A recent short video by the Fujifilm company that we saw at the Fujifilm Photowalk Day showed the process of manufacturing their new X-T10 camera. Along with the pictures of the Japanese workers assembling the bodies wearing gloveless rubber fingers - quite a sight -...
All of or readers know the difference between matte and gloss when it comes to paper - one is shiny and one is not. Of course the manufacturers of paper make lots of grades of the stuff in between these two extremes, but that is...
Our friendly local Sigma man has just set this beauty in front of us - the Sigma 24-35 f:2 Art lens.The barrel construction of Sigma lenses these days is simply marvellous - the Japanese makers really extend themselves to produce a quality product. This one...
The humble adapter ring is seen in many camera bags - an enthusiast decides to put a filter that they already have onto a new lens. If the filter is larger than the lens size, the adapter ring is a step-up ring. If the filter...
Every morning I sit down to write something for the Camera Electronic blog page. Every evening I sit down to write something for my own personal blog pages*. Surprisingly, all three posts are different, even if they have a common origin in something that has...
The magic healing spell for photographers is: " If I put it away carefully, it will be better in the morning...
If you are silly enough to go diving into the ocean with your Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mk II camera - and we have encountered a number of you who are...
What do Erich Honecker, Helmut Kohl, and these boxes of Agfachrome have in common?They were all available in Germany in 1984. Erich's handed in his dinner pail, Helmut is in a wheel chair, but these slide films are just as good as they always were.Of...
I noted recently that there are services that let you track your iPhone when it is stolen. You are not allowed to go round to the druggies gaff with a fire axe and get it back and the police are far too busy to do...
Start the car! Start the car!Camera Electronic have boxes of Harman professional inkjet paper on special.The special is for 100-sheet boxes of Harman Crystaljet Luster RC and it is a lovely surface. Think sort of a smooth pearl effect with 260 gsm weight. Clean white.The...