Someone asked if Manfrotto was the guy who used to play for Milano Wednesday? And was he the one with the collapsing leg? The answer is no, on both counts. Even if he had a collapsing leg he would have two spares...
Okay. Your tax refund cheque has arrived and you got to the post box first - the money is yours. Now, before the family catches you - make it ours...
Students of photographic design may be a little puzzled at today's monopod. It is a custom design based upon a very old model. The " swine's feather " or " Swedish feather " was issued to troops during the Thirty Years War to allow them to...
The Manfrotto video monopod seen today - the MVMXPROA42W - is a surprisingly stylish competitor for yesterday's Sirui. It has more, and less than the other one, and you'll have to decide if that's what you want. To start with, the leg is aluminium, and might...
I was going to entitle this column, " Leg Art " but googled it and thought better of the idea. There are things on the image page that cannot be unseen. My weekly foray into the Camera Electronic storeroom sometimes takes me to shelves that are...
Some photographers search for ready-made solutions to their problems. Others reverse it - they seek out problems to match their solutions. My favourite group - a group to which I belong - finds a solution and turns it into a problem. Then we run like blazes. I...
It all depends on what you want. If the questioner is one of your family, or a friend or client, and they ask you what's the point of getting some particular piece of equipment or doing some especial procedure...
I am not sure if this column will sell you anything - I'm not even sure if it will sell you on anything. But If I can make silly decisions, so can you, and sometimes they are the smartest part of the whole day. Take the...
I have promised the Operations Manager that I will restrain myself from puns about the Steiner brand of binoculars. They are a serious optical company and deserve my every respect. The fact that we share a name is mere coincidence. I did not, however, promise to...
I always like to go to the Fujifilm equipment shows when Warrewyk Williams is in town. He's the national training manager for Fujifilm Australia and every single time he's presented a new product he's had something surprising to say about the cameras. He fills in...