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Around The Horn
5 March 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at a murmuration, a deteriorating archive, Keiji Oishi on Nikon, app news, your diopter control, a superior mirage and looking closely.
- Christopher Jobson presents Dublin photographer James Crombie's shot of A Miraculous Bird-Shaped Murmuration Over Lough Ennell.
- Alex Mistlin reports the National Trust is hoping to catalogue, conserve and digitise 8,000 to 10,000 of Edward Chambré Hardman's photographs and letters, many of which have never been seen by the public. Hardman's archive was acquired by the Trust in 2003 but have not been properly preserved from deterioration. The race to save them is on.
- Barney Britton interviews Keiji Oishi about "his vision for Nikon's future," which includes a flagship Z later this year.
- Hans Hartman catalogs recent Photo & Video App News from the first quarter of 2021.
- Larry Becker reveals a simple tip for your digital mirrorless of dSLR camera's Diopter Control:
- In Walker 'Stunned' to See Ship Hovering High Above Sea Off Cornwall, Ian Sample reports David Morris encountered a superior mirage and took a photo. Sample explains the phenomenon clearly, too.
- In Looking Closely Is Everything, advocates paying attention to everything. "What's wild about focused attention is that the act of observation is implicitly timeless. A little dose of time travel," he writes.
More to come! Meanwhile, here's a look back. And please support our efforts...