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Maxxum 7D DSLR

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Minolta (actually it’s Konica Minolta now after Konica bought Minolta) has Maxxum 7D DSLR now. You can get it at amazon.com for $1,689.95 including an AF 28-100mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens. I’m thinking about buying a new DSLR to replace my current Maxxum 7xi SLR.

Here’re the Product Specifications.

* Type: 6MP digital SLR camera with anti-shake technology
* CCD resolution: 6.3 megapixels
* ISO equivalent: Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
* Maximum shutter speed: 30 seconds
* Minimum shutter speed: 1/4000 second
* Resolution modes: 3008x2000, 2256x1496, 1504x1000 pixels
* Image quality mode: Standard, Fine, Extra-fine, RAW, RAW+JPEG (Fine)
* File format: JPEG, RAW, RAW+JPEG, (DCF 2.0 compliant,
   DPOF supported by printing functions in ver.1.1, Exif 2.2)
* Memory: Type I and Type II CompactFlash Cards
* LCD monitor: 2.5-inch TFT color
* Autofocus modes: Single-shot AF, Continuous AF,
   Automatic Autofocus (DMF is selectable in menu).
   Predictive focus control for moving subjects.
   Auto-tracking focus point display
* Metering type: Direct TTL metering; 14-segment honeycomb-pattern
   metering, Center-weighted metering, Spot metering
* Flash modes: Fill Flash, Pre Flash with Red-eye reduction
* Viewfinder: Eye-level fixed system with optical-glass pentaprism
* Self-timer: 10- and 2-second delay
* Other functions: Instant playback, customizing, zone matching
* Video output: NTSC/PAL
* PC interface: USB 2.0 high-speed
* Battery: 1 NP-400 Li-ion battery
* Width: 5.91 inches
* Height: 4.17 inches
* Depth: 3.05 inches
* Weight: 26.81 ounces (without battery or media)
* In the box: Maxxum 7D camera body, wide strap (WS-4),
   remote cord clip, eyepiece cap II, eyepiece cup (FC-1400),
   shoe cap (SC-1000), body cap (BDC-1000),
   video cable (VC-500), USB cable (USB-2),
   LCD monitor protect panel (MPP-1000),
   lithium-ion battery (NP-400), lithium-ion battery charger (BC-400),
   DiMAGE software CD-ROM (includes DiMAGE Viewer)

You can compare it to a
$8,000 Canon EOS-1 Ds Mark II 16.7MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)!


Maxxum 7D DSLR

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Minolta (actually it’s Konica Minolta now after Konica bought Minolta) has Maxxum 7D DSLR now. You can get it at amazon.com for $1,689.95 including an AF 28-100mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens. I’m thinking about buying a new DSLR to replace my current Maxxum 7xi SLR.

Here’re the Product Specifications.

* Type: 6MP digital SLR camera with anti-shake technology
* CCD resolution: 6.3 megapixels
* ISO equivalent: Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
* Maximum shutter speed: 30 seconds
* Minimum shutter speed: 1/4000 second
* Resolution modes: 3008x2000, 2256x1496, 1504x1000 pixels
* Image quality mode: Standard, Fine, Extra-fine, RAW, RAW+JPEG (Fine)
* File format: JPEG, RAW, RAW+JPEG, (DCF 2.0 compliant,
   DPOF supported by printing functions in ver.1.1, Exif 2.2)
* Memory: Type I and Type II CompactFlash Cards
* LCD monitor: 2.5-inch TFT color
* Autofocus modes: Single-shot AF, Continuous AF,
   Automatic Autofocus (DMF is selectable in menu).
   Predictive focus control for moving subjects.
   Auto-tracking focus point display
* Metering type: Direct TTL metering; 14-segment honeycomb-pattern
   metering, Center-weighted metering, Spot metering
* Flash modes: Fill Flash, Pre Flash with Red-eye reduction
* Viewfinder: Eye-level fixed system with optical-glass pentaprism
* Self-timer: 10- and 2-second delay
* Other functions: Instant playback, customizing, zone matching
* Video output: NTSC/PAL
* PC interface: USB 2.0 high-speed
* Battery: 1 NP-400 Li-ion battery
* Width: 5.91 inches
* Height: 4.17 inches
* Depth: 3.05 inches
* Weight: 26.81 ounces (without battery or media)
* In the box: Maxxum 7D camera body, wide strap (WS-4),
   remote cord clip, eyepiece cap II, eyepiece cup (FC-1400),
   shoe cap (SC-1000), body cap (BDC-1000),
   video cable (VC-500), USB cable (USB-2),
   LCD monitor protect panel (MPP-1000),
   lithium-ion battery (NP-400), lithium-ion battery charger (BC-400),
   DiMAGE software CD-ROM (includes DiMAGE Viewer)

You can compare it to a
$8,000 Canon EOS-1 Ds Mark II 16.7MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)!


Laptop Internet Connetivity via SE T610 and Bluetooth

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I have successfully configured my SE T610 via a Bluetooth USB adapter to connect my PC to the internet using T-Mobile GPRS.

Here’s my setup.

  • Laptop PC (Windows 2003 Enterprise Server)
  • Sabrent 2.4 GHz USB Dongle USB Adapter (I bought from AxionTech for $16.95 this afternoon)
  • Sony Ericsson T610
  • T-Mobile T-Zones Unlimited Plan ($4.99/month)

    Installation steps:

  • Install Bluetooth Software for the USB adapter
  • Pair the device (be sure to select a passkey to secure the connection, confgiure the services for the cell phone as bluetooth device, select Dial-up Networking)
  • Configure the Dial-up Networking (select PPP connection and set the phone number to *99***2#; no need to set up user id and password)
  • Add a new data account in SE T61o Connectivity/Data Comm (APN: wap.voicestream.com, CID will be 2. if not, change the dial up phone number according. The digit before the # is the CID number)
  • Click on T610 Dial-up Networking on PC. It should show connection up quickly if everything is configured OK

    I am getting 38 kbps through Road Runner Speed Test. Compared to 2655 kbps over a broadband connection. It’s very slow, but it’s fast enough for usage on-the-go.

    And it’s so hard to believe that I can use HTTPS on the PC while T-Mobile blocks HTTPS on the cell phone. It’s very hard to comprehend what T-Mobile is going after.

    • T610 and WAP Security

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    I’m spending the weekends researching options on WAP security with my Sony Ericsson T610. I signed up a plan with T-Mobile with its T-Zones, which supports GPRS for web browsing, email, SMS and MMS. T610 also supports Bluetooth and IR connectivity. Using Bluetooth is really easy, there’s nothing to configure other than turn on the Bluetooth. Setting up IR with a PC is more challenging since it involves with PC and modem driver issue. I’m gonna get a Bluetooth USB adapter instead.

    While playing with the phone, I found that the four trusted CA certificates were gone for reason unknown. I did do a master reset after changing many settings. Trying to figure out how to install trusted CA certificates looks impossible. I found no useful information on Google, Sony Ericsson and T-Mobile sites. Calls to the T-Mobile tech support were not helpful either.

    I can not connect to T-Zones with security turned on. With security turned off, browsing web works, but I can not login into passort site, nor any other msn mobile sites such as hotmail and msn messenger.

    I start to think that maybe T-Mobile does not support secured T-Zones on its unlimited T-Zones plan. It does have another unlimited T-Zones Pro plan, which supports additional WAP gateway other than T-Mobile’s.

    Installing mod_mono for Apache 2

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    1. Download mod-mono from ftp.ximan.com and unzup it to /home/mono
    2. cd /home/mono and ./configure –prefix=/usr
    [root@localhost mod_mono-1.0]# ./configure –prefix=/usr
    checking for a BSD-compatible install… /usr/bin/install -c
    checking whether build environment is sane… yes
    checking for gawk… gawk
    checking whether make sets $(MAKE)… yes
    checking for gcc… gcc
    checking for C compiler default output… a.out
    checking whether the C compiler works… yes
    checking whether we are cross compiling… no
    checking for suffix of executables…
    checking for suffix of object files… o
    checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler… yes
    checking whether gcc accepts -g… yes
    checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C… none needed
    checking for style of include used by make… GNU
    checking dependency style of gcc… gcc3
    checking build system type… i686-pc-linux-gnu
    checking host system type… i686-pc-linux-gnu
    checking for ld used by GCC… /usr/bin/ld
    checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld… yes
    checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files… -r
    checking for BSD-compatible nm… /usr/bin/nm -B
    checking for a sed that does not truncate output… /bin/sed
    checking whether ln -s works… yes
    checking how to recognise dependent libraries… pass_all
    checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output… ok
    checking how to run the C preprocessor… gcc -E
    checking for egrep… grep -E
    checking for ANSI C header files… yes
    checking for sys/types.h… yes
    checking for sys/stat.h… yes
    checking for stdlib.h… yes
    checking for string.h… yes
    checking for memory.h… yes
    checking for strings.h… yes
    checking for inttypes.h… yes
    checking for stdint.h… yes
    checking for unistd.h… yes
    checking dlfcn.h usability… yes
    checking dlfcn.h presence… yes
    checking for dlfcn.h… yes
    checking for ranlib… ranlib
    checking for strip… strip
    checking for objdir… .libs
    checking for gcc option to produce PIC… -fPIC
    checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works… yes
    checking if gcc static flag -static works… yes
    checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o… yes
    checking if gcc supports -c -o file.lo… yes
    checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions… yes
    checking whether the linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries… yes
    checking how to hardcode library paths into programs… immediate
    checking whether stripping libraries is possible… yes
    checking dynamic linker characteristics… GNU/Linux ld.so
    checking if libtool supports shared libraries… yes
    checking whether to build shared libraries… yes
    checking whether to build static libraries… yes
    checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in… no
    creating libtool
    checking if building mod_mono_old is requested… no
    checking for –with-apxs… no
    checking for –with-apr-config… not specified
    checking for apxs2 in /usr/local/apache/sbin… no
    checking for apxs in /usr/local/apache/sbin… no
    checking for apr-config in /usr/local/apache/sbin… no
    checking for apxs2 in /usr/local/apache2/bin… no
    checking for apxs in /usr/local/apache2/bin… no
    checking for apr-config in /usr/local/apache2/bin… no
    checking for apxs2 in /usr/sbin… no
    checking for apxs in /usr/sbin… found, we’ll use this. Use –with-apxs to specify another.
    checking for apr-config in /usr/sbin… no
    checking for apr-config… /usr/bin/apr-config
    checking for Apache libexec directory… /usr/lib/httpd/modules
    checking for Apache include directory… -I/usr/include/httpd
    checking Apache version… 2.0
    checking for pkg-config… /usr/bin/pkg-config
    checking whether byte ordering is bigendian… no
    checking for setenv… yes
    checking for putenv… yes
    checking for mono installation prefix… /usr
    configure: creating ./config.status
    config.status: creating Makefile
    config.status: creating src/Makefile
    config.status: creating man/mod_mono.8
    config.status: creating man/Makefile
    config.status: creating include/mod_mono_config.h
    config.status: executing depfiles commands
    —
    Configuration summary for mod_mono

    * Installation prefix = /usr
    * Apache version = 2.0
    * Apache modules directory = /usr/lib/httpd/modules
    * apxs = /usr/sbin/apxs
    * apr-config = /usr/bin/apr-config
    * mono prefix = /usr
    * Build old module: no

    [root@localhost mod_mono-1.0]# make
    Making all in src
    make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mono/mod_mono-1.0/src’
    source=’mod_mono.c’ object=’mod_mono.lo’ libtool=yes
    depfile=’.deps/mod_mono.Plo’ tmpdepfile=’.deps/mod_mono.TPlo’
    depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../depcomp
    /bin/sh ../libtool –mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../include -g -O2 -I/usr/include/httpd -c -o mod_mono.lo `test -f ‘mod_mono.c’ || echo ‘./’`mod_mono.c
    mkdir .libs
    gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../include -g -O2 -I/usr/include/httpd -c mod_mono.c -MT mod_mono.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/mod_mono.TPlo -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/mod_mono.lo
    gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../include -g -O2 -I/usr/include/httpd -c mod_mono.c -MT mod_mono.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/mod_mono.TPlo -o mod_mono.o >/dev/null 2>&1
    mv -f .libs/mod_mono.lo mod_mono.lo
    /bin/sh ../libtool –mode=link gcc -g -O2 -I/usr/include/httpd -o libmod_mono.la -rpath /usr/lib -module mod_mono.lo
    rm -fr .libs/libmod_mono.la .libs/libmod_mono.* .libs/libmod_mono.*
    gcc -shared mod_mono.lo -Wl,-soname -Wl,libmod_mono.so.0 -o .libs/libmod_mono.so.0.0.0
    (cd .libs && rm -f libmod_mono.so.0 && ln -s libmod_mono.so.0.0.0 libmod_mono.so.0)
    (cd .libs && rm -f libmod_mono.so && ln -s libmod_mono.so.0.0.0 libmod_mono.so)
    ar cru .libs/libmod_mono.a mod_mono.o
    ranlib .libs/libmod_mono.a
    creating libmod_mono.la
    (cd .libs && rm -f libmod_mono.la && ln -s ../libmod_mono.la libmod_mono.la)
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mono/mod_mono-1.0/src’
    Making all in man
    make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mono/mod_mono-1.0/man’
    make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all’.
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mono/mod_mono-1.0/man’
    make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mono/mod_mono-1.0′
    make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all-am’.
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mono/mod_mono-1.0′

    [root@localhost mod_mono-1.0]# make install
    Making install in src
    make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mono/mod_mono-1.0/src’
    /usr/sbin/apxs -i -a -n mono libmod_mono.la
    /usr/lib/httpd/build/instdso.sh SH_LIBTOOL=’/usr/lib/httpd/build/libtool’ libmod_mono.la /usr/lib/httpd/modules
    /usr/lib/httpd/build/libtool –mode=install cp libmod_mono.la /usr/lib/httpd/modules/
    cp .libs/libmod_mono.so.0.0.0 /usr/lib/httpd/modules/libmod_mono.so.0.0.0
    (cd /usr/lib/httpd/modules && rm -f libmod_mono.so.0 && ln -s libmod_mono.so.0.0.0 libmod_mono.so.0)
    (cd /usr/lib/httpd/modules && rm -f libmod_mono.so && ln -s libmod_mono.so.0.0.0 libmod_mono.so)
    cp .libs/libmod_mono.lai /usr/lib/httpd/modules/libmod_mono.la
    cp .libs/libmod_mono.a /usr/lib/httpd/modules/libmod_mono.a
    ranlib /usr/lib/httpd/modules/libmod_mono.a
    chmod 644 /usr/lib/httpd/modules/libmod_mono.a
    libtool: install: warning: remember to run `libtool –finish /usr/lib’
    chmod 755 /usr/lib/httpd/modules/libmod_mono.so
    [activating module `mono’ in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf]
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mono/mod_mono-1.0/src’
    Making install in man
    make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mono/mod_mono-1.0/man’
    make[2]: Entering directory `/home/mono/mod_mono-1.0/man’
    make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am’.
    /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/man/man8
    mkdir -p — /usr/man/man8
    /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./mod_mono.8 /usr/man/man8/mod_mono.8
    make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mono/mod_mono-1.0/man’
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mono/mod_mono-1.0/man’
    make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mono/mod_mono-1.0′
    make[2]: Entering directory `/home/mono/mod_mono-1.0′
    make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am’.
    make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am’.
    make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mono/mod_mono-1.0′
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mono/mod_mono-1.0′

    [root@localhost mod_mono-1.0]# libtool –finish /usr/lib
    PATH=”$PATH:/sbin” ldconfig -n /usr/lib
    ———————————————————————-
    Libraries have been installed in:
    /usr/lib

    If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
    in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
    specify the full pathname of the library, or use the `-LLIBDIR’
    flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
    – add LIBDIR to the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH’ environment variable
    during execution
    – add LIBDIR to the `LD_RUN_PATH’ environment variable
    during linking
    – use the `-Wl,–rpath -Wl,LIBDIR’ linker flag
    – have your system administrator add LIBDIR to `/etc/ld.so.conf’

    See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
    more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.

    3. vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and add these lines
    Alias /demo “/usr/share/doc/xsp/test”
    MonoApplications “/demo:/usr/share/doc/xsp/test”
    and these lines

    <br /> <location /demo><br /> SetHandler mono<br /> </location><br />
    4. apachectl restart

    Here’s the demo pages.

    Data Grid sample.


    Web Service sample.