I promised an update on the Canon remote control when I’d used it a little more, and here it is.
At first I was really excited by this new gadget. It’s really small, lightweight and looked like it should be a major step up from either using the timer, or the timer wired control. But it’s [...]
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As I’m starting to run photographic workshops in the Spanish Sierra Nevada, it seemed sensible to have a group page where folks who have been on one of my courses can upload their images and show them to others. So I’ve set up a group on Flickr here and added a few images from my [...] Well, sadly my poorly Canon G9 isn’t home-fixable. I’ve tried the “jiggling the lens” option, the “tapping it gently” option and this morning borrowed a battery off a friend with the same camera to test the “sudden battery death” option. All to no avail (and my battery is fully charged now – it works in [...] Ages ago I bought the G9 as a small lightweight “go anywhere” camera, and until recently it’s been good that. It’s only for places where I’m hesitant to take the SLR, but for that use, its great. I’ve long rued the fact that Canon didn’t make an affordable remote control for dSLRs. I was in London this weekend – visiting some friends for a scary (ie one that has a zero on the end!) birthday do. How many times have you been holed up in a tent, snuggled up in your sleeping bag for warmth as it’s biting cold outside – and even inside the tent. But all the time wishing you could read a book, cook some dinner, make a tea, or even go and visit your mate in the [...] Every once in a while you come across something that makes you sit up and think – “wow, things have really progressed while you weren’t noticing”. I just came across a site for a motor-race between Darwin and Adelaide – no noisy laps of special circuits here – the Global Green Challenge is just a [...] |
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