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GoPro HD Video Camera Review

Alan Cole — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:23:15 +0000

My birthday present for my 40th this year was a GoPro HD helmet camera – A small, HD video camera in a rugged, waterproof (to 60m) housing. On paper it doesn’t look like anything too special. Compared to most modern tech-toys and other video cameras it has very few features. Other than recording in HD...

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Aqua-Boy!

Alan Cole — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:44:28 +0000

Morgan went to a swimming party yesterday. As it was a private party I thought I’d give my underwater camera a try out and get some shots of him playing in the water. It seemed to work quite well, even the video quality was OK. Shame about my videography skills, but I was only messing...

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Battery Grip for Canon EOS – Review

Alan Cole — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:59:31 +0000

I’ve been paranoid about running out of battery charge in my SLR camera for a while now. Carrying an extra battery would be easy, but I liked the look of the battery grips that allows you to put two batteries in them. Not only do they allow you to add an extra battery, but they...

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Beach Art & Photography

Alan Cole — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:58:16 +0000

Our busy weekend continued with a day on the beach (after re-visiting the moth traps set the night before). Morgan and I had a play in the sea, which gave me a chance to get my waterproof camera properly wet. It coped well and considering its size and durability I’m still pretty impressed with the...

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Snowdonia Enduro Photo Assignment

Alan Cole — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:34:53 +0000

As part of my ‘getting back into photography’ effort I’ve been meaning to photograph a mountain biking event for a while now. I quite like the idea of having a particular ‘assignment’ rather than just wandering around on a photo-walk and hopefully all of the participants in such an event will want to see photos...

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Pentax Optio W60 – First impressions

Alan Cole — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:04:46 +0000

I haven’t had it long so this isn’t a full review, but my new digital camera arrived the other day so here are my first impressions. After some deliberation over which waterproof digital camera to get I chose a Pentax Optio W60 as a second, go anywhere camera to compliment my Canon EOS 450D SLR...

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Which Waterproof Camera?

Alan Cole — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:51:37 +0000

Finding the perfect camera can be a nightmare, but I’ve now come to the conclusion that there isn’t one camera that suits all circumstances. Which, of course, means that it is time to buy another camera! Well, you can’t have too many gadgets can you! I know it wasn’t that long ago that I bought...

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New camera – Bargain hunting

Alan Cole — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:09:58 +0000

I’ve been toying with the idea of a new camera or two for a while now. My existing camera is good, a Panasonic DMC LZ10 but it isn’t quite perfect. When I bought it I was after the best of both world, the easy an portability of a compact and the versatility of an SLR....

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