Posts Tagged ‘money’

The sound of money not whooshing out the door

Nikon have conspired to leak the specs of their next top-line pro DSLR, the D3X. Naturally, I want one. Because, you know, what Nikon user wouldn’t? I’ve spent most of the week trying to work out the best way to cart camera gear to the states for UDS week. I’ll be there all week (try [...]


Cashy Money, how it falls

Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 317 I’d put my money on the table in my hotel room and, getting up, knocked over a stack of quarters, leaving this rather pleasing pattern.


Dear lazyweb traveller types

So, let’s begin at the beginning, shall we? In December, I’m due to go to UDS Jaunty, which is to be held in Mountain View, CA, at the Googleplex. Okay so far (except for the 10-hour flights, but what can you do). Now, I’ve booked my flights with Virgin Atlantic for the following reasons: I’ve [...]


Why not a D700?

Since I bought my D300 several people have asked me why I didn’t hold out and spend the extra money to get it’s bigger, full-frame brother, the D700. After all, they’ve reasoned, you spent a lot of money; why not spend that little bit extra to get full frame camera with fantastic low-light performance. Well, [...]