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Don’t be Cine-cal, it’s the new video age.
Hello my friends. Last week we looked at 35mm cameras and SLR’s. This week l would like to look at my experiences with cine cameras and video cameras before we move onto semi-professional gear l used in the mid-1990’s next week. Let’s explore and welcome back ☺️ With my Grandfather being very much into his…
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K-Pop!
Hello my friends. This week we get serious and l get my hands on my first proper 35mm manual camera, my first SLR and photography goes from hobby to school project and beyond. Let’s explore and welcome back ☺️ Last week we looked at the various different film formats with their shapes, styles and technologies.…
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We’re off to see the Wizard.
Hello my friends. Continuing and concluding (for now) the musical theme of the last 4 weeks of previous blog entries, we are still in the early 80’s. I have my Casio VL-1 and l also have my beloved Commodore 64. A new wave of electronic music is sweeping in and my Father has a chance…
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Keynotes
Hello my friends. From the last blog entry we are staying in the world of music this week. My Mother and Uncle H pop up today and also my Father bumps into a fledgling musician that will go on to write and preform some of the most memorable electronic music of the 80’s! Welcome back…
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The chances of anything coming from Mars…
Hello my friends. In the last blog entry we looked at my childhood experiences with 70’s audio equipment. We are now about to dip our toes into the early 80’s and l get captured by a piece of tech that I will have a life long fascination with. We will also talk about my first…
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Three Blind Mice
Hello my friends. In the last blog entry we talked about Christmas 1982 and how I got the most amazing micro computer set up. Now we are going to explore what that initial experience was like. Welcome back ☺️ In 1982 the launch line up of games for the Commodore 64 in the U.K. was…
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Magic Moments
Hello friends. There are often times in life where in hindsight you wish you could just freeze it and pop back in time and visit that moment again and again. Christmas of 1982 is one of those. Welcome back ☺️ Let me set the scene. School is now on break for the holidays and my…