Archive for May, 2008
May
30
I went back to my first home - Kent - last weekend, for a surprise 50th birthday party for my mum. My brother and I had spent months, conspiring secretly with my mum's sister, in order to get people together to celebrate the occasion, and I'm pleased to report it went without a hitch!
It's tradition in my family to have plenty of embarrassing photographs on hand of the birthday ...
May
30
Last week we staged the first of our reader / photographer days that will form a brand new feature in the mag. It was nerve-wracking organising it all - our lucky reader - Ian Furniss - was coming from Manchester and our pro photographer - Gavin Gough - from Hampshire, while Natalie and myself were travelling from our respective homes to Swanage. The potential for disaster, with the possibility of ...
May
30
Samsung Cameras, leaders in innovation and digital imaging, is now offering customers a fantastic FREE Eyewitness Travel Guide to those who buy a camera from the Samsung NV series from now until 31st August 2008, plus the chance to WIN a fabulous holiday.
Customers can claim 1 of 20 free travel guide books and will automatically be entered into a further special Samsung prize draw with a chance to win one ...
May
30
SanDisk today introduced the fastest card in its Memory Stick product family: the SanDisk Extreme III Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo with read and write speeds of 30 megabytes per second. The card, available in June in 4-gigabyte and 8GB capacities, is ideal for professional photographers and advanced amateurs who use Sony digital single-lens reflex cameras.
SanDisk and Sony jointly developed Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo as an extension of the existing Memory ...
May
28
Take pictures in all those hard to reach places with the new handy Traveller Multi Tripod combo from Hama.
For compact photo and video cameras this table-top tripod and telescopic tube can be used together or separately. The sturdy tripod has extendable legs with rubber feet for sturdy positioning and can be adjusted to accommodate the telescopic tube at a variety of angles.
The telescopic tube itself ...
