Archive for July 5th, 2010

Aperture 3 – a grumble

Posted by gavomatic57 in Mac OSX, Photography on July 5, 2010

I was very pleased to welcome Aperture 3 into my photo-fiddling arsenal. It’s an excellent piece of software and well worth the £180 Apple ask for it, but one thing that is starting to grate on me is the performance. It will be fine some days then for no apparent reason at other times it’ll [...]

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A hankering for a bit of history

Posted by gavomatic57 in Photography on July 5, 2010

I took a walk into town at lunchtime and dropped by the Cardiff Digital Camera Centre. Despite the name, the things that interest me most about the place are the old 35mm and medium format camera’s they have in the window. They have loads, certainly a few shelves worth. Everything from Nikon & Canon to Rollei and Zorki. I’m in love with the nifty fifty, but I’m not able to pay £1700 for the ability to use it as a 50mm rather than a 75mm. I’m probably looking back at film through rose tinted glasses, but I think it is something I need to get out of my system.

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