Minolta SR-1 model A (left) and B (right) from the back A few months ago I published an epic about the first version of the Minolta SR-1 camera: Notes on the Minolta SR-1 (Model A). Released in 1959, that was the first in a series of 35mm film SLRs that Minolta branded the SR-1, a… Continue reading Notes on the Minolta SR-1 (Model B)
Author: Chris Cannam
On macOS “notarization”
I've spent altogether too long, at various moments in the past year or so, trying to understand the code-signing, runtime entitlements, and "notarization" requirements that are now involved when packaging software for Apple macOS 10.15 Catalina. (I put notarization in quotes because it doesn't carry the word's general meaning; it appears to be an Apple… Continue reading On macOS “notarization”
MIREX 2019 submissions
For the 2019 edition of MIREX, the Music Information Retrieval Evaluation eXchange, we at the Centre for Digital Music once again submitted a set of Vamp audio analysis plugins for evaluation. This is the seventh year in a row in which we've done so, and the fourth in which no completely new plugin has been… Continue reading MIREX 2019 submissions
Notes on the Minolta SR-1 (Model A)
The SR-1 is a model of 35mm film SLR camera made by Minolta (Chiyoda Kogaku) from 1959 onwards. It was the second SLR that Minolta released. As was typical at the time, their first was a more expensive model, the SR-2 in 1958, which they then cut down for a cheaper alternative by removing the… Continue reading Notes on the Minolta SR-1 (Model A)
Repairing a Minolta XG-9 camera
This is the story of how I repaired, broke, and repaired again a Minolta XG-9 35mm SLR film camera. It will be long, and of niche appeal, but I'm writing it up in case anyone else finds it as useful as I would have done before I started. Here's the plot summary: The camera's shutter… Continue reading Repairing a Minolta XG-9 camera
MIREX 2018 submissions
The 2018 edition of MIREX, the Music Information Retrieval Evaluation eXchange, was the sixth in a row for which we at the Centre for Digital Music submitted a set of Vamp audio analysis plugins for evaluation. For the third year in a row, the set of plugins we submitted was entirely unchanged — these are… Continue reading MIREX 2018 submissions
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