A balanced, three course meal of photography, tech and repair
A balanced, three course meal of photography, tech and repair
There is an argument that Apple have never invented a single product. Innovate – yes, but the inventions have all been the product of other companies. Not convinced? The GUI central to the Macintosh was the invention of the geniuses at Xerox Parc, the iPod? Beaten to it years before…
In 1969, Apollo 11 and its lunar lander successfully placed humans on the moon for the first time. In the background was an incredible feat of digital engineering called the AGC or Apollo Guidance Computer which navigated both shuttle and lander successfully to the Moon, onto its surface and then…
l have a habit of accidentally getting myself into things and this was definitely the case with the Big Film Photowalk. I saw the advert on an Instagram story and thought “that’d be a nice excuse to shoot a roll of film” and off I went to the website only…
There’s no doubt that Canon set fire to the digital SLR market back in 2003 with the release of the 300D and then continued to pour fuel on the flames with their successors the 350D and 400D. With the 300D Canon had managed to squeeze out a DSLR under the…
Let’s be clear right from the start – this isn’t a “What’s the best camera” discussion. If you want the best of the best, and you have the bottomless pockets to fund it, then you need to buy an EOS 1V or an EOS 3. That’s it, you can stop…
In 1989 the autofocus wars were well and truly underway. All major manufacturers had either moved from manual focus entirely, were well on their way to doing so or, like Pentax, reserved manual focus cameras only for their super low price point, entry level cameras to give customers an even…
A reoccurring theme over at Canny Cameras is the “camera for a quid.” Short of being gifted a camera, which is cheating, a single pound is about the most rock bottom price you could expect to pick up a camera for, but the price isn’t the main motivator here. The…
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…