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Thursday, 12 June 2008 

Nikon D90 Specifications Revealed

I see the Nikon D90 Specifications have been leaked. I can't wait to try one, that in-camera editing function may make me switch from Canon.

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Wednesday, 7 May 2008 

Turn Your Point-and-Shoot into a Super-Camera

I came across this posting today: Camera Hacks: Turn Your Point-and-Shoot into a Super-Camera. If you are feed up with the limitations of you point and shoot, it might just be the thing your looking for.

I might give it a go with my G9 - though I think it might be best if I read the manual to find out what it can do first!

Summer in the City
(What I can do without reading the manual)

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Monday, 4 February 2008 

Keep it Clean

Over at Lightingmods, Rui M Leal has produced a lovely detailed guide to how to clean your camera gear. It covers both lenses and sensors - good stuff & well worth reading.

All I need now is a guide to get sand out of tripod legs and how to clean your whole camera just after you have gone head first into some Thames mud and I'll be sorted!


Hadleigh Ray - Taken just before I launched myself & my camera into the mud
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Monday, 20 August 2007 

Canon 40D Review

Over the last few months I have been testing a preview of the new Canon 40D under one of their non disclosure agreements....




... So I can't tell you anything about it.

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Monday, 6 August 2007 

New Cameras on their way from Nikon and Canon

Things are really hotting up in the DSLR market with the impending release of the Nikon D90 and the rumoured replacement for the Canon 400D its going to be a great time to buy a new camera soon.

The D90 looks like a very strong offering, if the 10 stop VR and the built in iPod work as well as expected then I may soon switch to Nikon.

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Sunday, 22 July 2007 

Pretty Strong things these cameras

I've just got back from a great week in The Lake District, whilst the rest of Britain was being hit by torrential downpours the wettest place in England was pretty dry!

I did have one disaster though, like an idiot I placed the camera in the top of my rucksack without doing up either the camera case or the rucksack. A short while later I went to remove the rucksack and the camera and lens (Canon 20D & 17-85EFS) went crashing from shoulder height on to the concrete carpark. It made a horrible smashing noise...Eek!

On investigation it seems the only damage was to the battery compartment door which had flown of and exploded and the rear LCD has been knocked out of alignment. I but the battery compartment door back together easily enough but a tiny spring has gone missing so it doesn't always stay shut. Other than that the camera still works and the lens is as sharp as ever.

Quite frankly I'm amazed how strong the camera and lens are - top marks to Canon for building such strong kit.

Wasdale Head - The last shot I took before I threw my camera at the floor!
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