My first time

…with a digital SLR was last Saturday, as mentioned before. It appears that Canon had invited about 200 people over the whole weekend, spread over time slots of around 3 hours. We arrived just after eleven in the morning and were greeted -as it is custom in Japan- by staff with Canon signs lined up at the station and on the way to the venue,... 

Oriental fibre paper

Oriental Seagull is a well-known and high quality black & white printing paper made in Japan, that has been available for many years. We have updated our selection with the addition of Oriental New Seagull VC-FB paper. This double weight paper is fibre-based, variable contrast and has a smooth/glossy surface. We have added three different paper... 

Digitally kissed

Just finished our Family Satsuei, courtesy of Canon.I will write something in more detail soon. For now all I can say is that I am quite impressed by the equipment and event and enjoyed the afternoon, despite the bad weather. ... 

Digital Kissing

That’s what I will do next Satuday. Canon is running some sort of promotion where they invite families for a day in Ueno zoo and you can use the New Kiss digital SLR camera (aka 350D or Digital Rebel XT, depending on where you live) with a couple of lenses for the day. Yesterday we received a note that we have won this and I am pleased to mess... 

Black & White contrasts

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Real world digital photography

I have just come across a news article stating that Iraq is probably the most photographically documented war ever. OK, you think, that is probably a good thing. Well, there’s more. What they actually refer to is the widespread personal use of digital cameras by the troops. We have already seen the torture images from places like Abu Ghuraieb... 

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