Gkaruk's Technological Blog

Below are three Nikon D70 test shots I have recently used to compare the 1:1 view against my Panazonic FZ50 camera shots.

Nikon D70 Test Shot 1
Nikon D70 Test Shot 2
Nikon D70 Test Shot 3

I was quite surprised at the clarity of the Nikon D70 SLR shots over my Panasonic at 1:1 ratio. The SLR world certainly shows a lot more clarity and sharpness which I expected, but I did not expect the 1:1 shots of my Panasonic to be so blurred when zoomed. I gues this explains why the lense on the Nikon D70 is twice the price of my Panasonic FZ50.

Whilst playing with the windows operating system, Vista coming in 2007 and decided to check in my Media Center PC could handle me dual booting with Vista.

I first needed to confirm my latest hardware really would work under Vista and the drivers which it comes with.  This proved to be alot easier than I thought due to WIKI, the online encyclopaedia has a URL with just this information.

The link to the Vista RC1 Hardware Compatibility List is here.

This has saved me alot of time and now I just monitor the manufacturer sites for the hardware in my MCE which is not on the list, like my new Hauppauge Nova-T-500-MCE dual Freeview Tuner card (argh!).

Microsoft's press release at the X06 event in Barcelona was full of surpirses this year and re-affirms their intention to be a serious contender to Sony, if not become the new number one console.

In their press release they announced and showed existing and new unseen titles, including, Project Gotham Racing 4, Halo Wars, Banjo-Kazooie along with a deal between Microsoft, Bungie and Pete Jackson (director of King Kong and Lord of The Rings).

You can find a copy of the full press release here.

In Microsoft press release at X06 in Barcelona were some major surprises.  However, as I blogged back in may the rumoured Xbox 360 HD-DVD price was spot on (well minus £1).

Microsoft has confirmed the HD-DVD will arrive in Europe for £129 in mid-November 2006. This is a stunning price and with HD-DVDs currently listed on Play.com for around £18 a rocking hi-def movie watching piece of kit.

The press release extract for this news is:

...Arriving at retailers in North America, the U.K, France and Germany in mid-November 2006, the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player will retail for $199.99 in North America (estimated retail price)* and €199.99/£129.99 (estimated retail price)* in the U.K., France and Germany. The Xbox 360 HD DVD Player comes with the Universal Pictures’ blockbuster film Peter Jackson’s “King Kong” on HD DVD (for a limited time) and the Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote...

I will post the full press release in a new post laters.