Paperless Office: Is it (nearly) here at long last?
Where are we it the much heralded paperless office? It isn’t here yet (not quite), but an efficient sheet-feed scanner and an intelligent digital storage system can turn you into a 95% paperless paragon
Adobe Enhance with Leica Q2 images: Another look
Adobe's new Lightroom Enhance feature slipped in almost unnoticed. We've looked at it before, but how does it fare when used with two types of image from the high-resolution Leica Q2?
Grammarly: For the writers who think they don’t need it
Are you an immaculate writer, never putting a comma wrong? If so, perhaps you don't need Grammarly. But, for the rest of us, it has it's uses (sorry, its).
Aperture bites the dust — again
Apple's Aperture is about to fall off the cliff. It's time to look around for a replacement.
Leica to issue dedicated FOTOS for iPad
The iPad is moving away from the iPhone's limitations and becoming a real workhorse which, in many cases, could replace a Mac. Developers are acknowledging this change, including Leica with a new version of Leica FOTOS made fro the iPad.
Berlin: Leuchtturm notebooks, Lamy and Kaweco pens at KaDeWe
Mike has been obsessing about notebooks and pens again. Here he has been scouring the ample shelves of Berlin’s KaDeWe department store.
Pre-Tech Office (Part I): Office work in the historic 1960s
What was it like to work in an office in the 1960s, almost completely without technology of any sort? This is the first in...
Adobe’s new Super Resolution Enhance: One for the test bed
Lightroom's new super-resolution Enhance option really does do what it says on the tin. It crept in with little fanfare but is capable of truly amazing results, says John Shingleton...
The Pre-Tech Office 1: Behind the banking desk in the historic 1960s
Office life in the 1960s — manual typewriters, no computers, hard-slog hands-on labour. Mike takes a look into the past...
Typewriters and the Mueller touch
Did Mueller himself type his report? The two-space-after-stop convention leads to suspicion....
Leica joins with Capture One for SL2 and S3 tethered shooting
Leica announces cooperation with Capture One to enable tethered shooting for SL2 and S3 cameras.
Getting your mind around the Sony A7 menus
It's fashionable in every review of Sony cameras to complain about the complexity of the menus. My current exposure is to the RX100 VI...
Late Spring Cleaning: Network storage and getting ready for a fresh start
When hell freezes over, we'll still have shredding machines. Mike has a big clear up and wins the battle with his new Synology NAS disk station.
Back to basics with the MacBook Air
Mike break's a long-standing aversion to buying the basic computer. Instead of ticking all the upgrade boxes, he's chosen the cheapest, the most basic MacBook Air. Will it prove sensible or will he regret that 256GB disk in particular...
Sifting the mullock heap for the odd gold nugget
Photographic libraries are often a dish best served cold. Go back over rejected shots after a few years and you could discover a few gold nuggets. This is what John did and it a paid dividend.