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The Canon EOS R – Long term Review, Use and Living with a Mirrorless Camera

26/01/2019 by Kevincm

The Canon EOS R – Long Term use and review - Life with a Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera In this series: Introducing the Canon EOS R City and Street Photography in Brussels Urban Exploration with a Model (featuring the RotoLight NEO II) Aviation Photography in Manchester Night time Model Photography The British Airways BOAC Boeing 747-400 … [Read more...]

Long Way Home – The Canon 100D – Good for Aviation Photography?

07/12/2018 by Kevincm

Long Way Home - The Canon 100D - a shooter for aviation photography? In this adventure: I’ve got to stop looking at odd routings and thinking they’re good ideas Sleep? What’s that concept? Off to Heathrow T3 Lounging around Heathrow T3 AA99 London Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare The Hyatt Regency O’Hare The Nutella Cafe … [Read more...]

Apple’s eSIM in the new iPhone. Helpful or limiting?

15/09/2018 by Kevincm

If we dial back to earlier this week, Apple released its latest versions of its iPhone range - with some odd names: Apple iPhone Xr (the single rear camera "budget" model with a LCD screen, and multiple coloured casings) Apple iPhone Xs (the follow-on from the iPhone X) Apple iPhone Xs MAX (the updated version from Boeing with better aerodynamics and new engines the … [Read more...]

TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: Exploring Lisbon with a Canon 100D/Rebel SL1 – Europe: Start Voting Now!

05/06/2018 by Kevincm

Europe: Start voting now! Exploring Lisbon with a Canon 100D - Travel Technology In this musical spectacular... Who wants to go to Eurovision? Where did my wallet go? Off to Birmingham Airport SN2038 Birmingham Airport to Brussels National Airport Some time at Brussels Airport SN3819 Brussels National Airport to Lisbon Airport with the AeroSmurf Into … [Read more...]

TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: SkullCandy Ink’d Wireless Headphones – Springing to Chicago

27/04/2018 by Kevincm

Springing to Chicago - SkullCandy Ink’d Wireless Headphones Here we go... again (in more ways than one) Off to Heathrow Terminal 3 Oneworld Lounges (Cathay Pacific and American Airlines) AA87 London Heathrow T3 to Chicago O’Hare International The joy of US immigration Intercontinental Chicago - Magnificent Mile Travel Tech: Life with … [Read more...]

TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: The Canon 50mm f1.2L – King of the Red Rings? (Springing into Chicago)

24/04/2018 by Kevincm

Springing to Chicago - The Canon 50mm f1.2L - King of the Red Rings? Travel Technology with Kevin Here we go... again (in more ways than one) Off to Heathrow Terminal 3 Oneworld Lounges (Cathay Pacific and American Airlines) AA87 London Heathrow T3 to Chicago O’Hare International The joy of US immigration Intercontinental Chicago - … [Read more...]

Travel Technology: One reason to buy a Sandisk Extreme Card – Free recovery software!

07/04/2018 by Kevincm

When it comes to buying memory for my cameras or tablets - I'm not fussy the majority of the time (providing I stick to the big retailers and I'm using the right card for the job). However, once a year - I try to get a Sandisk Extreme memory card on the cheap (from a known retail source/online place - and normally, not eBay). This example set me back a total of … [Read more...]

Travel Technology: Back to film with the Holga 120N

24/03/2018 by Kevincm

Time for something different this week in Travel Technology - we're going Lo-fi. And I mean lo-fi. Most of you know that I shoot with Canon kit and autofoucusing lenses. All things that allow for photos to be done quickly and allow you to knock out quality pictures. But sometimes, a Digital Camera is the poorest tool in the world to learn with. Why? A digital camera … [Read more...]

Back to the Future – the Nokia Bananna phone returns (8110 4G)

26/02/2018 by Kevincm

Nokia (or rather HMD Global who hold the rights to use the Nokia name for phones) is back again with another retro handset for you... and this time, there's a few interesting features. Introducing the Nokia 8110 4G Nokia 8110 4G - Image, HMD Global/Nokia Those who are old enough to remember - will remember this last time around when it was introduced in 1996 (and was … [Read more...]

Nokia to update its “new” 3310… with 3G!

29/09/2017 by Kevincm

Time for some none-airplane news, and focusing on the HMD Global's biggest selling handset to date - the Nokia 3310. Whilst the device has been selling well, there is a major issue with it - and that it will only work on 2G wavebands. This is a problem as countries are in the process of switching off their 2G networks to release bandwidth for 4G networks (so your wizzy … [Read more...]