12 Mar Do You Have Everything You Need?
I hope not - the shop hopes not - and the wholesalers and manufacturers certainly hope not. We are not trying to be monsters, but the photo trade is a business after all...
March 2021
10 Mar Hide, Birdie…
Because the new Olympus Zuiko 100-400mm 1:5.0-6.3 lens is in the Stirling Street shop for sale - and none of your privacy is safe. Not that it has been in these last few years of digital development - the camera makers have all tried to add...
08 Mar For Heaven’s Sake – Speak Photography!
So many languages to listen to today. So many internal translations going on. So many puzzling communications...
05 Mar Wednesday Temptation – Fujifilm GFX100S
I looked at a sort of a miracle on Wednesday night at CE's Stirling Street shop - the Fujifilm GFX 100S camera fitted with their 80mm f:1.8 lens. I'd gone along for the usual camera reveal night but was struck by the achievement that Fujiflm...
03 Mar Moby Camera
Call me Ishmael, if you will, but I cannot see the harm in the Great White Camera - in fact I see a great deal of good in it. If it is the Small White Camera it can still be great. The "Moby Dick" nickname came from...
01 Mar Tiny NiSi
I have always been a sucker for tiny equipment - ever since I traded a Crosman CO2 pistol for a Minox B camera in 1966. The facts that the guy who got the pistol lodged a pellet into his forehead while target shooting and I...
26 Feb New Out of The DJI Cabinet
Where I so rarely go...
24 Feb Drowning In Good Advice
When behind the counter, I met people in the shop every day who were drowning in advice. They had decided that the river of photo knowledge looked fine and plunged in...
22 Feb The Really Cheap Accessory
The really cheap accessory is often the most expensive choice on the rack. People who buy their computers at pop-up market stalls can confirm this, but not on-line...
19 Feb The Look Of The Thing
I have owned a few motor cars in my life - and lots of cameras. The difference in those numbers is partly due to the capital cost of vehicles compared to photo stuff. But partly it is due to the look of the things. You see,...