Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley
As a plant person I was a bit thrown by the name of one of Microsoft’s latest innovations: Photosynth. But as a photographer and web person I can’t wait to try it out. But then I discover it will only run on Windows XP SP2 or Vista. And what about Read more …
Is ‘geocoding’ a word? According to this site it is, and who am I to quibble? Geocoding basically means adding location info to image files, which then opens up all sorts of possibilities for mapping, such as in Flickr, which I mentioned just a few days ago. I can’t help Read more …
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. First the laughter: Flickr has recently launched a fully integrated mapping tool (as opposed to a few other sites which had been doing it via tags and the Flickr API) and it’s flippin’ clever. As an example go to the Kew Gardens Read more …
Much to the annoyance of the Other Half, I seemed to spend every spare minute last week doing a mass listing on eBay. Having bought many more vintage photos at auction than I could possibly want (or afford), it was time for a clearout of the surplus stuff, the ones Read more …
Well, the enigmatic Zeus camera mentioned previously has been handed over to Royal Mail who should hopefully deliver it to its rightful owner by 1pm tomorrow. /etcetera/cameras/eBay/f1servoeefinder/060119ebay074.jpgMeanwhile I’ve been busy listing a whole load of other auction purchases on eBay, the real highlights of which being some fabulous 30+ year Read more …
I was in my local auction house on Monday and spotted three old cameras in one lot. A couple were nice-looking (but seemingly valueless) Kodaks – an old folding ‘Junior’ and a Box Brownie. The third was intriguing, a simple box labelled ‘Zeus’ and ‘Made in England’ and inside a Read more …