Oct
29
2023
A Follow On
This is in reality a follow on to my previous post concerning my decision to buy a couple of old Canon 1D camera bodies instead of...
5DS
Sep
09
2023
Reviewing Cameras
This was a post that I never intended to make but it happened anyway. It started when one of my Sons discovered an odd ball camera...
Jul
29
2023
All About the Gear
I always find it amusing when quite unexpectedly I come across something from another field of activity or interest where something makes a brilliant and general...
Apr
12
2023
Use Your Kit
In my last post I wrote about advice I had been given about just ‘Handling’ your camera bodies in order to become familiar with them but...
Jan
17
2023
Getting to Grips
The very idea and potential of a tilt shift lens requires some effort to get your mind round because it is a very unusual and specialised...
Dec
23
2022
A Sign of Common Sense ?
There is an online photographic magazine called DP Review (https://www.dpreview.com/) which was originally London based but now owned by Amazon and based in Seattle. Although inevitable...
Nov
03
2022
The Season Turns
In my mind in terms of the weather, this has been a rather odd year of strong winds at times but overall of higher temperatures for...
Sep
20
2022
Late Season Amusement
One of my favourite sights on the lake of a local park is a pair of Grebes, a rather splendid looking duck that has the most...
Aug
23
2022
Almost a Year
It is one of the things that becomes ever more apparent once you reach a certain age is that time seems to fly by ! You...
Mar
07
2022
A Warm Smile
In my early days of looking at YouTube for interesting photographic content, there was a channel called DRTV, came from Hong Kong and featured two characters...