Recent content by Ivor

Hi All, Northumbria Police issued an appeal to find the owner of a stolen and recovered drone: https://www.facebook.com/northumbriapolice/photos/a.384561501308.165727.26145041308/10154027920501309/?type=3&theater

If Lightroom and Photoshop are too complex, why not give On1 software a try. They are bringing out a raw editor very soon too. The full suite contains a browser and some really easy to use editing tools. There are loads of video tutorials on their site and you can give it a 30 day free trial...

For balance I am going to disagree with some of the comments above and say that buying an Olympus E system camera is still worthwhile if you are starting out. I still use mine, and have won competitions with them. There is a marketing push for photographers to buy the very best, latest models...

Unfortunately, 1 and 2 are not compatible. The way inkjet printers work is that they sell them at cost or a loss and make the money back on the inks, which have a big mark-up. Cartridges are small and cost a lot, so if you do a lot of printing you will get through the ink and spend a lot of...

What irks me is seeing wedding photos that the happy couple have paid lots of money for that are not very good. I've seen portraits of people amputated at the joints, wonky horizons, blown out highlights, really awful 'artistic' shots and (probably controversial this one) ugly features in...

Sorry, I should have added a caveat. I can sort of understand a famous or business person using their personalised number plate as part of their marketing strategy. As for share dealing, I can get a system where people invest in a company that they believe in, but to buy and sell shares...

My understanding is that digital sensors are much more critical to the direction at which light hits them than film. Good digital lenses are near telecentric so the light is travelling perpendicular to the sensor. Old film lenses were not necessarily designed that way because light could hit and...

My issue with personalised number plates is that they have no intrinsic value. Clothes keep you warm (and attract the opposite sex ;) ), a car gets you from A to B, an expensive camera (arguably) gives your access to features that you want (not necessarily need) to achieve particular results...

I used to use OM system cameras, and they were fantastic. If I went back to film I would still use them. Technology has changed though and digital sensors are far more sensitive than film was and the optics have to be better for that extra sensitivity. I too have an OM 50mm f/1.8 but I can't get...