It was rather cold overnight dropping to 2 deg C and climbing to a 'high' of 7 deg C today! Brrr! Nonetheless I decided to set off to Mt Aspiring, some 50km away - with 35km of which is on gravel road. It was not the greatest of days with lots of cloud cover and a touch of rain, but I had the full-frame camera, a 360 camera, the drone and my trusty iPhone, with me. To say … [Read more...] about BLOG: An Aspiring Adventure
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BLOG: The Lens Conundrum
Hmm, the 100-400mm lens conundrum continues. I went for a walk today with camera in hand and I was badly missing not having the zoom lens with me. Looks like I might have to post it to Canon in Auckland and let them work on it. I looked up some stuff online today saying it might just be the contacts that need cleaning. But not in my case, I think it is rather more serious … [Read more...] about BLOG: The Lens Conundrum
BLOG: Made it to Lake Wanaka
Well, it has been a mission and a half getting here, but have made it to Lake Wanaka. I noticed the night before that a screw had come out of the back of my 100-400m lens. Now today upon testing it is showing a 'ERR1' error and not talking to the camera. Whoopsie and I was of mind of the the first astro-run this weekend. Flying past Mt Cook / Aoraki - the highest … [Read more...] about BLOG: Made it to Lake Wanaka