Category Archives: Equipment

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You Get What You Pay For, Or Do You?

Friday, January 24, 2020 by Richard | 0 Comments

I’m a big believer in the saying “you get what you pay for”. My filter buying history, before I finally settled on a set of good quality 100mm filters is a long and sorry tale. […]

Christmas Cameras

Monday, November 11, 2019 by Richard | 0 Comments

A Christmas brochure from WEX Photographic popped through my post box the other day. I was having a look through it over a cup of coffee and it struck me that all the major camera […]

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Combatting The Dreaded Midge

Friday, September 20, 2019 by Richard | 0 Comments

I read Mike Price’s blog about “Netspex” with interest some time ago, but when we were preparing to go to North Uist, we found that Netspex were out of production, so we had to look […]

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No Such Thing As The Perfect Camera Bag!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019 by Richard | 0 Comments

This has to be a first for me as I’ve never actually managed to wear holes in a camera bag before! I’ve used my trusty Case Logic backpack for six years now and despite the […]

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Studded Snow Boots

Friday, March 8, 2019 by Richard | 0 Comments

Way back in February 2013, Janet, myself and a couple of friends took a trip to the Lofoten Islands. The first few days proved to be very rainy, but it froze overnight giving us very […]

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Getting About In Snowy Conditions

Thursday, February 21, 2019 by Richard | 0 Comments

Given our liking for roaming around the moors and dales in the snow, you’d think we ran a four-wheel drive vehicle, but no, we’ve nothing more exciting than a front wheel drive hatchback. So how […]