Thursday, September 9. 2010Wo das Netz nicht gar so dünn ist, II![]() Ich habe nun wieder meinen von früher lieb gewonnenen Downstream von 16 Mbit/s und Upstream von 1 Mbit/s – und das außerhalb des Ballungsraums. Eher durch Zufall bin ich draufgekommen, dass es sowas wie VDSL gibt, noch dazu in Österreich, und noch dazu ausschließlich von der Telekom, für die ich mich letztlich entschieden hatte. Fast zwei Jahre lang fuhr ich ja auf 6 Mbit/512 kbit, was eigentlich für mich ganz OK war, abgesehen vom schneckenden Upstream bei Foto-Uploads oder Mail-Attachments. Nun habe ich mit deren GigaSpeed 16 also wieder meine „1-fache“ Geschwindigkeit, ohne auf Alternativtechnologien wie TV-Kabel oder Funk ausgewichen zu sein. Bei SpeedTest.net konnte ich 10–11 Mbit (max. 12,5 Mbit) Downstream messen, während der Upstream recht gut mit bis zu 0,96 Mbit ausgereizt wird; beides also praktisch eine Verdoppelung. Es wäre sogar das GigaSpeed 30 mit 30 Mbit/3 Mbit möglich gewesen, wäre aber zu viel des Guten für meine Verhältnisse. Warten wir erstmal ein paar Jahre ab, bis des Sohnes Ansprüche größer werden. Wednesday, September 1. 2010A peek on current DSLR tech, II![]() Apparently, it’s time for my yearly follow-up on Canon’s releases. Canon announced the EOS 60D. It’s interesting that their prosumer “x0D” line now got downgraded in a certain sense: This DSLR became more similar to a cheaper bridge camera, with a vari-angle LCD, less weight, plastic housing, fewer fps and SD cards instead of CF. This is probably a measure for increasing the difference to their EOS 7D, which should attract the more dedicated amateur. However, there won’t be a 7D or 5D Mk II in my hands at all. My 40D is just working fine for me; unfortunately, I hardly found time to hold dedicated photography sessions apart from the obvious ones with my child. There’s still a lot of potential with and within my camera, although the maximum (unboosted) ISO of only 1600 is rather limiting sometimes, given that one could have ISO 6400 with current models. And the limited number of occasions I mentioned is also a reason why there was no “lens p0rn” in my blog recently. Although I had predicted the purchase of a tele lens for fall 2008 and then for the end of 2009, I didn’t buy one, as I rarely missed such a tool. However, there seems to be the ultimate candidate for me to finally put one into my bag at the end of 2010: Canon’s newly introduced EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 L(!) IS USM. It’s rather compact and doesn’t possess the disputed design of their aging 100-400mm. It appears to me as a 70-200mm f/4 “with the 1.4× extender included” in some sense. It’ll be available by October for €1,400. Let’s see if that’ll be my Xmas present for me, or if I rather go for a completely different gadget (namely an Android tablet).
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