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May 2020

13 May

Posted at 16:52h in Newsletter by [social_share]

Hear Hear! The German Sennheiser firm has now arrived at 75 years producing very high-quality microphones, headphones, and other audio accessories. To celebrate a real milestone for consumers, they are promoting their HD280 PRO headphones at a considerable discount. It looks as though they will be selling out ( and probably fast, too ) for some $ 30 under normal retail price from $169 to $139. The HD 280 PRO is designed for DJ work as well as standard home audio enjoyment. The DJ's need a very comfortable set of soft ear cushions that completely cover the ears and attenuate external sounds to a high degree. Parents with teenagers will also appreciate this idea...

13 May

Posted at 09:22h in Blog, Dick's Rant by [social_share]

It’s on our television right now. The Lockdown Girls are bingeing themselves on demons, gods, empresses, and subtitled love stories. I’m off in the corner typing this. The cat is quiet and asleep - a pleasant contrast to its normal noise. I always wondered about the Siamese cats in Walt Disney’s “Lady And The Tramp “ and now I know...

08 May

Posted at 12:46h in Blog, Dick's Rant by [social_share]

We've all seen the memes floating through the internet that try to classify life with such terms as " Lawful Evil ", " Chaotic Good ", and some such. They can be on subjects as humble as how you store a loaf of bread. Well, what happens when you apply this game to photography...

06 May

Posted at 09:00h in Blog, Dick's Rant by [social_share]

There I was, first day into Camera Electronic to do some illustration for this column and the old menace turned up. A former camera salesman, he called my attention to the Fujifilm 16mm f:2.8 WR prime lens and then started pestering me to buy it. Try as I might to concentrate on the new Fujifilm X-T4 he just wouldn’t let me alone. Kept suggesting that with the short focal length and minimum aperture it would be perfect for the toy airplane shots I love to do. And that it could be placed closer to the surface that the camera rests on to make it seem a more realistic point of view. When he started in on the landscape possibilities I cut him off - I don’t do landscapes unless they are indoors and anyway we are not allowed to go to where they keep the wild ones - at least not yet. But it was no good because he kept urging me to take a test picture on the tabletop and imagine what it would be like at home in the studio....

04 May

Posted at 08:43h in Blog, Dick's Rant by [social_share]

In my daily routine of YouTube I try to include a session devoted to photography as well as one with scale model building. I daresay you are the same with your hobbies and interests. It makes a nice change from Facebook and the endless Trump and kitten videos. The host of the scale model show has a company in the UK that sells tools and supplies for model building - some of which are made in China. He's been concerned that the factory making a popular range of sanding blocks is closed now, and he's going to miss another window of production time for his stock. The situation is also repeated in Europe where a supplier of pigments is also closed. He says his biz is now on furlough until Christmas. Now you might say that the hobbyists just need to go down to their local Bunnings and get a few sheets of wet and dry and glue them to coffee stirrers...

01 May

Posted at 10:12h in Blog, Dick's Rant by [social_share]

Well, Hearty Greetings. It is much of a coincidence. We are wishing to sell new camera. There will be merriment. Show money. " Before I do, my friend said that the camera they have is the best and I should get one of them. But not the one that is as good as the one they have because that would mean they have to go out and get a better one. " Your friend is remarkably honest...

29 Apr

Posted at 09:13h in Blog, Dick's Rant by [social_share]

Every thing we encounter today has a conspiracy theory attached to it. Political, religious, military, and scientific events are all drawn into internet speculation. There is always a party, guilty or other wise, a hidden organisation, and a convoluted explanation for whatever's in the headlines. And any number of those eye-catching headlines will get you clicking through the fat-burning pill advertisements...

27 Apr

Posted at 09:21h in Blog, Dick's Rant by [social_share]

How many times have you been told to get the colour temperature right in your digital images? A million, right? From the advertiser who says that the label on their juice box is not orange enough to the bride who complains that her face is too orange...

24 Apr

Posted at 10:07h in Blog, Dick's Rant by [social_share]

Before we start, a confession: I have, long ago, purchased things using eBay. In the past, items were bid upon or purchased immediately and then shipped to me. A few years ago the shipping prices were reasonable...