A ‘first look’ video from the CES International 2012 show in Las Vagas. The Fujifilm X-Pro1 is a retro/rangefinder style interchangeable lens system digital camera featuring the new 16MP APS-C sensor, the X-Trans CMOS sensor™ and an original FUJIFILM X-Mount and Hybrid Multi Viewfinder
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Interchangeable lens system camera from FUJIFILM: X-Pro1 Featuring the new X-Trans CMOS sensor™ and an original FUJIFILM X-Mount and Hybrid Multi Viewfinder 09.01.2012 Press release from: FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO: Shigetaka Komori) are proud to announce the FUJIFILM X-Pro1, an all-new interchangeable lens camera system. The X-Pro1 features a 1 UPDATES: Click here to…
RNLI Queensferry Photographs of the RNLI Atlantic 75 lifeboat “Donald and Ethel Macrae” returning to Hawes Peir at South Queensferry, between the Forth Rail Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge. The public perception of lifeboats may be that they assist shipping on trouble on high seas. This would be correct but they also play a…
Friends are Rocks In the face of a turbulent or strong flowing current, a good friend is like a rock, standing against the dark forces in the river of life that would envelop, that would suck under, drag away or overwhelm. This photograph was taken in October 2011 at the Water of Leith, Edinburgh using…
Winter Primula These flowers are Primula and were first noticed to be in full bloom during the week between Christmas and New Year in my own garden in Central Scotland. By the time got around to photographing them, illuminated by the low angled winter sun, it was the 7th January. I would normally consider these…
Royal Yacht Britannia The Royal Yacht Britannia is berthed as a visitor attraction at the Ocean Terminal, Leith, Edinburgh. Built by John Brown & Co. Ltd, Clydebank on the River Clyde, she was launched on 16th April 1953 by HM Queen Elizabeth and commissioned on 11th January 1954. Traversing the globe over a period of…
Fireworks for The Bells 2012 Fireworks at “The Bells” on New Year 2012 in South Livingston, West Lothian. An excellent display. It was very fast and, bad news for dogs, very loud. A lot of fireworks in less than a minute. (Inspired by the Oban fireworks fiasco?). So sadly it was over very quickly, perhaps…
Glasgow City Chambers Illuminated Glasgow City Chambers building is an “interpretation of Renaissance Classicism incorporating Italianate styles”. Designed by architect William Young, inaugurated in 1888 by Queen Victoria, it is an imposing presence on one side of George Square and extends for several blocks behind. The photo above shows the city’s Cenotaph, in front of…
GoMA’s Dome The interior features of the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in Glasgow are magnificent. The elliptical well, looking up to the glass dome above the central hallway provides an excellent subject for a photographic study of concentric ellipses. The ornate plasterwork ceilings look stunning in pure white combined with lighting to emphasise the relief….
Custom House Greenock Standing at the waterfront, the Custom House in Greenock is one of the few remaining buildings representative of the shipping and trading heritage of the area. Vessels from around the world would have unloaded cargo at the Victoria Dock near this spot at the Custom House Quay. As the photo shows, it…
The Importance of Good Hosting For several years I was with the same website hosting provider. The hosting was okay but I often felt the loading times of this and some of my other websites were slow. I know there are many things that can influence this including the nature of the content, for example…
Squinty Bridge The “Squinty Bridge” crosses the River Clyde in the centre of Glasgow. Officially called the “Clyde Arc” it was opened in 2006 and provides a crossing over the River Clyde between Finnieston and Pacific Quay. The left side of the image, on the south side of the river, shows the BBC TV centre…
Forth Road Bridge The Forth Road Bridge on a calm sunny evening, Completed in 1964 it provides a crossing of the Firth of Forth between South Queensferry and North Queensferry. When constructed it was the longest suspension bridge outside the USA and the 4th longest span in the world. The photograph was taken in May…
Royal Exchange Square Royal Exchange Square is located in the centre of Glasgow at the junction of Ingram Street and Queen Street. The Square is dominated by a fine neoclassical building to which it owes its name. It was originally built in 1778 AD as a town house for William Cunninghame of Lainshaw, who was…
