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A relatively new ship, the MS Noordam was launched in 2006 as the final member of Holland America Line’s Vista-class. It is a mid-sized vessel that blends traditional maritime elegance with some additional modern refurbishments added in 2024. The ship has a guest capacity of approximately 1,916 to 1,972 passengers served by a crew of…
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I got a new old camera. The Minolta SR-1. First released in 1959, it was Minolta’s second ever SLR produced. It needed a lens, so I got an equally antique Rocker 55mm F1.8 As prior posts have stated, I have always had a spot for Minolta. They are probably my favourite 35mm SLR producer. Though…
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Recently in late night impulse I acquired a Japanese only Panasonic GF2. My Lumix GF1 remains my favourite walkabout and holiday camera due to its ‘just right’ size and pleasing images coupled with its excellent 20mm lens – but I thought I’d get a GF2 to back it up. Internally, sensor wise, not a lot…
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Today’s post is a family relic – my late Uncle Bills Kodak Six-20 Brownie Junior (Portrait Model). As the only one left shooting film(once in a blue moon now) in the family, I inherited one of his cameras he had from new. Brownies had a long production run – in its various variants which were…
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So I impulse bought a camera lot recently in an online auction. Initially, I was really bidding on a standard zoom lens for my Canon DSLR, but there were a few other goodies that caught my eye. One such goodie was the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3. A mighty 4MP bridge camera from 2004 sporting a…
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