The heading image is not manipulated, apart from increasing contrast and dropping tones to give a silhouette. It shows the newest of the Olympus micro 4/3 mirror-less cameras alongside a workshop example of my first digital camera - a Nikon D1x. They are continents apart...
I have just been saved by a super-hero: The Blue Lynx. And we will all benefit. The Blue Lynx, AKA Jennifer Villalobos of our marketing department, came to my rescue when several readers of this column wanted to know the price and internet location of two...
The term " Strobist " was all the rage a few years back - it was applied to people who use small electronic flash units to light their fieldwork. It started out small, then got quite complex as different manufacturers came out with systems of...
Do you have a weekly cleaning day at your house? When you change the sheets, do the laundry, and scrub the floors? Is it a hard day? Down on the knees, hauling heavy baskets, tucking, folding, and scrubbing? Isn't it a real pain? Well, consider the...
No, I am not advocating a return to the simple life of our peasant ancestors; I've seen what cows can do in a paddock. I am asking you to give up the complexities of internet webs and the transfer of files and take up simple...
If you are a working person in any trade, profession, sport, or racket, you will eventually learn to be wary at the pub. Also at cocktail parties and weddings. Because as soon as you get a drink and a sausage on a stick and slow...
Well, cheaper than it was before. And you can't blame the internet for this one - because actually, it's not a case of blame, but of good luck. Saramonic may be a new name to you, but they are not new in the audio-for-video field. They...
When you buy a tripod, do you select the legs and then consider shopping for the head as a separate item? Or do you just accept whatever package the manufacturer decides to box up? Both approaches are valid, but this time we'll consider someone making a deliberate...
For I don't lurve you anymore...
Stap Me Vitals! I nearly forgot to post the pictures. A few posts ago I showed you a Leofoto folding tripod for tabletop use - the one Carlos has chosen for his portable rig with the extra attachment sockets on each leg. That should have been...