Einar Mostad

26th May 2018

Why a 50 mm lens (or an equivalent) makes pictures look so good

I bought a used Panasonic Leica 25 mm f/1.4 lens recently. This is a micro four thirds lens with the 50 mm full frame equivalent field of view and a wide aperture. Even if I previously owned the Panasonic 20 mm f/1.7 lens (40 mm full frame equivalent), it never enthused me as much as the 25 mm. One thing...

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31st January 2017

What are the advantages of Linux seen from a Mac user’s perspective?

Lately, many Mac users have been disappointed in the hardware and to a lesser degree also the software that Apple makes. It seems like Apple is focused mainly on iOS since their earnings mainly stem from it. Some of the core Mac users in creative industries that have used Macs since the 80s are now leaving or thinking about leaving...

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7th June 2015

Folkeskolens kokebok

Jeg har arvet en bok som jeg tenker kan ha interesse for flere enn meg selv og som jeg derfor gjør tilgjengelig her. Det dreier seg om Folkeskolens kokebok (Lærebok i huslig økonomi I) av Dorothea Christensen og Helga Helgesen. Boken er utgitt i Kristiania av H. Aschehough & co. (W. Nygaard) og dette er sjette opplag av 1916. Jeg...

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22nd November 2013

Notation in Telemann’s Sonata for treble viol, TWV 41:G6

Lately, I have been looking a little at a sonata by Telemann for the treble viol in G major from Der getreue Music-Meister. Often, on the treble viol, a practical challenge is that a lot of music is ascending quite high, but in this piece everything keeps moving on the lowest strings in stead. The music actualy descends to c#,...

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17th November 2013

English links

Dictionaries Online etymology dictionary – A dictionary that explains where words come from, what they used to mean and when they were first used. Oxford advanced learner’s dictionary – with pronunciation and thesaurus, UK and US spellings, examples of use etc. – on paper and as an app in the iOS and Google Play store Urban Dictionary, Colloquial urban English...

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19th April 2013

Free sheet music on the internet

There are lots of old music prints, handwritten scores and parts and facsimiles of old editions that are in the public domain because their copyright have expired. There are also some generous people that publish their original music scores or their arrangements and transcriptions directly online for free use. Here are some links to some of my favourite sites for...

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18th April 2013

Music links

Music organisations, music websites &c Antikk Musikk, early music in Bergen, Norway CasalEmilio, Italian-Norwegian centre for musical studies The Danish Music Museum, Copenhagen, with lots of interesting old instruments and books Early Sound, early music in Denmark, the Öresund regionen &c MIC.NO, Norwegian Music Information Centre Musikkonline.no, Norwegian online music store Nordem, Nordic Early Music Federation Ny musikk, Norwegian organisation...

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