I’m selling my trusty old Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM lens on eBay right now. I’ve had this lens for less than a year (Bought March or April 2005) and it’s in perfect condition. It’s always been protected with a UV filter and like most of my things, it’s been well taken care of. The only reason I’m selling the lens is because I bought the Canon EF-S 17-85 mm lens with image stabilization and no longer need either this lens or the “kit” lens that came with the camera.
As a reward for the hard work I put into High Priority, I bought myself two little presents over the weekend: a Canon EF-S 17-85mm Image Stabilized Lens and a Flickr Pro account. I’d looked at this lens about a year ago when I was researching my DSLR options and while I really loved the specifications of it, I simply couldn’t afford it at the time. Now however, after having sold well over 500 licenses to High Priority in the past month, I could finally afford to pick up one of the lenses. It will be replacing the kit lens that came bundled with the Digital Rebel XT (18-55mm), as well as replacing my Canon EF 28-105 lens that I had also bought last year.
I haven’t had too much time to play with the lens yet (it just arrived) but I did investigate how well the image stabilization worked. Here are two images (uploaded of course to my Flickr account) that really show how well the system works. The first shows a picture of a business card with image stabilization off. The photo was taken at 1/10th speed and there is visible blurring of the text. The second photo shows the same picture with image stabilization on. Notice how clear and sharp the text is? It truly is amazing how well it removes camera shakes and I’m really looking forward to being able to use my camera more without having to use the flash.
After the tremendous amount of feedback I received from High Priority 1.1, I’ve spent the past week working on a simple maintenance release to fix some of the bugs that were noted. Before I get to what’s new and changed, I just want to point out two reviews of High Priority that have made my day (not to mention the 130 plus indviduals who have added me to their del.icio.us bookmarks).
The first, by Douglas Bowman, is an entry he posted on his web site. Titled Mac app: High Priority, Bowman writes about his positive experience he’s had with the program. As a result of this posting, I’ve received well over 1500 referral visits, as well as even received an email from Hamilton’s director of electronic media congratulating me.
The second review (in French), by Michel Dumais of Branchez-Vous!, is an opinion piece he wrote where he describes falling in love with the program and it’s simplicity. My favorite passage is when he writes: “Il existe de ces logiciels avec lesquels on tombe littéralement en amour. Pas parce qu’ils sont complexes, pas parce qu’ils sont des usines à gaz. Non, tout simplement parce qu’ils remplissent leur mission, et rien d’autre. Un peu comme High Priority. Plus simple que ça, tu meurs. Mais qu’il est pratique.” Roughly translated into English, this means: “There exists programs with which you literally fally in love with. Not because they are complex nor are gas factories, but because they simply do their task and nothing else. A bit like High Priority. Any more simply, you’d die. But, boy is it handy.”
It’s these types of articles and emails that make developing fun. Sure, it’s nice to receive a bit of money on the side to use for discretionary purchases or put towards a future goal (travel!), but it’s the emails where people write how they’ve found the program useful and wouldn’t use a Mac without it that make your day. Anyway, enough egoistic writing. Let me fill you in on what’s changed with version 1.11:
I’m also working on version 1.2 which will feature some additional goodies. There’s no time frame for it’s release yet (I’m working hard on some other commitments… Honors Thesis, anyone?) but it will feature second tier sorting, more display options, and hopefully a more improved edit dialog.
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