Tag: Technology

Pixii Rangefinder Camera: Review progress and a meeting with the boss

After four weeks and more than 600 images, Macfilos author Jörg-Peter will tell the readers (almost) all about the Pixii rangefinder camera. So stay tuned for his review.

The Pre-Tech Office 1: Behind the banking desk in the historic 1960s

Office life in the 1960s — manual typewriters, no computers, hard-slog hands-on labour. Mike takes a look into the past...

ChatGPT artificial intelligence gets to grips with the world of Leica

ChatGPT, the new AI freeform composer gets to grips with some pretty esoteric Leica stuff. Is it useful, is it about to replace the editor of Macfilos in the near future. Mike sets out to challenge the bot...

Telling Time: Citizen Proximity smartwatch ten years on

Ten years ago on Macfilos: The search for the perfect smartwatch was still three years in the future. But did this rather cumbersome Citizen Proximity cut the mustard, even in 2012? Mike looks back on a not-so-successful try at watch/phone integration...

LensTagger Lightroom plugin: A useful tool for fans of film photography and vintage lenses

LensTagger is a very helpful plugin for Adobe Lightroom CC. It allows adding information to the Exif file within your image. Great for film and vintage lens users - this review shows a functioning workflow.

Decent Exposure Part 2: Hand-held light meters and what they are good for

The second part of our lightmeter review focuses on hand-held models, starting with the iconic Gossen Lunasix F and ending with Sekonic’s high-tech wonders…

Decent Exposure Part 1: Attachable external light meters and where they help

The first part of our lightmeter review homes in on hot-shoe-mounted devices, ranging from the original Leicameter to the latest electronic models...

10 Years Ago: iResign, Steve’s departure well managed by Apple

Ten years ago Steve Jobs resigned from Apple and Tim Cook took over the running of what has since become the world's most valuable company. Mike takes a nostalgic trip back to that day in 2011...

Tekkiepix connects 100 years of technology industry photography

A new web site conceived by journalist and broadcaster Barry Fox has been launched to bring together more than...

Apocalypse Now: Bushfires and a lesson for us all

The breakdown of all infrastructure in the Australian bushfires serves to illustate just how much we now rely on technology for our day to day survival. After a generation of increasing reliance, are we losing the abillity to survive without these aids?

95% of humans over 15 own a cellphone. True or false?

Can you believe that 5 billion out of 5.3 bill over-15s on this planet own a phone? I didn't but let's give it a whirl...

Has digital camera technology reached a plateau of excellence?

Digital image quality has now reached a point where it is tempting to say that it cannot be improved. It’s not true, of course. Everything can be improved. But do we need it? Have we reached a plateau in development?