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You may have stumbled across this when looking for something else, in which case I can only apologise.

These pictures are here for my friends and, in a couple of cases, to illustrate a point I'm making on the dpreview forum.

BTW, nearly all the pictures have been reduced to 1024 x 768 to make them small and, to make the download even quicker, I have compressed them rather a lot. Not, I hope, that you'll notice. Send an e-mail if you are misguided enough to want to view the originals which vary in size up to about 14 MB or more...

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Oddments :

Oddments

Updated: Nov 02, 2009 3:48am PST

For eBay... : This gallery shows pictures from two lenses, an original Canon 35mmf/2.5 lens and a 1960's Hanimex28mm f/2.8 lens that I'm trying to sell on ebay. It's item no 220502929956

For eBay...

This gallery shows pictures from two lenses, an original Canon 35mmf/2 ...

Updated: Oct 31, 2009 3:01am PST

Shuttleworth :

Shuttleworth

Updated: Oct 26, 2009 2:46am PST

Red Roses :

Red Roses

Updated: Sep 23, 2009 3:54am PST

Leica Lenses : A scan of the booklet "The Interchangeable Leica Lenses" dated October 1937. Not as good as I would wish but the booklet is over 70 years old and the paper is becoming very brittle. So I was unable to press it flat down during the scans. There are also some scans of advert's from that period and another booklet.

Leica Lenses

A scan of the booklet "The Interchangeable Leica Lenses" dated October ...

Updated: Sep 14, 2009 3:03pm PST

Olympus Kit Lenses : I get tired of hearing recommendations on forums for Canon and Nikon. I use both makes and others and think that the Olympus kit lenses offer a lot higher quality than people would expect. So here are some samples. They were all taken with the telephoto zoom from the two lens kit. That means 40 to 150mm (80 to 300mm in 35mm film terms) and f/3·5 to f/4·5 at the widest. People who think you need high ISO settings for fast moving objects should look at the EXIF and also bear in mind that for the pictures of aircraft the camera was hand held. All the pictures show jpg's just as they came out of the camera; an Olympus E-500 .

Olympus Kit Lenses

I get tired of hearing recommendations on forums for Canon and Nikon. ...

Updated: Aug 18, 2009 2:19am PST

Olympus mju-II : Sample pictures taken with the Olympus mju-II, which was probably the last 35mm P&S with a fixed focal length lens made by them. It was made from 1996 onwards and a special edition was made in 1998. These a good but brief list of models and dates for Olympus cameras here: http://zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk/~rwesson/esif/om-sif/camhistory/camhistory.htm Best viewed as the "Large" size. Scanned by Tesco's so only about 2 megapixels.

Olympus mju-II

Sample pictures taken with the Olympus mju-II, which was probably the ...

Updated: May 14, 2009 7:35am PST

Wide Angle Problems : A set of three photo's to show what I dislike about wide angles. The picture was taken with a Panasonic LX2 on the 10 megapixel 16:9 settings. For obvious reasons I've changed it to fit 1024 x 568 (a typical monitor screen and much faster to load).

Wide Angle Problems

A set of three photo's to show what I dislike about wide angles. The p ...

Updated: Oct 09, 2007 4:46am PST

Close Up : A microscope and a 3 megapixel P&S...

Close Up

A microscope and a 3 megapixel P&S...

Updated: Aug 03, 2007 3:53am PST

France 2 : These are some snaps taken during a short holiday in France. As usual, when we got back from our holiday there were a lot of problems waiting for us and so I've not found the time, yet, to put captions on all the pictures here. With luck and a fair wind I'll get it sorted out soon but it might be best to look again in mid-September and then early October, by which time I may have added the captions. Sorry about that, David PS The pictures have been made a lot smaller and compressed to fit the computer screens and so won't print very well as shown here but I'd be happy to print copies from the originals. Just send an e-mail to iDRH@tesco.net and I'll be in touch.

France 2

These are some snaps taken during a short holiday in France. As usual, ...

Updated: Sep 25, 2006 7:19am PST

Tall Ships at St Malo, France : Not my best pictures; the place was jammed solid with people and photographers fighting for a good position. And so most of my shots were grabbed whenever I got the chance and with little time to think and even less time to compose the shot.

Tall Ships at St Malo, France

Not my best pictures; the place was jammed solid with people and photo ...

Updated: Jul 17, 2006 4:32am PST

Low Light & Noise : People get wound up about low light and noise. I prefer the classic approach of f/2 or so, ISO 100 and a bit of technique. All these shots were taken with the camera on the "P" setting at ISO 100. They were handheld and I was taking a lot of pictures to get the atmosphere after the airshow, when the old 'planes are put back in the hangers. BTW, to get the pictures at slow shutters speeds you need to watch what people do. In all of these shots the 'planes were moved slowly forwards, then backwards until in the right place. The pictures were taken as they paused before going in the opposite direction.

Low Light & Noise

People get wound up about low light and noise. I prefer the classic ap ...

Updated: Jul 03, 2006 3:53am PST

France :

France

Updated: Jun 29, 2006 1:55am PST

Just a P&S (!) : A few photo's to show what a simple and not very popluar "Point and Shoot" (P&S) can do. As is the way of the world, they seem to be selling them off very cheaply at present...

Just a P&S (!)

A few photo's to show what a simple and not very popluar "Point and Sh ...

Updated: Apr 07, 2006 3:18am PST

Steam : Under construction...

Steam

Under construction...

Updated: Apr 21, 2005 1:52am PST

An old P&S : All taken with a Fujifilm MX-1500 which received rave reviews when it was announced in May '99. Put here to show what we thought was brilliant in those days and almost as good as my large (heavy) digital SLR. Only a 1/2.2" CCD and a non-zoom lens (38 mm equivalent on 35 mm film). And I got a 4 MB Smart Media card with it and a set of rechargeable batteries. The pictures were taken at the Great Central Railway, which is a length of preserved (restored) main line track, several restored and one new station etc in Leics. I like steam locomotives, btw.

An old P&S

All taken with a Fujifilm MX-1500 which received rave reviews when it ...

Updated: Feb 16, 2005 4:33am PST

Another P&S : A few photo's taken with an Olympus µ 300 (or Stylus 300) camera and put here to show what can be done with a "point & shoot". BTW, I ignore the menu and leave the thing on "Program Auto" which saves messing around with the menu.

Another P&S

A few photo's taken with an Olympus µ 300 (or Stylus 300) camera and ...

Updated: Nov 10, 2004 1:59am PST

Dieppe Kite Festival 2004 :

Dieppe Kite Festival 2004

Updated: Sep 27, 2004 2:43am PST

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