th “Nikon D300 first impressions by a D200 owner” caught the attention of Stephen Shankland, a reporter for CNET. We exchanged a couple of emails and yesterday, he posted an article on the CNET news page titled, “Poll: Does Nikon or Canon have better SLRs?” and I was quoted! It was [...]

Dec 3rd, 2007

First Aerial Photography Mission with the Nikon D300

I shot 7 locations Sunday in Ocala, Orlando and Punta Gorda, Florida using my new Nikon D300. A few impressions to append to my earlier article: The high-speed continuous shooting is actually too fast for what I shoot…I changed it to low-speed (3fps) Instead of shooting at ISO200 like I usually do, I shot at [...]

Dec 1st, 2007

Adobe SHARE Beta

Adobe is now beta testing a new online service called Adobe Share, a free web-based service that allows you to easily share, publish and organize your documents. With Share you can: Send documents without email attachments. Access your documents from anywhere. View all the documents you have shared or received in one place. Post a [...]