Archive 19. September 2011

PLEAC-Objective CAML. If you know the Perl Cookbook, you might be interested in this - it's simply the problem statements from the Perl Cookbook in Objective Caml. Generally, the PLEAC project provides the same for various programming languages, but OCaml is the only language besides Perl and Groovy with 100% coverage.

Sony NEX-7 First Impressions. Very interesting article. The NEX-7 really sounds like the camera I've been waiting for - the NEX-3 has meanwhile become something like my favorite, simply because it is so wonderfully uncomplicated and usually works very reliably. The few quirks it has (for example, the anti-reflective coating on the display, which is slowly rubbed off by the fingers) I can easily ignore. And also interesting are the image examples of the Zeiss 24/1.8 - this lens atomizes the Leica 24/1.4. And it is significantly better in price than the Leica - and fully integrated into the AF of the NEX. Now I just have to convince the finance ministry at home ...