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Kata Owl 272-DL

January 17, 2011 // 0 Comments

Six  years ago we did a FirstLook/FirstUse write-up of the Kata R102 backpack. The bag was one of the best camera backpacks we have used, as it can hold quite a bit of [...]

Urban Safari : FirstSnow 2010

December 27, 2010 // 0 Comments

First big storm of the season and it was a doozie. The snow was light and fluffy and the wind created some fairly good size drifts. Good thing we don’t have any plans [...]

Vacation photo secret

December 22, 2010 // 0 Comments

What  is the key to getting great vacation photos while in NYC? The secret is to bring a camera. NYC is just packed with amazing photo opportunities. It is not difficult to [...]

Christmas in NYC

December 20, 2010 // 0 Comments

Some friends were in town from Bermuda, so we took the LimoLiner to NYC this weekend to visit with them and with some family. We don’t mind driving, but the weather [...]

Scientific Revolution

November 19, 2010 // 0 Comments

Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica(“Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy”), popularly known as the Principia, is [...]

Digital FOCI PhotoBook: InTheWild

October 25, 2010 // 0 Comments

It  has been almost a year since we took a FirstUse look at Digital Foci’s PhotoBook. Today’s better digital cameras, larger memory cards, and simpler ways [...]

WildPlanet TRAKR: Imaging

October 21, 2010 // 0 Comments

Remote  controlling a mobile video camera while remaining safely hidden in an undisclosed secure location is what playing “spy” is all about. It is even more [...]

WildPlanet TRAKR FirstPlay

October 20, 2010 // 0 Comments

Apparently,  many readers are as interested in Wild Planet’s Spy Video TRAKR as we are. We got quite a bit of email asking about the internals of the TRAKR. We [...]

Columbus Day Weekend 2010

October 11, 2010 // 0 Comments

Food  and relaxation are the two most important goals of our annual Columbus Day Weekend retreat. We used to head up to Maine to Ogunquit, Wells, or Monhegan Island. [...]

MFA: Scaasi Exhibit

September 24, 2010 // 0 Comments

Arnold  Scaasi has been creating haute couture for the likes of Barbra Streisand, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, Ivana Trump, and others for over fifty years. Women with [...]
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