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About Me

I have been an amateur photographer for the last thirty years.  I have never used expensive cameras believing the importance is in the lens, the eye of the photographer and the importance of the moment.  My first serious camera was a Ricoh 500ME.  I found this to be a really good camera to learn my craft.  It had a built in light meter and a manual shutter speed and f-stop that allowed me to understand night photography, capturing motion and depth of field.  I used this camera for many years travelling around Europe.  

In 1994 I purchased a Canon EOS 500 an SLR light body camera with a brilliant ultrasonic lenses.  This lens was incredibly fast autofocus unit with a manual override.  I loved this camera and found through the lens a pleasure to work with when framing images.  The only reason I had to change from this camera was to move to digital photography.

In 2007 I purchased a Canon Powershot SX100 IS small format  factor camera.  I wanted a more portable camera that had a flexible 36-360mm  (x10 optical ) zoom whilst delivering 8 megapixel resolution.  This delivered a very handy portable package to carry whilst mountain walking my other love.

In 2013 I purchased a Panasonic Lumix FZ200 bridge camera.  This unit delivers 25-600mm Leica (x24 optical) zoom lens combined with a 12 megapixel resolution.  This delivers a flexible F2.5 aperture over its entire zoom range.  This package gives a fantastic compromise of an flexible zoom lens, compact size and weight with great quality images.

About Me

I have been an amateur photographer for the last thirty years.  I have never used expensive cameras believing the importance is in the lens, the eye of the photographer and the importance of the moment.  My first serious camera was a Ricoh 500ME.  I found this to be a really good camera to learn my craft.  It had a built in light meter and a manual shutter speed and f-stop that allowed me to understand night photography, capturing motion and depth of field.  I used this camera for many years travelling around Europe.  

In 1994 I purchased a Canon EOS 500 an SLR light body camera with a brilliant ultrasonic lenses.  This lens was incredibly fast autofocus unit with a manual override.  I loved this camera and found through the lens a pleasure to work with when framing images.  The only reason I had to change from this camera was to move to digital photography.

In 2007 I purchased a Canon Powershot SX100 IS small format  factor camera.  I wanted a more portable camera that had a flexible 36-360mm  (x10 optical ) zoom whilst delivering 8 megapixel resolution.  This delivered a very handy portable package to carry whilst mountain walking my other love.

In 2013 I purchased a Panasonic Lumix FZ200 bridge camera.  This unit delivers 25-600mm Leica (x24 optical) zoom lens combined with a 12 megapixel resolution.  This delivers a flexible F2.5 aperture over its entire zoom range.  This package gives a fantastic compromise of an flexible zoom lens, compact size and weight with great quality images.