30 Sep Manamana, Doot Dooty Doot
If the Impossible Project people had put this camera out in pink and called it the Manamana we couldn't keep 'em on the shelves. It's that sort of an ear-worm that works on you all day...
September 2019
27 Sep The Photographic Bread-box
I go into the Camera Electronic shops in Murray Street and Stirling Street for four reasons: To see the new equipment and learn about the photo events to come. I need this information for this weblog column. To take illustration pictures that can be used...
26 Sep Screen-Bound – Two
We considered the mathematical fun of Dofmaster in a previous column - today it is another indoor amusement you can indulge in without spending money ( Note: save that money for a trip to Camera Electronic. ) Today we go forum-surfing. Unlike real surfing, photographic forum...
25 Sep Shutterbugs Or Shock Jocks – Howard And Saul Hit the Big Time!
Well don't touch that dial, Folks. The wireless just got a lot more fun! This is the message for our eastern states listeners who will be tuning into John Stanley on the Macquarie radio network fortnightly from October 9th this year. If they are listening on...
25 Sep The Alternate Choice
An earlier column mentioned Tamron as a brand name and poked a little gentle fun at the Adaptall system that this company used in the film era. Readers may have gotten the impression that we thought little of the lenses - such is not the...
24 Sep The Ingenuity Of The Action Camera
And underwater too...
23 Sep An Alternative…
I am going to have to be careful with this post - I wish to make a comparison to a mega-giant of industry. I am well aware that they have lawyers and I don't. So it will be no names and no pack drill. I bought...
20 Sep Olympus. Super. Zoom.
I have to be careful with that title - I tried typing in Olympus Superzoom to the net to see what help it could be and it routed me off to old eBay sellers who have 35mm cameras for sale. Eek. I wanted to see if...
19 Sep Sony With Attitude
Attitude indication is performed differently in many situations - teenagers do it by pouting and shouting, nations do it by taking political hostages, and airplanes have instruments on their dashboards to measure it. Here's a selection of different types in diagrammatic form - as seen...
18 Sep Just Going To Take Your Temperature…
Don't be nervous. I'm a professional...