I want to store my CD collections in digital format and, of course, I want them in FLAC format!!! Here is what I use to do that.
I use Fast CD Ripper and Mp3tag applications.
The CDDB info that Fast CD Ripper gets from the internet often(if not always) not enough so once all of the tracks are ripped into FLAC format, I run Mp3tag on them and fix the name of the files and the MP3tag in them.
Fast CD Ripper
Mp3tag
I have been happily using HandBrake for encoding and ripping but some of the recent DVDs that I bought does not work because of Copy Protected.
I did some searching and testing of numerous software and find out that MacX DVD Ripper Pro does a very nice job ripping Copy Protected DVDs for me!
MacX DVD Ripper Pro
For windows:
Darn “Print Screen” button does not work all the time and most of the time, I have to use Paint application and cut out the portion of the screen shot that I want… What a waste of time! I did a 0.5 sec search and find the following two applications:
http://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/screenhunter_free.htm
For now, I am sticking with Wisdom-soft ScreenHunter 6.0 Pro
For OSx:
OSx it is much easier and it actually works…
To capture the entire desktop: press Command-Shift-3. The screen shot will be automatically saved as a PNG file on your desktop.
To copy the entire desktop: press Command-Control-Shift-3. The screen shot will be placed on your clipboard for you to paste into another program.
To capture a portion of the desktop: press Command-Shift-4. A cross-hair cursor will appear and you can click and drag to select the area you wish to capture. When you release the mouse button, the screen shot will be automatically saved as a PNG file on your desktop. (The file is saved as PDF in Mac OS 10.3 and earlier.)
To capture a specific application window: press Command-Shift-4, then press the Spacebar. The cursor will change to a camera, and you can move it around the screen. As you move the cursor over an application window, the window will be highlighted. The entire window does not need to be visible for you to capture it. When you have the cursor over a window you want to capture, just click the mouse button and the screen shot will be saved as a PNG file on your desktop. (The file is saved as PDF in Mac OS 10.3 and earlier.)
Add Control to the two shortcuts above to place the screen shot on the clipboard instead of saving it to the desktop.
(source http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/screencapturemac/ht/macscreenshot.htm)
I really like Carl Zeiss… I used to own many ZM lenses but I ended up with Biogon 2.8/21 ZM but now I added Distagon 4/18 ZM!!!! Leica Super-Elmar-M 18mm F/3.8 is awesome lens but it cost too much, I mean too much… On the other hand, ZM 18mm is quite reasonable. I only used ZM18 for a few times but I can already say that it will be in my camera bag for a while. I am going to sell my old Voigtlander Heliar 15mm/f4.5M so I can cover some of the cost of this ZM18.
Carl Zeiss knows optics and ZM18 shows just that!!!
It is just an awesome lens. The build quality of the lens itself is superb and the produced image from this lens is just awesome!!!!
Amazing lens!!!