November 2016

This is an extra late-night bonus weblog post for Tuesday, the 29th of November. The heading picture shows what was happening in the Stirling Street store this morning at about 11:00.I recognise the activity. The staff are either setting out a stack of Cullmann tripods...

 I used to be a dentist and a rifle shooter. You needed a steady hand for both sports, particularly if you wished to do them on the same subject at the same time. You could go for the trifecta and attempt to thread a needle...

Here is a touching story about a camera - the new Olympus E-PL8 - and how it made all the gardening that I didn't do worthwhile.The last post about this camera extolled the folding geometry of the LCD screen - how it not only can...

There is nothing more distressing than coming across historic images that have been badly damaged by poor storage and handling. The papers and emulsions that made up the bulk of photographic records of last century were sturdy enough things to start with but when people failed...