Recent content by Dryce

I still find HP5 quite hard to get completely wrong (and I'm fairly clumsy at times). And you still get to play in the darkroom afterwards when it comes to printing. And if it's really past the point of recovery then it's .... well .... become 'art'.;) That said - I don't feel comfortable...

I do miss film cameras - MF and also SLRS without motors and with decent viewfinders and focusing screens. But I personally don't miss film However I do feel that I am seeing an increase in the number of photographers using film - both strangers in the street and also acquaintiances who seem to...

That was my experience. I acquired a Minolta 600si as my second SLR and was excited by having stop down preview - and not so excited after trying it in the real world and discovering its practical limitations.

I would concur. The X-H1 feels more solid (to me) than the X-H2. I also think the surface finish is slightly tougher on the X-X1. I think from that 'X-T3' epoch the X-T30 also feels surprisingly well made for what was meant to be a lower range camera.

I have an iPad along with my laptop. But. Looking at replacing my iPad then there's no point in going for a higher end model because I have the laptop. Whereas there are others who would buy a high end iPad Pro and not buy a laptop as well. The upper models in the iPad range start to look very...

It's not as if they don't know how to incorporate them into products and make them work well ..... :facepalm: I suspect that Apple have an internal divide between the iPad Pro and the Macbook lines that means that they must be differentiated. The Neo is an interesting product because it...

I think it depends on what you're looking for. Some of the reviewers don't look very hard. For Neo money in the Windows world I'd expect an OLED touch screen and pen plus a decent Ryzen or Core Ultra, ... and more RAM and storage It wouldn't have the Neo's battery life. It would have a decent...

Opinions may vary :) As you say there is the risk about anything that is self organised then leaving you with problems if you can't get back on time. With a larger cruise ship the time taken to get off at some ports can be a bit of a hassle - there may be boat transfer to shore required. The...

This doesn't solve the issue of the flash curve and duration. But it probably does offer the opportunity to match the flash and shutter interaction more accurately - but I suspect that would allow the camera manufacturers to upgrade their own flash systems but still leave those of us using...

I did a trip in 2014. I mainly used a set of Sigma DP Merrills - about 28mm equivalent on the widest of the three. I took a lightweight tripod as well. I took a large number of hand held panos with these to get wider. I also had a 70-300 mounted on a Sony DSLR. It really only got used while...

There are other complications because increased flash power typically means longer flash duration. My AD200 displays the flash duration in manual mode. At full power the flash duration shows as 1/252 At half power the flash durarion shows as 1/925 At quarter power the flash duration shows as...

"Bargain" is a bit strong. As you say - they should have contracts in place for components so as long as their volumes are in line with predictions then it will be their choice (in the absence of force majeure) as to what they do with pricing on these tiers. But I would suggest that Apple...

It's noticeable that searching for something where there might be useful or subtle results has become harder. And not all summarised results are accurate or complete.

The problem is that the advantages neutralise themselves. Bit like academic grade inflation. Give everybody and an A and the A becomes worthless. But worse. If everybody is paying for a subscription service to get that 'A' standard that is then of no value then it just adds a cost with no net...

Ironically many systems have way more RAM than they actually need. Of course users demand it. The software developers write the software to use it. But apart from video editing and large images - a lot of systems really shouldn't need anything like what we now see as a bare minimum to actually...