Hong Kong with a new digital camera, part 8
I found myself in Hong Kong in Christmas 1998 and early January 1999, and decided to treat myself to a new camera. My first half-decent digital, an Olympus C1400L. These are some of its results…
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Hong Kong with a new digital camera, part 6
I found myself in Hong Kong in Christmas 1998 and early January 1999, and decided to treat myself to a new camera. My first half-decent digital, an Olympus C1400L. These are some of its results…
Birmingham 1996 – a 35mm film retrospective
I found myself stuck in heavy traffic the M6 on the Gravelly Hill Interchange – AKA Spaghetti Junction. Radio said I could be stuck up there for hours. So I exited the M6 motorway at junction 6 and turned onto the A38(M), what they laughingly call the “Aston Expressway”. That was bumper-to-bumper too. So I…
Pentax 17 – do I really want one?
Quite a lot of noise in the photography press regarding Ricoh Pentax’s new point and shoot film camera, the Pentax 17. And even more noise regarding its somewhat hefty price ticket: £550. Choices However for me it would have to be a choice between one of these (below) Pentax ME SUper, or more likely a…
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Backing up using big, cheap hard disks and some nifty Unix tools
We all have our favourite methods of data backup. Certainly DVD is a good archiving and distribution medium. But for routine backup, I look for reliability, low cost, ease of use, high-speed, high capacity and redundancy – so I am not reliant on just one device. One of my favourite methods is a complete off-site…
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Around Havant with a Risespray 7.5mm lens
I rather like Micro Four Thirds. Currently I have three µ4/3 bodies and a collection of both dedicated AF (autofocus) and adapted vintage MF (manual focus) lenses. Trouble with µ4/3 is that whilst we are very well catered-for in terms of long lenses, there’s a bit of a vacuum in shorter ones. So I decided…
New MGF in the New Forest, Beaulieu and Redbridge Causeway
New MGF in the New Forest, Beaulieu and Redbridge Causeway. Camera: the tiny Canon Digital Ixus. Camera: the tiny Canon Digital Ixus.
