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By: The day’s shaping up nicely | Adventures of an Idiot – occasional ramblings of a photography freak

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:33:30 +0000

[...] it one little bit. Particularly plastic-bodied point and shoot type cameras. I know this. Cos the last time I dropped such a camera onto concrete I broke it. Irreparably. Or at least, not repairable within [...]

By: This is not the camera its meant to be | Adventures of an Idiot – occasional ramblings of a photography freak

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:35:35 +0000

[...] totally trashing my last point’n'shoot, a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 (the sad tale’s here if you’re really interested), I’ve been promising myself a replacement. (Nowt wrong [...]

By: A bit over the top « Phirst PhArts

A bit over the top « Phirst PhArts — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:34:47 +0000

[...] up with the lark to tackle the task for today (about which I’ve rambled on at some length on my blog. Heh [...]

By: Getting rather carried away « Phirst PhArts

Getting rather carried away « Phirst PhArts — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:33:33 +0000

[...] up with the lark to tackle the task for today (about which I’ve rambled on at some length on my blog. Heh [...]

By: A week without photographs? « Adventures of an Idiot - occasional ramblings of a photography freak

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:03:42 +0000

[...] I wonder if this is the same little guy that kept me company in the garden all day a coupla weeks or so back? If so then he seems to be a [...]

By: A right merry blaze « Adventures of an Idiot - occasional ramblings of a photography freak

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:21:36 +0000

[...] few days back I posted about my recent gardening effort. The climax of which was intended to be a grand burning of the various brambles and stuff I’d [...]

By: forkboy

forkboy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:37:28 +0000

Emphasis on mad!

By: fotdmike

fotdmike — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:16:11 +0000

Thanks forkboy… problem is with this sort of tale, once I get started I just seem to ramble on and on.

And I think its extremely unlikely I’ve been underbilled. Worst possible case is that I’m paying the right amount, and that’s almost equally as unlikely.

Re the point’n'shoot… odd how just as, for practically the first time, I was beginning to appreciate its finer qualities I go and break the damn thing. What an utterly stupid thing to do… and so avoidable too.
Despite not having the cash right this instant I’ve already been looking to see what’s around as a replacement and so far I’ve not come across anything truly inspiring. Though I’m being a bit tempted by the Canon SX110.
But then I always seem to come back to wanting the RAW option, which really does mean the G9 or G10. No, there still aren’t all that many of them to choose from (if you meant RAW-capable point’n'shoots) and the Canons certainly seem to be the front-runners.
Realistically though, what I’ll probably end up with (knowing me only too well) is a bog-standard point’n'shoot and a G9 or G10. I’m a bit mad like that.

By: forkboy

forkboy — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:20:44 +0000

This is really a great post, Mike. I really enjoyed your tome…the way you worked through it and such.

And that is a very nice picture of the robin (English). The p&s did a nice job and you thanked it by killing it.

But hey! This opens a door for you…..perhaps time to consider a compact digi that offers RAW ability? Your friend LifeSpy certainly likes the G9, but there are so many from which to select these days.

Oh, one last thought….now that you’ve cleared away the mess from the meter, is it possible that an actual reading might lead them to discover they have been under-billing you?

I mean, perish the thought, but….