I started this blog by writing lots of posts about “stuff” happening in and around the City of London, where I work. Today offered the chance to write something similar. I had zero time for lunch today,but on the way back from a meeting in my old office on Appold St, I wandered through Finsbury …
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Hatfield Sculpture Trail
It’s funny how weekends can occasionally take on a completely spontaneous character, with a crazy little thing you decide to do on the spur of the moment being great fun. Which brings me to Hatfield House, armed with my Nikon Df, 58mm F1.4G and 24mm F1.4G. Although it’s a location we visit often to take …
Motor Pageant
This last weekend was a bank holiday weekend with (in theory) lots of opportunities to do “stuff”, but in practice some rain and general exhaustion conspired to mean we only got to spend one day out, a trip to this years Enfield Pageant of Motoring, a classic motor show. We went on the Sunday, which …
Reach for the skies
A week or two ago I ventured to the RAF Museum in Colindale, North London, with my son (nearly 3). At the time he was dead against the idea of going to a “zeum” (museum), so I explained we were going to see planes at the “airport”. He was quite excited about this, so we …
Dinosaurs in the Woods and more thoughts on the Zeiss 24-70mm F4 FE
Or alternatively, a visit to Knebworth… My son and I went to Knebworth, famous home of the Lytton family, for a fun day out last week. Those who aren’t aware of the stately home may recall the grounds as the location of various rock concerts from the likes of The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink …
Nikon D800E and the power of a billion megapixels
It may have escaped some peoples attention, but I’m turning into a bit of a fuddy duddy. My friends still think of me as a techno geek, but I don’t think I’m in that bracket these days – my son can activate functions on our TV I didn’t even know existed (and so it begins…). …
Wandering with the M240 and Summicron 28mm F2 ASPH
When you see secondhand Leica lenses in the 28-50mm range that are some of the renowned ones, like the Summilux 50mm F1.4 ASPH, the Summilux 35mm F1.4 ASPH FLE etc you really should just pounce if the price is right. That’s exactly what I did with respect to a mint Summicron 28mm F2 ASPH I …
A sunny afternoon in Greenwich
This isn’t the only post I’ll ever write on this topic, in particular I reserve the right to post many more pictures of the beautiful sights of Greenwich 😉 , but in the meantime I wanted to record a visit last weekend which had just perfect weather. Unfortunately it felt like the rest of the …
A walk in the sun with the M240
I decided, since I was toying with the idea of selling my M240, to take it to London on a day with sun, to see what I had been missing. //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js As it happens, I had been missing a lot. The M system is simply unparalleled in terms of optical performance. The A7r with 55mm …
Some street, some landscape and the Zeiss 24-70mm F4 FE
A dinner in town with work presented an opportunity to try out the 35mm F2.8 Zeiss lens and the A7 at 5000 ISO. I’m impressed by the performance of this combination. I spent some time using the 35mm and 55mm lenses for some street and environmental pictures. Basically the lesson here is in the comparison …
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