Back
I’m back, having managed to not read e-mail for two and half weeks. That’s a record for me, I think, since I started using e-mail systematically back in 1980. (Yes, there was e-mail in 1980, even if you had to write your own software!)
The holiday was not without technology, with plenty of fun playing with my new Canon 350D and a pair of very fine lenses: 10-22mm and 28-135mm zooms. Superb and great fun. The difference between a D-SLR and even the top-end digital cameras is remarkable, although you probably have to have used a film SLR to appreciate just how good it is.
We also visited the brilliant image and technology-base theme part Futuroscope near Poiter in France. Amazing graphics, including dual-screen Imax, hemispherical Imax and Imax Solido 3D. Lots of real-life fun too, with my younger daughter absolutely loving the water jets in the heat.
July 31st, 2006 at 10:21 pm
Hi Richard, how are you? Funnily enough, I’m going to Futurascope at the end of August. Glad to hear it’s good. Hope the mobile phone industry is going well and so on. I don’t really need a particularly good digital camera for what I do with it!
Keith.
August 1st, 2006 at 3:17 pm
Hi Keith
Good to hear from you! The park is fantastic - you’ll appreciate the image stuff in particular. The imax shows are breathtaking. I was less taken with the video game style rides as they were two short and rough to be absorbing.
Enjoy
rmm