Pleasure and Business - Travel Technology: Canon 40mm F2.8 STM with a Canon 100D In this adventure... Pleasure and Business Mixing things together (again) Off to Heathrow Cathay Pacific Lounge and the American Airlines Lounges AA47 London Heathrow to Chicago O'Hare, Main Cabin Extra aboard a 787 US Immigration Adventures Intercontinental Chicago North … [Read more...]
Let’s Tallinn that again! Further Exploring old town Tallinn…. and an iPhone 7
Lets Tallinn that again! Further Exploring old town Tallinn... and an iPhone 7 In this 200 Tier Point Adventure: 155 Tier points to go (because my mathematical skills are as bad as my grammatical skills) To the Heathrow area The Holiday Inn Ariel, London Heathrow To Heathrow, Revisiting the Cathay Pacific Lounge AY3126 London Heathrow to Helsinki in … [Read more...]
There’s gotta be a oneworld way – Evening Photographic Test: Apple iPhone 7
There's gotta be a oneworld way - Evening Photographic Test: Apple iPhone 7 In this epic: OTAs: I really hate them… To Heathrow, BA Galleries South BA485 Heathrow to Madrid The Spanish Solution? Run dear fellow... IB6275 Madrid to Chicago Radisson O’Hare Evening Photographic Test: Apple iPhone 7 Hyatt Regency O'Hare Lunch with RenesPoints … [Read more...]
Travel Technology: Canon 100-400L (with some airplane art)
Time for some more travel technology - this week, looking at a lens that I've fallen for - the Canon 100mm-400mm F4.5-5.6 IS L Series lens. Ok. Let me translate some of that into something resembling English Canon - That's the brand of the lens. 100mm - that's the shortest focal length this lens starts at 400mm - that's the longest focal length this lens can work … [Read more...]
Flight-Fight! A Day of Spotting Planes (Airplane Art Special)
Flight-Fight! A Day of Spotting Planes Flight-fight? Fight-FIGHT! Round 1: Booking and Check in Off to Birmingham Airport Round 2: Aer Lingus EI263 Birmingham to Dublin Airport Interlude: Spotting in Dublin Back to Dublin Airport Interlude: Finding the perfect Guinness Mug. Round 3: Ryanair FR666 Dublin to Birmingham Airport Quickie ride home … [Read more...]
TravelPlus: The Sony A5000 (Featuring Images from Hong Kong)
So, as some of you have noticed - I've been Vlogging some of my Hong Kong trip, and been playing with a new camera whilst on this trip - a Sony A5000 First up... the Sony A5000 is titchy compared to the hulking Digital SLR's I normally lug around on trips. I brought this with the supplied lens as 1) I didn't have time to go lens hunting for the "perfect" lens and 2) it's … [Read more...]
The Five Yen of Happiness! Around Frankfurt Airport with random #AVGeek spotting
The Five Yen of Happiness! Around Frankfurt Airport with random #AVGeek spotting I give in – I need a break (Introduction) To Heathrow and The BA Galleries North Lounge BA902 London Heathrow to Frankfurt Airport in Club Europe Bumbling around Frankfurt Airport with random #AVGeek spotting Meeting the A350 and the Air Canada Lounge Qatar Airways QR068 Frankfurt … [Read more...]
Travel Plus… Photography: Snapselect is free (and it works quite well)!
One of the problems I have when I take photos for trip reports is that I sometimes shoot a few too many photos. If you can call 5.5TB of photos "a few" photos. Snapselect by MacPhun is a tool that allows you to go through duplicates and easily identify them. Currently, Snapselect is FREE from the Apple App Store. Is it any good though? Firstly, check what it … [Read more...]
Travel Plus… Technology/Photography: Canon 100D – Hiking the down the Diamond Head
Time to return to a long-term test - my Canon 100D Digital SLR camera that I tend to throw in the bag when I'm travelling. The 100D in real life. For those of you who are interested in some background on the long-term test, have a look at it in San Francisco and Chicago. My interest in the 100D is simple - is it any good as a travel camera? Most of you know that I rate … [Read more...]
Trip Report Extra: London Fashion Weekend
Whilst the following doesn't lend to a normal trip report of any kind, it does involve travel and such, so it goes into the general pile. Besides, there's more to life than Premium Cabins isn't there? The Honolulu trip report is taking a break - It'll follow on after this sometime later today/tomorrow. Those who know me know that I more than "dabble" in photography - to … [Read more...]
