May 2018 - Almontage

Kit Lens

Economics , Family , Hobbies , Life Experience , Technology

May 31, 2018

When I got my Nikon D5500 a few years ago I included a kit in the purchase that gave me two VR lenses (18-55) and 55-200) for an excellent price (about $400 Canadian.) There...

Mighty Mississippi

Family , Hobbies , Life Experience

May 30, 2018May 30, 2018

One of the best things about living is Almonte is the Mississippi River that flows through downtown. No, not that Mississippi – this one is the minor Canadian version. A couple of weeks ago the...

The 15-Year Cycle

Life Experience

May 29, 2018June 1, 2018

Seems to me that instead of measuring human lifespan in the 3 score and 10 metric we should use the 15-year cycle – use a cat’s lifespan instead. For example, it’s been nearly 14...

Analog Man – NOT!!

Economics , Family , Hobbies , Life Experience , Technology

May 28, 2018

Great song, great album – you can even get it on vinyl. Does it apply to me – an analog man in a digital world? I don’t think so. I suppose there are lots of...

Legacy Glass, Digital SLR

Life Experience

May 26, 2018

After I got my Nikon F80 film camera in 2002, I collected a fair number of compatible Nikon autofocus lenses for it. I had a couple of zooms, and some really nice prime lenses...

Industrial Marketing

Economics , Family , Life Experience , Technology

May 16, 2018

Having worked in the food industry as long as I did, I got pretty familiar with consumer marketing – how to sell Maxwell House Coffee, Jell-O, Becel, Hellmann’s Mayo – but how do you...

Fail

Economics , Hobbies , Life Experience , Technology , Travel

May 6, 2018

This isn’t so much a post about photography as it is about how a technology-driven company can make products that are a marketing and financial disaster if they don’t understand their customer. Nobody can...

Chillin’ and Grillin’

Life Experience

May 4, 2018

BBQ season isn’t a year-round thing up here in the Valley. You are lucky if you make it from May to October most years. That said, we do get a lot of use out of...

Month: May 2018

Kit Lens

Mighty Mississippi

The 15-Year Cycle

Analog Man – NOT!!

Legacy Glass, Digital SLR

Industrial Marketing

Fail

Chillin’ and Grillin’

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