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Fujifilm X100s: FirstLook

April 2, 2013 // 1 Comment

We held off from getting the Fujifilm X100 when it was first announced in 2010, even though we REALLY wanted one, because we had committed ourselves to spending some quality [...]

Urban Safari : Birdfeeding in a snowstorm

March 11, 2013 // 0 Comments

Putting out food for our feathery friends is a great way to bring some life to the RainyDayGarden during the dead of Winter. This is especially important (to the birds) [...]

Urban Safari: Huntington Library

February 15, 2013 // 0 Comments

While New England was being buried by Nor’easter Nemo, some of us were in L.A. enjoying our annual visit to the West Coast office. Those left behind to mind [...]

Cole’s Wild Bird Feed FirstUse

December 29, 2012 // 0 Comments

We got a shipment of Cole’s Wild Bird Feed for the RainyDayGarden just before the Holidays. As the temperature had been relatively warm, we had been putting out just [...]

Urban Safari: Happy Thanksgiving Turkeys!

November 20, 2012 // 0 Comments

We know that, like us, many of you are looking forward to a Thanksgiving feast with turkey as the main course. We know turkeys are tasty, but we also want to remind folks [...]

Sea Crest Beach Hotel, Falmouth MA

November 13, 2012 // 0 Comments

Lots of people know that the Cape is a great place to visit in the Summer…which is why we usually avoid it until the off-season. We like the off-season for a lot of [...]

Urban Safari : at World’s End

November 5, 2012 // 0 Comments

After our successful FirstUse outing with the Lensbaby Composer Pro and Edge 80 optic, we went looking for other locations to further “exercise” the lens. [...]

Zuiko to Nikon adapter FirstLook

October 25, 2012 // 0 Comments

When we worked at Kodak’s digital imaging group in the early 90’s, a 1.2MP camera was strictly for professionals. Digital camera technology has changed a lot [...]

Books: Lens and Lensbaby

October 23, 2012 // 0 Comments

Recently, we have been posting quite a lot about lenses (Nikkor 18-300mm, Composer Pro, Edge 80). We also got a lot of emails asking if we could recommend some books for [...]

Lytro FirstThoughts

October 22, 2012 // 1 Comment

We  are the recipients of a lot of press releases. A few weeks ago, one announcing Lytro’s update to its innovative Light Field camera caught our attention. We [...]
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