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The Mystery of Colour and Saturation

Having complained bitterly about the effect my camera has on the weather, I decide today, a cold overcast November day, to experiment with the macro button outdoors. Surprise, surprise, the tripod steadied the shot despite the slight breeze and the soft light brought out the colours of the fuchsia and the leaves beautifully. Still more [...]

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The Curse of the Fuji S9600

The Fuji Finepix S9600 is a great camera; don’t get me wrong. It is the nearest one could get to a digital SLR without going the whole way and still get many of the features associated with a much more expensive camera. There are a few quibbles which I will come to shortly, but my [...]

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Kew Gardens – 01

I couldn’t have chosen a worse few days to visit London as the weather was appalling. I used to be a friend of Kew when I lived in London and as I hadn’t been for about eight years, I decided to test the new camera at Kew. Light conditions were low and it was [...]

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