I just read this the other day, I’m currently reading one of Neil’s books… the guy is a freaking genius.

Today my new Macbook Air arrived. This is lightweight, perfect for my camera bag when on location for proofs and also for writing my books.

Geekbench wise – it scored a 6268

I bought it from the refurbished area inside Apple.com. For those of you that are new to the world of Apple, this is the sales area. In short, you get the exact same computer, but cheaper. Full warranty etc, the only difference, it doesn’t come in the glossy box. Seriously, if you’re buying anything Apple, this should *always* be the first place you look. Go to Apple.com or Apple.ca > Click store in the menu across the top > left side 3/4 of the way down look for “Special Deals” now click whatever you’re looking for. Example.. Refurbished Mac

The box above is how it was shipped to me. Simple, no glossy, saved 15-20% on the cost. These aren’t used machines, these are usually machines that someone bought and then cancelled the order before shipping. For whatever reason Apple puts it in the ‘used’ area after this. We have bought a lot from refurbished… and it’s always amazing, never breaks, and let’s face it, saving money is smart.

So there you have it. Light, fast, perfect for me.

I ordered my Nikon D4 in the start of January when Nikon announced it. I sold my Nikon D700 right away to a buddy looking to get into the game, and then later Nikon delayed the release of the D4 from January to March. Yes, it was the suck. I had no camera to shoot with.

Ah well, the day has come and the D4 has arrived. unboxing time.

Nikon included a 16 gig XQD card and card reader. XQD is the future for cards for cameras, as in.. you know that SD card or CF card you have now in your camera? Next year’s model of that camera, or the year after depending on your camera and how up to date they are.. will all be XQD. XQD is the fastest card possible, and they can go all the way up to 4 gig currently. The ones for sale stop at 32 gigs right now, but this is changing as well.

Being that I am in Canada, my Nikon has two manuals, one in English, in French.

Right out of the box, I am blown away with how light this is. All I had read in reviews was “what a tank it is” and what not. I am thinking the reviewers shoot with small compact cameras or smaller dlsrs without pro grip/extra batteries. That makes sense to me anyway.

This is lighter than a D700 with pro grip and extra battery. I weighed mine before selling it, this is 1.1 pounds lighter then D700, pro grip, extra battery in pro grip. That might not seem like much, but it adds up.

Holy shit.. TWO battery charger included! Nice!

Breaks down how much time you have shooting. this is cool.

The battery that comes with it is said to be good for 2600 shots. I’d like a second battery as a back up me thinks.

So there you have it, I have not started to shoot with it yet, I just started to play with the menus. The LCD screen on the back, wow. The resolution looks like an iphone 4s, so clear, almost like a video game.

The two card slot set up, you can have it write in overflow meaning one card is full, it writes to second card. You can set it for back up so it writes to one, then copies to other.. or you can write in raw / jpeg so it is putting raw pix on card A, jpegs on card b.

Seriously, in the ten minutes I have played with this camera, I can tell you one thing. My game has changed.

B and I are shooting Friday or Saturday for next week’s update.. wish me luck!

Not everyone can say the own a Ninja.

I however can say I own a Ninja. The Atomos Ninja to be specific. I grabbed this to aid in video from the D4. The Nikon spits it out via hdmi uncompressed and the Ninja takes it from there and then some. If you want to know more or read the geek specs, hit up their site here.

If you like comic book movies in the least, get ready for the heat. This trailer for the Avengers was released this morning.

download the 1280 x 720 version here. (42 megs) If you’d like to see the 1920 x 1080 HD version.. click the youtube logo.. then when on youtube, click the gear icon to change size, then go full screen, then geekgasm.

A few screen grabs from the trailer.. click for 1920 x 1080

(yes, the Hulk plucked Iron Man out of the sky and is now sliding down a skyscraper to save him. happens every day. duh)

Guys? I’m bringing the party to you…

This movie is going to be intense. I can’t wait for May 4th!