Review
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End of Year round up of some of my favourite images from 2014
My end of the year round up is a selection of some of the pictures I have enjoyed making the most over the past year. To share their blushes, I have left out family portraits…naturally they would be at the very top of the list – pictures that bring back memories of the events of the year, from the birthday of my grand-daughter in January to the birth of my second grandson in July and the birthday of my first grandson in November – moments to treasure…along with the photos of my father with his new great-grandson only a week before he suffered a stroke which took his life. These…
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Review of the Marumi DHG Achromat Macro 330 (+3) Close-up Lens
Review of the Marumi DHG Achromat Macro 330 (+3) Close-up Lens
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Pentax K5 IIs First Impressions
Christmas came early in Saddleworth and I was very pleased to take delivery of the new Pentax K5-IIs two weeks ago and gave it a first try-out on commercial clients’ jobs over the following couple of days. It’s a while since I upgraded my camera and I was pushed into this purchase when a piece fell out of my K7 lens mount a couple of days before, leaving me a bit vulnerable if a client needed a job doing at short notice. Some of the features of the K5 IIs 16.28 MP CMOS Sony APS-C Sensor In-camera stabilisation ISO range (expanded) 100-12800 (80-51200) AF System SAFOX X 11-point with -3 to…
