In my case I am shut into a studio, scale model workshop, and comfortable library with a drinks cabinet. As long as the supplies hold out, I am fine. The plan to distill liquor from potato peelings and old spray-painting rags is proceeding well and...
Most film photographers remember the amount of attention paid to photographic copying techniques in the decades leading up to the invention of the photo-copier and then to the digital era. From the most complex Linhof and Leica apparatus to the simplest Kodak Instamatic, there was...
The next chapter of the Shut-Away Saga involves finances. If yours are dire you might think of skipping the week, but bear with us. There is light and loose change at the end of the tunnel. How much is this going to cost? Well, reading this...
I'm still here and not breaking the rules. The idea of digitising my ageing slide collection gains traction. And as we said before, there are lots of ways to do this; I mentioned Plan A - the use of a dedicated Epson flatbed scanner - Plan...
If you are currently cooped up for any reason short of embezzlement, you may be able to put your time to use digitising your slides and prints. There are lots of ways of doing this - the Epson scanners were mentioned in previous posts. If...
See yesterday's column for the reference...
Just insert the safety locking pin to prevent the striker from hitting the detonator when the trembler switch is activated. Unless you are working on the Typ 15, in which case you need to put the de-gaussing wire around the entire casing before unscrewing the...
Said the Government. And two weeks it will be - self isolating to keep company with someone who's flying in from overseas. I have laid in stocks of canned soup and two-minute noodles and the Tuna Surprise will startle everyone. On the photographic side, This is precisely...
Watch the stores these coming weeks as people are panicked into buying things in fear of a viral quarantine. Note the social media as it fans the flames. Watch as silly things creep into the equation; buy up twenty years supply of socks in case...
I attended a rather pleasant do last night put on by C.C.Kennedy and Camera Electronic at the Oxford Hotel. It was to introduce the Sigma FP camera to Western Australia. I had already been privileged to play with this camera in the Stirling Street shop...