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Himeji Japan

ByGarf created2009-04-22 23:592025-02-06 17:14 updated2025-02-06 17:14 Digital pictures, Japan, Journal, Photography, Travelogue

Took a short Train ride to Himeji today.

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Angel Close-ups
ByGarf 2005-03-082025-02-06

Bought my girlfriend this little angel fairly thing. Thought I better grab a few snaps before I gave it to her.

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Istanbul 1996 – a 35mm film retrospective
ByGarf 1996-03-312025-02-06

Found myself in Istanbul with former New Millennium features editor Sarah Keen, during a particularly cold spell, back in February 1996. Now, I had naively imagined that the Republic of Türkiye is a hot country. But not in February, apparently. It was bitterly cold with icy winds all the way from Northern Russia, howling across…

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More about my new Ultrastar 20 TB hard disk backup system
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I don’t quite know how I managed it but my personal/business dataset has now grown to around 17 Terrabytes. Most of it is spread across multiple smaller disks. This is becoming increasingly difficult to manage. In fact, we are decommissioning our 4TB drives. This is partly because they are well beyond recommended end of life,…

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Icom IC-R20 radio scanner
ByGarf 2008-01-022024-12-06

Being a geeky type of chap, I generally find that the best way to guarantee that Santa puts a decent geek-friendly Christmas present in my stocking is to buy it myself! So this year I treated myself to an Icom IC-R20 hand-held, all-band communications receiver/scanner. I have always had a penchant for small communications receivers….

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Escape to Hong Kong – Kowloon backstreets
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Spent the day wandering the backstreets of Kowloon.

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Experimenting with Fujian 35mm f/1.7 CCTV lens
ByGarf 2017-07-222025-02-06

Experimenting with Fujian 35mm f/1.7 CCTV lens. This is a cheap £10.00 lens off eBay. It is designed for CCTV. However with a simple £1.00 “C” to µ4/3 adaptor it fits nicely and works well with my little Lumix DMC GX7. These are some of the results… Actually, I’m a big fan of the…

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