Chinese New Year in Tunbridge Wells – With a Flashgun…
On Saturday February the 13th, residents of Tunbridge Wells celebrated the coming of the Chinese New Year – The Year of the Tiger! My family and I joined in too, with our own lnaterns and me with my camera, eager to use my new flashgun. How hard can it be? Well not that easy! Armed with a new Metz Flashgun 48 AF-1, that has so far proved more than powerful for home and garden, I soon...
March 2nd, 2010 by simon.reeve
Olympus e620 Grainy Film Art Filter
Ever since moving to digital photography, I have often thought of taking black and white photos. Thing is, I use the ‘take it in colour and convert some later with PhotoShop or similar’. Theflaw in this approach is, at least for me, is I never seem to get round to trauling through the hundreds (thousands) of photos and converting them to black and white ‘just to see’. ...
February 15th, 2010 by simon.reeve
What’s not so good about my Olympus e620?
So it’s nearly been a few months now, so here’s what’s not so good with my Olympus e620. Well I’m very gald to say, “Not a lot!!”. Yep, nearly all incredibly minor niggles are down to me as much as the camera. By that I mean, I’ve still to learn how to drive it properly. Nothing I hear you cry? Well you’re right to be suspicous of my claim, as...
February 3rd, 2010 by simon.reeve
Naughty Nokia? Maps Not Free for All
The other day I saw an item on news.zdnet.co.ukabout Nokia releasing OVI Maps 3.0 with free navigation for everyone. Ooooo… Yippee. I’ll have some of that, finally leave the TomTom behind. It seems about time, as so many of us already have sat navs that come with free navigation After downloading and installing to my 6220 Classic, I was very dissapointed. It still keeps asking...
January 24th, 2010 by simon.reeve
Olympus e620 – Ultimate Setup Guide?
Just bought yourself an Olympus e620? I stumbled across this very comprehensive guide to all the settings. Might help any newbies like myself! http://www.biofos.com/esystem/e620_set.html My compliments to the author John Foster.
January 18th, 2010 by simon.reeve
Bloco Fogo Caught with Olymous e620
During early September, whilst out doing some Christmas shopping in Tunbridge Wells, my son and I heard some drumming! It’s was a samba band. We followed our ears to investigate and found Bloco Fogo playing in the centre by the clock tower. Luckily I had my shiny new Olympus e620 with me, in the hope I’d have cause to use it, and I did! After successfully pushing my way through to...
January 15th, 2010 by simon.reeve
I’ve bought an Olympus e620 D-SLR
Since 2009 saw a landmark Birthday, and Christmas was looking, I thought it about time to move up from a digital compact camera and get myself a new toy, a Digital SLR. Now many moons ago I used to dabble in photography with an Canon AE-1 of my Dad’s and then my own Canon A-1. Quick to adopt digital I bought a Sanyo VPC-X350 in 1999, as it did video too. Nothing special by today’s standard,...
December 29th, 2009 by simon.reeve
Wii Motion Plus
So I’ve bought Wii Motion Plus and Sports Resort, and here’s what I think…Rather Good! Wii Sports Resort? Since I’m a fan of Wii Bowling, I tried that first. “‘mmmm” I said to myself, with tht strange feeling you’re about to be really disappointed and duped. I couldn’t really see the difference, apart from my Mii sporting a funky shirt. Next...
August 17th, 2009 by simon.reeve
Get Italian TV in the UK
Philex Satellite Kit In an effort to maintain my Italian language skills, I thought I’d get a satellite dish to watch the news and anything else available. The hope is my son can pick up the language too. Whilst out shopping at a B&Q warehouse I stumbled across a very affordable satellite TV kit in a box, and that’s where the story starts… (more…)
January 19th, 2009 by simon.reeve
Nokia 6220 Firmware Update – 03.46
I don’t know why, but thought I’d see if there is a new version of firmware for the Nokia 6220, since it irritatingly crahses when trying to take photos. The latest version I now have is 03.46 (custom version 03.46.229.06). What’s the difference???? I DON’T KNOW!!!! The only thing I’ve noticed is it doesn’t reboot when taking photos. The problem is, I’ve...
December 28th, 2008 by simon.reeve
