The RØDE iXY looks like an awesome attachment for an iOS device. Looks to be only compatible with devices that have the 30-pin connectors, so iPhone 5s & newer iPads are out. At least for the moment. $200. Available now but sold out at Rode’s store.

Just trying out the iPhone’s panorama feature, in vertical, on this great house in Ditmas Park/Flatbush. This is after the snow storm we had last Friday, which I refuse to call by the stupid storm “name” the Weather Chanel has conjured up.

As beautiful as ever. You're one of my favorite places in the city.

A toy, about an inch long, found in some of the belongings from the house my mom grew up in.

A quick tip about how to quickly remove the horrible color fringing and chromatic aberrations in a high contrast image. I discovered a neat quick way to do this. Amazed I didn’t find it before.

Until Aperture can process and correct for an extreme condition like this, Lightroom, and, by extension Adobe Camera Raw, will keep it’s place on the top of my list of great raw processors. Don’t get me wrong, though. I do like Aperture. A lot. I just want it to do these kind of corrections. If there is another version on the horizon (something I don’t think is going to happen – but I’d love to be proven wrong), Aperture will need the ability to correct for color fringing and lens distortions as well as, or better than, Lightroom. Let’s hope.

Is he an assassin sent by grocery clerks?