Since I fully switched to digital some three years ago, I have always shoot in RAW format.  Digital medium has always been unforgiving over- and underexposure, much less forgiving than slide film.  And with ultra-megapixel-count-in-small-imaging-sensor like the GR-D, the tolerance for wrong exposure is even worse.  Consider this shot.

As you can see, the whites are pretty much blown out.  Since we are working on an 8-bit JPEG, highlight recovery is almost non-existent.

Fortunately, with the GR-D, we can shoot in RAW (The GR-D saves JPG and RAW at the same time when shooting RAW)…as you can see in that same photo, I was able to recover some of the highlights. 

In addition, I was able to control the saturation and contrast.  It is true that entailed more work, but in the end it provided a better image.

I should probably explain more like showing histograms and all that, but I’m too lazy.  I still haven’t finished my next camera review; it’s been almost two months since I announced that the next review is almost done.  Yes, I’m that lazy.  Sue me.

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About a year ago, I raved at how this little device works.  It works flawlessly until a couple of days ago, when the charger stopped charging the device; it instead makes the Roomba flash red lights.  Perusing the iRobot (maker of Roomba) website, I read that if the charger light is not green, you should call customer service.  I did, but after roughly 20 minutes on hold, I gave up and used the form on their website to send out my little rant:

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My roomba charger stopped charging the Roomba–instead it makes the Roomba emit red pulses.  I’ve read in this page and my charger does blink yellow instead of continuous green…

Unfortunately, your phone customer service suck like your vacuums: as instructed i did call the phone number…but after EIGHTEEN MINUTES of waiting, i gave up.

Please advise.

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We’ll see what happens.

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Wow.  That was one long game.

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Uh.  That was it?  I think I spent a total of 4 hours playing it.

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A few months ago, I wrote about how good this movie can potentially be, and that it was hampered by the gross editing so it would not end up being half-a-day long, and that I would be looking forward to the Director’s Cut.  Well, without even a hint of advertising, the Director’s Cut actually came out last May.  I ordered my copy and will be watching the whole thing, hoping not to be disappointed…because it’s over THREE HOURS long. 

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This game rules so much.  You are basically a neophyte defense attorney doing investigation and court actions (mostly pressing and cross-examining the prosecutor’s witnesses to find inconsistencies and invalidate their testimonies).  The game involves a lot of reading AND thinking, but it’s not boring–far from it; it’s got some comical moments and it’s never dragging.

As of this writing, this game is very hard to come by.  I bought mine directly from Capcom’s website when they had a fresh stock (right now they’re unavailable again).  I cannot recommend this game highly enough.  One of the best games (regardless of platform) I’ve played, bar none.

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I finished “New Super Mario Bros.” this morning prior to heading to workplace.  Oh, yeah, of course, I got a DS Lite, too.

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Bryan Singer must have sold his soul to the Devil.  “Superman Returns” is brilliant!  I was skeptical of Routh playing as Superman, but he turned to be a LOT better than expected.  A lot of reviews say that Routh has weak acting; whoever wrote those reviews are retarded.  If anything, I thought Kevin Spacey was a little overacting on his portrayal.

You have to watch it. 

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This morning I’ve been mostly doing nothing, and as I read through some of the forums in imdb.com, it’s stated that Paul Bettany is rumored to be one of the frontrunners to be cast as The Joker for the Batman Begins sequel. If that happens, that would rule so much the world would forgive him for being part of that trash that is “The Da Vinci Code.”

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