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Okay, packing up some gear for a 6 days vacation in Paris next week!!

We rented a beautiful apartment 5m walk to Eiffel tower. We’re visiting most of the popular attractions that this beautiful city has to offer.. Montmartre, the Latin quarter, La Conciergerie, Notre Dame, Arc de Triomphe, a boat tour of the seine… and of course bring our 5 y-o kid to Disneyland ;-)..

For the first time I’ll be leaving my notebook at home but the owner has assured me that there’s a laptop with internet connection in the apartment… good for late night emails, photo uploads and vacation planning while staying there…

I think I’ll be shooting RAW+JPG so that I can post some (unprocessed) images without the need of a raw converter before I get back home.

taken on Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:23:08pm (CEST)
[ NIKON D70s; 18 mm @ f/3.5 @ 1/40th @ 500 ISO ; metering: Manual, Center-weighted average ]

Fun wedding reception activities for kids

taken on Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:31:35pm (CEST) in Ponte Ronca, Italy
[ NIKON D300; 55 mm @ f/3.2 @ 1/250th @ 200 ISO ; metering: Manual, Multi-segment ]
[ location: 44 deg 29' 36.60" N, 11 deg 11' 18.60" E, 73 m a.s.l. ]

Jun 25 update: bathtub video test

For the coming summer season I just bought this cheap waterproof (5m/15ft) case: the Aquapac 404.

For less than 30€, the 404 is small enough to fit my Vado HD camcorder, my mobile phone (does 3G work for some Qik realtime streaming underwater ?!?) or my p&s camera.

The product comes with an adjustable neckcord, 5 dessiccant sachets (to help absorb any condensation in the air inside the case) and a three-year global warranty.

Aquapac sells waterproof cases for everything and at reasonable prices, go take a look at their sizing guide.

After some bubble tests here at home I’m hopefully using it on the beach in a couple of weeks!

taken on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:45:41pm (CEST)
[ NIKON D300; 17 mm @ f/2.8 @ 1/1000th @ 200 ISO ; metering: Auto, Multi-segment ]

taken on Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:16:04pm (CEST) in Sambuca Pistoiese, Italy
[ NIKON D300; 55 mm @ f/3.2 @ 1/8000th @ 200 ISO ; metering: Auto, Multi-segment, +1/3 EV ]
[ location: 44 deg 6' 13.20" N, 10 deg 59' 33.00" E, 702 m a.s.l. ]

I’m  releasing a new Facebook application: PostInjector.

PostInjector can post your Flickr images collected by the SuckRSS engine to your Facebook profile or page, along with a thumbnail and relevant Exif data (focal length, exposure, metering mode, gps coordinates, etc). A link to a map and a reverse geocoded place name are provided for georeferenced images, as usual.
The application uses the new Open Stream API and has already been whitelisted by Facebook.

More about SuckRSS
PostInjector Facebook application

This 24V/500W incandescent Leuci light bulb was found intact on the beach by my dad.

taken on Sat, 6 Jun 2009 20:14:34pm (CEST)
[ NIKON D300; 17 mm @ f/2.8 @ 1/640th @ 200 ISO ; metering: Auto, Center-weighted average ]

scarabeo, trovato in strada durante una passeggiata in bici..
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