A Finnish Phone In Ljubljana (The Nokia N8 and I Series)

Posted by jjsheridan01 on May 3, 2012
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Yes it is that time again, another weekend trip. This time Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. I will be perfectly honest, I knew nothing about Slovenia and certainly had no idea what to expect from Ljubljana. Boy was I surprised. Slovenia and Ljubljana are absolutely stunning, not just the amazing scenery but the people, the architecture. Everything about the country surprised me.

Slovenia from the air

Slovenia from the air

We landed at Ljubljana airport around midday on the Friday, met our pre-arranged transport and made our way into the capital.

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Lumia Camera Appy – Nokia Creative Studio

Posted by jjsheridan01 on March 23, 2012
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Nokia recently released the Creative Studio for the Lumia Device range. How does it compare to the apps already available for the Lumia devices in the Marketplace?

Firstly what options are there? You can take a new picture, load one from your gallery or create a Panorama, or you can swipe across and select on of the Face Warps or Live Styles which then opens the camera for you to take a new image in that style.

Personally, my preference is to take a picture first before editing, this you can do for the effects but not for Face warp.

I have to say though the face warp is funky, as demonstrated here by Rodney.

Rodney "The Cat from Mars"

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A Finnish Phone Down Under – Part Two (The Nokia N8 and I Series)

Posted by jjsheridan01 on February 13, 2012
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Part Two

North Stradbroke Island

Our relatives took us for a day out to North Stradbroke Island, which is also in Moreton Bay. It is a much larger island but during off peak season times it has a lower population than Russell Island. This however balloons during the holiday season. Dunwich is the main town on the island, with Point Lookout and Amity Point making up the three main areas.

Stradbrook - On the boat to

View from the Ferry across to North Stradbroke

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A Finnish Phone Down Under (The Nokia N8 and I Series)

Posted by jjsheridan01 on February 7, 2012
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Part One – Russell Island

This holiday started as all others do, with a flight. Except this trip involved over 24 hours of travelling before we would reach our destination of Brisbane and then on to Russell Island. For those of you that do not know (and to be honest it will be most people as Russell Island is not really a tourist destination) Russell Island is located in Moreton Bay. Here is the Wikipedia page in case you are interested.

Anyway, the journey started with a 12 hour flight to Singapore on Finnair. Business class of course, we did a similar trip 7 years ago in economy and that was a killer, so not this time.

Approaching Singapore

Approaching Singapore

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HDR and My Nokias (N8, N9, 700, 701, E7, X7, C7, C6-01)

Posted by jjsheridan01 on January 22, 2012
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Nokia House HDR Paint

Nokia House - Painterly edit - Photomatix Pro - Nokia N8

I have been asked many times what I use to create HDR images from my phones. So I thought I would simply detail it here. Although I primarily use my Nokia N8, these applications work for all Symbian 3 devices and I have tested on X7, 700, 701, E7, C7, C6-01. They are also available on the N9. The two applications in question are HDR Photo Camera by Intellsys and HDR Pro Camera by Harald Meyer. In simple terms they both do exactly the same job, however there are differences. These differences could determine which application is right for you.

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