16 Jul Was Photography Ever Simple?
Or easy to do? Or inexpensive? I used to think I knew the answer to those questions but now I'm not so sure. Everyone reading this...
July 2021
14 Jul Inadvertent Art
When I was in Grade 1, I made a great many works of art. My mother curated and displayed them on the refrigerator door. Few have survived the 68-year gap since then, though I am pleased to be able to say that I can now...
12 Jul Nikkor Z MC Lenses – Nikon Z Macro Essentials
Nikon recently announced not one but two new MC lenses - the Nikkor Z MC 50mm f/2.8 and the Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8. All Nikon Z mount shooters enjoying a Nikon Z5, Nikon Z6 II or the stellar Nikon Z7 II should take note....
12 Jul Rainy Day Fun For Photographers
All right children, settle down. Uncle Dick is going to tell you how you can have fun on a rainy day with your camera. First go to the camera cupboard and get the equipment out. Then have a good look at it. a. Is it covered...
09 Jul Down The YouTubes
And round the S-bend. Welcome to the wonderful world of minefields. You are a click away from one...
07 Jul The Art Of The Dirty Ear
Before you get too concerned, I am writing about the business of following photography in Perth in 2021...
05 Jul Oliver Twist’s Camera
You may remember the famous scene from the 60's Oliver Twist movie when the the little hero bravely went up to the beadle at the workhouse and asked for more gruel. I'm not sure of the exact passage in the Dickens original, but I suspect...
02 Jul In Which We Firmly Grasp The Principals
That's not a typo. Principals was what I wrote. In this case we grasp the principals of the computer design teams for Macrohard and Rutabaga - the people who decide what your next Rutabaga or Macrohard computer will look like - firmly by the throats, and...
30 Jun Nikon – Flyin’ Through the Flak
The new Nikon mirror-less camera body is here - at least here in the interne reveals and reviews. They will be here on the line, so to speak, in the fullness of time. Pre-orders are possible and there is a good deal of interest amongst...
28 Jun Yellow Pad Engineering Pty Ltd
Or you may prefer to deal with the Chip Paper Design Bureau. Or the Back-Of-An-Envelope Studio. All fine organisations who take modern concepts and wring them out like dishcloths. Careful they don't drip on you. Last post we speculated on Nikon's possible retro-styled APS-C mirrorless camera....