On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:17:16 +0200, wrote:

~On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:05:17 +0100, newsb
~wrote:
~
~In article , Martin Brown
writes
~They are usually not bad in general consumer white goods, but the
~specialist magazines tend to do better reviews of photo gear.
~
~For anyone interested that doesn't already know,
~http://www.dpreview.com/
~is an excellent place to read up pretty independent reviews and specs of
~digital cameras.
~
~It was this site that flagged the colour problems of the Nikon Coolpix
~885.
~There is little point in Which? carrying out superficial inexpert
~camera tests, when dpreview does the job properly.

dpreview.com is fantastic. I found it last year when looking to update
my ancient Canon S10 and found out loads of things I hadn't realised
about that model let alone the new offerings!

It also told me of up and coming models which I might want to wait
for: I duly waited for two of them, tested them in shops (with my own
CF card so I could take the photos home and look properly!) and found
them both wanting. So I've ended up rather seriously poorer with a
model I hadn't even thought about originally. But then again I had a
really nice camera for a once in a lifetime trip to Japan, in a cheap
place to buy accessories

ob: gardening
I had a great time in Kyoto, wandering about various gardens. There
are hundreds, and the styles vary among several formal styles as well
as informal. The thing that struck me most was the lack of many
colours: in May, you get irises and azaleas (almost always cerise
pink) and greenery. I could go on about this, but had better not given
it's not in the UK ;-)

However, if anyone wants a thread on plants for creating Japanese
gardens here in the UK...


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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