Recent content by TimHughes

Thank you! Megan, well spotted; I had not noticed that.

What a fantastic little camera. I can see this one coming with me everywhere. Some pics from last night: 1. 2. 3. View: https://flic.kr/p/2soowHx

Since converting my first dslr to infra red years ago I have been thinking about a dedicated monochrome camera, and tested the leica option. Today I decided to go with the Ricoh GR IV monochrome. Purely for fun personal projects. It's quite incredible to have such a quality APS-C camera, the...

Playing around with the GR IV Monochrome recipes with the evening light through the blinds. This is "solid" with extra contrast and grain. So far so great :) R0000037_web by Tim Hughes, on Flickr

I've tried one in the hand and decided to go for it. :). It's hardly bigger than my TZ30, incredible.

I’ll see if I can try one out.

@gramps I am thinking about it :) The idea of a truly pocketable quality camera is appealing. How are you finding it? Miss the colours?

And for me also to learn from the ones that have bombed!

Thank you, @lindsay. This was a close month! Looking at the table, I'm reminded that consistency is what counts for the challenge over the whole year.

That doesn't narrow the choice down much. For me, that's anything from 11mm to 300mm, depending on the type of image that's needed. If you expect mostly headshots, I'd start with 70-200; otherwise, I'd start with 24-70.

Thanks for clarifying. I’m not familiar with that one but on paper it looks good for what you want. If you’re worried about durability try a L? RF100-500 or EF100-400m2 is still great. I’d go to test one out in person if possible before deciding.

I'm guessing that you have done quite a bit or research already to come up with this proposal, meaning that budget is OK and looking at a focus on maybe sports/wildlife and studio? Some clarity on what you're really looking to do would help as the answers all depend. FWIW, I use Canon...

Gen AI is terrible at complex timetabling; that's not its strength. You need different "AI" for that, called "Operations Research" in my day but rebadged as AI today.

A trip down memory lane :) I missed out on LISP. We had the BBC Micro at home in the 80s but went the C/C++ route, and my brother ultimately went on to study neural networks for his PhD, applied to fingerprint recognition.

Don't forget you can change the frame rate by changing drive mode - 40 fps is the high speed+ option, there is high speed and low speed as well as single frame options. And you can customise the frame rates in the custom functions mentioned. It's been a few years since I photographed bears; I...