Just before we went away for our summer holiday this year, I treated myself to a little present - a nice big fat lens for my camera - the Nikon 18-200mm F3.5-5.6G IF-ED AF-S VR DX.
I've had my eye on one of these babies for a long time, but sadly I didn't have the cash or a good reason ...
I've been using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for quite some time now to fulfil all my photo conversion and tweaking needs, and I really like it. However one thing that kept annoying me was the fact that the images I imported came out dull when compared to how they appear in the camera viewer or how I remember the original scene. ...
Interesting links for 12 Oct 08 - 6 Nov 08:
• Future of speed cameras under review in Wokingham - I really hope this comes to fuition. Depending on the route I take to work, I can pass 6 speed cameras in 13 miles, two of which you can actually see from each other they're that close.
• Gwen Stefani ...
The speeding fine system being used in South Africa is pretty impressive, very advanced and certainly puts the UK to shame. Whilst they're not as kind about making the cameras highly visible, like they are in the UK, they certainly do make it easy for you to confirm it definitely was your car and cough up your cash.
Mum was ...
Interesting links for 7 June 2007 - 18 June 2007:
• 7digital.com - Very cheap (50p a track), high quality (320Kbps), DRM free music, and best of accessible from any browser. You're music is also re-downloadable AFTER you've paid for it. No more lost tracks.
• Customizable cardboard cot - I hope Fiona and Alan didn't spend a lot on ...
It seems Arizona is waking up to a new radar that detects tailgating. This is apparently already popular in Canada, Australia and Hong Kong and is gaining popularity in the US.
I've not heard of these being implemented in the UK just yet (but there are plans), but give it time, and we'll see these babies in full time use ...
In preparation for our upcoming holiday, and out of the sheer desire to take better photos, I splashed out on one of these this weekend:
It's a Nikon D50 Digital SLR. It's an entry level DSLR camera, which makes it perfect for my needs. I've had a little tinker with it and I'm very impressed. With a bit of time ...
Ever wondered how much detail Gatso speed cameras really capture? How's this for an answer?
This was taken of a bunch of joyriders who were kind enough to smile for the camera and was published in several newspapers (The Telegraph, The Times).
Notice how you can even see the speed on the speedometer. (It's clearer in the images in the ...
I've been wanting to write about this for some time, but just haven't got round to it. For those that don't know, London implemented a "Congestion Charge" zone in 2003, whereby you have to pay a set price per day to drive into this area. This is to reduce the amount of traffic in central London. Today the London congestion ...
Just before we went away for our summer holiday this year, I treated myself to a little present - a nice big fat lens for my camera - the Nikon 18-200mm F3.5-5.6G IF-ED AF-S VR DX.
I've had my eye on one of these babies for a long time, but sadly I didn't have the cash or a good reason ... 
