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		<title>What NEX(t)? The new Sony Nex-5- a field trial</title>
		<link>http://www.thistonybridge.com/2010/06/24/what-next-the-new-sony-nex-5-a-field-trial</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Bridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What NEX(t) ? The new Sony Nex-5- a field trial
Those of you who have been keeping up with the play will know about the new market which has opened up in the camera scene. Panasonic and Olympus opened the game with the four thirds format. First there was the BSLR (Baby SLR) with the Olympus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In praise of the prime lens</title>
		<link>http://www.thistonybridge.com/2010/06/05/in-praise-of-the-prime-lens</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Bridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost all the photographers I know and respect have a prime lens somewhere in their kit. It is one of those things that are just what you want when you want it. But there are other reasons for using a prime lens. So prime lens, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sony HX5v compact camera- A field test</title>
		<link>http://www.thistonybridge.com/2010/05/01/the-sony-hx5v-compact-camera-a-field-test</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 09:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Bridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It always happens.
You set off somewhere, on a strict timeline, having carefully calculated the time required to be there at your appointment, a time which allows you do some final checking before you leave and maximise your productivity before leaving.
This method is also known as Setting Off at The Last Minute.
Because you know it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>External drives and backing up: a cautionary tale &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.thistonybridge.com/2010/03/27/external-drives-and-backing-up-a-cautionary-tale</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Bridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kia ora tatou:
This e-mail arrived in my inbox the other day, and after reading it, I felt a need to share it with you. So, many thanks, Alan, for getting this to me, and for all the obvious research you have done. I&#8217;m going to post this, and then make my reply afterwards.
A word of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The tripod-your best friend</title>
		<link>http://www.thistonybridge.com/2010/02/11/the-tripod-your-best-friend</link>
		<comments>http://www.thistonybridge.com/2010/02/11/the-tripod-your-best-friend#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Bridge</dc:creator>
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Kia ora tatou:
I know I have banged on about tripods ad nauseam, but I feel it is time to visit this again, having been at a workshop where the $80 tripods which are a chiropractor&#8217;s best friend were present. A good tripod is indispensable for a photographer.End of story.
If there is one piece of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>She’s  a hard road, son, finding the perfect camera</title>
		<link>http://www.thistonybridge.com/2009/12/09/she%e2%80%99s-a-hard-roadson-finding-the-perfect-camera</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Bridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kia ora tatou:
Enough of the serious posts&#8230;for the moment&#8230;
I&#8217;ve noticed I am prone to a disease specific to photographers, which rears its head about this time of the year. It&#8217;s probably happened every year for the last 25 or so, so when the symptoms present, I&#8217;m fully aware of what&#8217;s going on. The symptoms go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony Vaio..a weather report</title>
		<link>http://www.thistonybridge.com/2009/11/06/sony-vaio-a-weather-report</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Bridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kia ora tatou:
ASP stirred the pot a week or so back  in suggesting that the Sony Vaio laptop ( hereafter referred to as the BBB-Big Black Box) I took to Africa may have found its way under a Namibian dune, because I hadn&#8217;t said anything further. Well it hasn&#8217;t, and I probably need to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony A900 in Africa-a field report</title>
		<link>http://www.thistonybridge.com/2009/10/27/sony-a900-in-africa-a-field-report</link>
		<comments>http://www.thistonybridge.com/2009/10/27/sony-a900-in-africa-a-field-report#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Bridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kia Ora tatou:
A Number of you have rung or e-mailed me since I got back, wanting to know how I got on with the Sony in Africa. I&#8217;ve been thinking about that, and decided it&#8217;s probably time to write some sort of gear review.
I don&#8217;t do gear reviews easily. Certainly not the ones that go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chickening out&#8230;more Sony stories</title>
		<link>http://www.thistonybridge.com/2009/09/19/chickening-out-more-sony-stories</link>
		<comments>http://www.thistonybridge.com/2009/09/19/chickening-out-more-sony-stories#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Bridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kia ora tatou:
While I was mucking around in the menus, trying to avoid having to RTFM, I came a cross a couple that could be useful.
The first is C-RAW, which gives a 12 Mp file whenever you use it. Might be really useful the next time I shoot a wedding&#8230;..
The other is APS-C mode. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing camps Pt 2- the Benedict Arnold Story</title>
		<link>http://www.thistonybridge.com/2009/09/16/changing-camps-pt-2-the-benedict-arnold-story</link>
		<comments>http://www.thistonybridge.com/2009/09/16/changing-camps-pt-2-the-benedict-arnold-story#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Bridge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;But the Road has always been, and those of us who can travel it always have. The world goes on, the Road goes on-from creation to destruction, amen, for all you know. What&#8217;s your point?&#8230;
-Roadmarks ( Roger Zelazny)
Kia ora tatou:
In the last chapter of the story of a new Sony user in Africa, I talked [...]]]></description>
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