Mini reviews for things purchased last year. PC: Palit 5070Ti The 2070S was starting to show its age for gaming, but mostly this upgrade was triggered by not wanting to pay for Adobe Premiere any more. When I’d tried Resolve previously I’d had serious stability issues to the point of renders just failing which I… Read More »
I recently bought an Asus PX13 laptop to replace my Dell 9305 which died in circumstances we don’t need to get into. Let’s just say, I’m better at servicing desktops. This is, I believe, a now EOL model with a HX370 APU and 4060 GPU and 24GB. With the combination of the APU and the… Read More »
Last summer I picked up an Asus ROG Ally on sale for £450 to replace an ageing, and increasingly rattly, Switch 1. For clarity, this is the RC71L model, with the Z1E processor but not the nicer Ally-X, and not one of the newer Xbox branded models. I’ve upgraded it to a 2TB drive with… Read More »
A while ago I set myself a goal of keeping things I buy for at least four years. I wasn’t happy with some of my spending habits, tending to get an idea and rush out and buy something to satisfy it. Then realizing it wasn’t quite right, then eBay-ing it and getting something else. It… Read More »
So I’ve just published my first session for almost two years, featuring Phildel. Where have I been? Well, the short version of the long break is that I’d just got tired of it. It’s a fair amount of work and I was spending my free time on other things, mostly exercise, and particularly cycling which… Read More »
That’s it really. I know no-one cares, these haven’t been in production for years but I still use them and I was curious. People who have asked Sennheiser have got answers of mid 40ms and low 20ms values so I thought I’d just test it myself. It’s worth noting that these use a different encoding/transmission… Read More »
Just over two years ago I switched to L-mount as my primary camera system. At the time I was doing a lot of video work using multiple micro-four thirds cameras. For a long time this was mostly G80 based, but ended up with GH5M2, GH5S, and a G9. I was tempted by the improved AF… Read More »
As previously mentioned I gave up on my Sony RX100 VII and sold it on. And that left a bit of a gap for a new ‘medium cam’, something more capable than the pocket-size Canon G9X II but smaller than the Panasonic S5 II. I decided to fill that hole with the Olympus OM-Systems OM-5.… Read More »
As I’d owned my RX100 VII for a couple of years I thought I should write a long term review. When I started drafting it in my head I realized the camera really wasn’t working for me and ending up selling it shortly after. One of those occasions where measuring something changes the outcome. Background… Read More »
Background Back in January 2023 ish I picked up a Series 8 Apple Watch which I ended up using it mostly as a fitness tracker. When it died after a swim a few months in I took the refund and thought I may as well get a dedicated fitness watch and went for the Garmin… Read More »