<p>I used to have a nice digital camera (Canon Digital IXUS 300), but it was more of a 'point and shoot' model. It was my main camera for several years. Then came Flickr.</p> <p>With the advent of Flickr, came a whole new universe of people who'd never met before comparing notes and sharing technical knowledge. It was great, and highly addictive. It wasn't long before I decided to upgrade to my first Digital SLR (Canon 350D). Of course having an SLR with the 'kit lens' is pretty much like having a very large point and shoot, so then I decided I needed to invest in an array of quality lenses.</p> <p>Having invested in several lenses, a few years went by and I decided it was time to upgrade my SLR to a more professional model (Canon 5D). At least I was able to use <em>most</em> of the same lenses I'd already invested in.</p> <p>As is the nature of technolust, I eventually felt the need to 'go retro' (think of it as DJs who still swear by vinyl). I plonked out £80 on a nice film-based SLR (Canon EOS 30) and again, the same lenses that fit on the 5D would fit on this camera as well. Truth be told, I haven't developed my first roll of exposed film - so I'm not sure how earnest my attempt to 'go retro' truly was.</p> <p>As for the three-dimensional cameras, I bought those in the early 80s. Nimslo is a camera with four lenses spaced apart in equal distances with the furthest two representing the average spacing of a pair of human eyes. The resulting four exposures are then printed out in thin, intermingled strips and then coated with a sheet of lenticular plastic which filters which strip is exposed to which eye depending on what angle you hold it at in front of you.</p> <p>The Stereo Realist camera was very popular in the 1950s and uses the same principle except it only uses two exposures on slide film. The resulting pairs are then mounted in special slide mounts which can then be viewed using a special viewer - or projected in a special projector which would require the use of polarised glases (rather like the Imax theatres use today).</p> <p>But enough about my cameras - here is a link to some of my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grebo_guru/sets/72157594377370218/" target="new" title="Kevo Thomson's photography on Flickr (will open in a new window or tab)">most popular photographs</a> on Flickr.</p> 3 2008-02-13T10:22:10+00:00 9 false true 2009-03-24T23:11:51+00:00 One of my hobbies is photography. I have three SLR cameras (two digital, one analogue, and all Canon), two different '3-D' cameras (Stereo Realist slide camera and Nimslo lenticular print camera), and my trusty phonecamera (SonyEricsson K750i) 2009-03-24T23:11:51+00:00 true 1