Nothing too exciting, but I've decided to add a Wine topic to my blog. Being I love to drink wine as much as Beer! I figure I might as well. I don't intend to pontificate about them, rather it will be a simple photo like the Beer! topic is now. I don't currently have a review source so until then I won't be linking the anywhere either, but would expect I can find some thing. In the meantime, enjoy a fine glass of wine and/or admire what I'm drinking.
So back in early August I acquired a Centurion Ironman Expert and began rehabilitating it. It was in very good condition other than having been unused and stored for a number of years. So a good cleanup, a full lube job (which really didn't need to be done) and replacement of some of the dry rotted rubber and plastic bits and it's been good to go for a while now. Items replaced and/or added:
Since August when my Canon S1 IS died, I've been camera-less and sad. But FINALLY, my wife relented her fiscal restraints and yesterday allowed me to shell for a new Canon PowerShot SX10 IS.
There aren't a lot of reviews to be found yet, but there is some information both here and here.
And for those to lazy or disinterested to follow the above links, here it is:
And the backside…
Basically this is the 5th generation of the S1, S-series camera I previously had. The S1 was followed by the S2, S3, S5 and now the SX10 and SX1; (An even nicer and likely pricier version (CMOS sensor) that is only available in Europe.) This is a pretty major jump in features/abilities as the S1 was a 10x/3MP camera and the SX10 is a 20x/10MP camera. But there's a lot more with a bigger sensor and other electronics upgrade. In short this a serious upgrade over the older S1 I had.
I would like to have jumped to a true DSLR, but this is a better choice for me. A DSLR initially wouldn't have cost significantly more, but to get the range this has I'd have to shell for a lens or two. And then there would be something else and on and on. I just can't afford that and this is still something my wife can simply, easily and readily use…not that she couldn't wield a DSLR. So mostly it's cost compromise as I'd also still like to get a new bike and we really, really need a new computer. Regardless, I'm an extremely happy camper this morning as I eagerly await it's arrival from Newegg (complete with a free 8GB memory card)!
Last weekend I found time to make a minor update to my CycleLog. The Bikes page now features a lightbox image popup for each of the bike images. This now allows for a small thumbnail image that can be clicked to view in a larger size. This is what I wanted to do all along, but didn't have the time back when I added the images. This was really needed as the original image sizes were too large which resulted in horribly slow page loads. Plus the reduced image display size looked really lousy. So all is well now, although I need to update the Centurion Ironman image since the bike was rebuilt.