A balanced, three course meal of photography, tech and repair
A balanced, three course meal of photography, tech and repair
In June 1989, Amateur Photographer magazine teamed up with Jessop of Leicester to bring readers a once in a lifetime bargain offer of a “Cosmic Symbol” camera for just £8.95 or £22.80 inflation adjusted as of February 2024. Far from being an end of the line sell off of a…
Sony are synonymous with innovation and have overseen the development of some monumentally successful product releases that have changed the markets in which they have entered. Walkman, Betamax and Playstation will instantly spring to mind for anyone who grew up in the 80’s and 90’s and, with the exception of…
I’ve recently been looking into cameras which hold some form of historical or technological significance. It turns out that there are other camera manufacturers out there that aren’t Canon? I know, I’m as shocked as you are by this revelation and apparently in the mid 1980’s a little known company…
In terms of technology, the 1990’s were utterly bonkers. These were exciting times, the news was full of “digital revolution” and we were all getting on board the “Information Super Highway!” People had laughed when Bill Gates said he could envision a time when every house contained a PC –…
It’s 1990 and the Canon EOS lineup is iteratively starting to take shape. The first few models were slight outliers in their design language and even their model numbers were odd, starting at 630 and working their way down to 620, 610 and so on. I’m not sure many outside…
In 1992, Canon released the EOS 5 to great critical reception. Without doubt, the EOS 5 came packed with features that consumers wanted from a high end SLR and it sold in vast quantities. Professionals who had invested in the EOS 1 saw it as a viable and reliable second…
The Canon Digital Ixus 400 (Ixy 400 in Japan and Powershot S400 in America) was an utterly iconic digital compact camera, released in March of 2003 into an intensely competitive marketplace. Digital compacts were all the rage in the very early 2000’s and had truly come of age. They came…
