If you have been keeping up with my “free” smartphone saga, you know that I am supposed to be receiving it in the next few weeks. Finally I will be able to resurrect PDAPhotoblog.com. Unfortunately, the itch to post photos was too strong and I have started back a little prematurely — sans smartphone. Therefore, I have decided to broaden the scope of the site. I will still post the occasional PDA shot, but it will not be the primary tool in my arsenal.

Speaking of cameras, I currently have two Canon digicams — an S30 and an A400. The latter is newer, so I have been using it more because I like how it focuses and manages color (thought the S30 has more technical features). I also have a couple old manual SLRs — a Konica TC and a Minolta SRT201. The former is headed for Ebay, but the latter is going to get some usage.

I also plan on purchasing a Holga, because I think it will be a fun toy. I may even try to build a pinhole camera. However, hopefully a digital SLR is in my near future (maybe by Christmas?).

With the change in focus I had to come up with a new site name. If you typed in a URL like www.pdaphotoblog.com, you might expect to find PDA quality photos (in terms of resolution, color, DOF, etc.). You would not expect to find high quality images taken with a Canon Digital Rebel XT, right?

I chose Chromaticus because I was looking for a name that : 1) represented an aspect of photography, 2) sounded Greek or Latin (to coordinate with the name of my other blog) and 3) was still available on the world wide web. Chromaticus is a formation of the Greek word chroma (color) and the Latin adjective suffix -aticus (that originated as the form with -a stem nouns of -ticus, from Greek -tikos). The word basically means “of, or pertaining to, color.”

The symbol for the blog is three circles — red, green and blue — overlapping each other in a triangular gradient pattern. You might recognize the combination as RGB, which is the spectrum of visible light that helps create what you are seeing right now on your computer monitor.

One final note on Chromaticus. The name, and the template for that matter, has a striking similarity to this photoblog. I assure you that while I am a big fan of djn1’s site, I am not trying to piggy-back off of his success.

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