Month: August 2015
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Inkscape Vector Graphics Editing Software
Inkscape stands out as a very good vector graphics editing software package with a breathtaking array of features and functions. Simply finding your way around the user interface is somewhat daunting but gives a clue as to the scope of the development of the project to date and the lengths to which the project has…
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SX 170 arrives
So this came down from Smiths City in Nelson, they must have about the last remaining stock in the whole country. Here it is side by side with the SX150 on its right. There are a few differences which don’t really bother me that much. The lens zoom ratio is a little higher as is…
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Camera Totals
As of today IXUS135: 2229 – now finished with unless I need to use it for something in the future. SX150: 2881 – going back into mothballs for now. EOS600: 6966 SX170: just starting with it (arrived today) SX260: 5496
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SX170 last of its kind
Six weeks ago I wrote about my plan to get a Powershot SX170 as a replacement for the little Ixus camera I had. I am now following through with that plan as the model has been officially withdrawn in NZ. Fortunately LV Martins / Smiths City still have a few as just about everyone else…