Author Archives: marcus

Motorcycling and Cycling

The more popular cycling gets the more people realise the dangers of riding on our roads. When you start riding a motorbike you do so accepting a few truths: Everyone knows someone who has had a motorbike accident, sometimes a fatal … Continue reading

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Back button Auto-focus

At the weekend I got lots of tips from Paul Ronan, a local photographer, including an intro to the possibilities of post processing (with RAW images), see some of the examples on my flickr stream The biggest thing I took … Continue reading

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Movember 2012

Please help my mo make a difference this month by visiting “my mo space” – thank you!!

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Ionian adventures

I had this charter in mind since the Day Skipper course I took in 2011, so there was plenty of anticipation as we planned the week long holiday with myself, my daughter (5), two friends with no sailing experience between them … Continue reading

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Sensor Cleaning

In addition to always holding your camera facing down when changing lens, always hold the camera level when turning on or off. The reason for this is that sensor cleaning vibrates the sensor to dislodge dust from the surface. If … Continue reading

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Sailing course providers

The company I did my sailing course with last year, Hot Liquid, have had a series of serious incidents over the last year leading to their Southampton school being suspended by the RYA. More details can be found on this … Continue reading

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Canon EOS Digital SLR

I’ve always had Canon cameras over the years so when checking out this wiki page I decided on the Canon EOS 550D. As soon as I started asking about I got so much relevant feedback from friends and colleagues that I … Continue reading

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