Posted in Photography on Sep 25th, 2009 4 Comments »
I’ve been spending money again. This time I’ve got (another) new camera. Or, as the rest of the family call it, a “money sink”. Bit odd really, they don’t really look that much like sinks… Oh well, on with the show! So.. first impressions. I’m a 40D user, so I’m used to heavy cameras, but [...]
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Seems my 100-400L isn’t going to get a thorough workout this year… Spent 5 hours on the road (not counting time waiting to get into/out of the park-and-ride) to get to Sunderland for the airshow, and it was completely fogged off. No flying displays, just the usual airshow vendors and the like. The fog started [...]
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Posted in Photography on Jul 26th, 2008 No Comments »
So my bank card is a little warmer and a lot less solid than it was an hour a go, my wallet is lighter and my backpack is heavier. That’s right, I bought my first L-series Canon lens… The (in)famous EF 100-400 f4.5-5.6L IS/USM. First impressions: Wow, this thing is heavy. Bolted onto a monopod [...]
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Posted in Photography on Jul 1st, 2006 No Comments »
So, um, yeah. I just got around to installing Gallery on the webserver. If you feel like taking a look at what I do to alleviate the boredom of university assignments, take a look at my online photo gallery. I’m also a member of the Huddersfield University Photographic Society… But I doubt you really care [...]
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