From the Archives

Road Trip (February 09, 2007)

I will be on vacation until March 3rd, with little or no access to modern communications. So if you don't get an immediate response to your call or email, it's not because I hate you!

Derelict Gas Station (February 05, 2007)

Brilliant photography bimonthly JPG Magazine are preparing a theme on "nature reclaiming technology," so I dug up this old photo from northernmost Sweden and submitted it. The price on the pump was set at 1ore per liter (about 0.5c per gallon), so the gas station must have been out of business for a while.

Lens Plant (February 03, 2007)

Check out this fascinating look into Canon's lens manufacturing process: It walks you through the production of an EF 500mm f/4.0 L IS USM, from raw materials to final assembly.