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Gravesend Public Library.

Greenwich 2001 and 2017

In 2001 I hired a Nikon D1 to try Digital. On the way home I stopped of in Greenwich park and took a picture of the clock by the observatory.

Fast forward to 2017 and I was in Greenwich park with just my iPhone and took a picture of the same clock.

Now I did not try and recreate the same angle etc from 2001 and it was just a quick photograph between tourists. 

2017

2001

A full resolution shot of the clock from both files

2017

2001

Now I am not sure how much Blogger will degrade the images.

All images are as taken with no resizing. 

Also the costs The D1 was around £3500 and the 160MB memory card was £415

The iPhone 8 £699

Greenwich on an iPhone

We had a day in Greenwich, with tickets to do the tour upclose to the ceiling in the painted hall. When we arrived I found my camera battery was dead so it would have to be the iPhone.

Anyway we arrived slightly early for our tour so had time to look around the chapel.

Then it was on to the Painted Hall

After getting hat, hi vis jacket, and audio headphones we met our guide. An initial history of the room and explanation of the wall murals it was up the stairs to just under the ceiling.

It was not easy to see the images on the ceiling, but with the help of a hand mirror it was easier. I then tried using the camera on the screen side of the phone and it was even better than the mirror.

I was really amazed by the clarity of the images even from the secondary camera. 

After the tour we had a walk around the rest of the buildings

iPhone 8

Well its a month since the last post and lots of things have gone on but not much photographically.

Big thing is I have a new phone. So took some pictures on the phone and with the Nikon and here are the results.

All images resized to 1500 pixel across.

Nikon D700

iPhone

Iphone straight out of phone, Nikon Processed in Bridge.

Nikon D700

iPhone

Nikon D700

iPhone straight from camera.

iPhone tweaked on phone

Really very impressed. Quality is far better than a pro digital from the turn of the century. and the phone only cost £200 more than my first 160mb CF card!!!!

Phone box Library

From Farnham we went on down to stay with friends who have just moved to Somerset and from there we had a trip down to a National Trust house near Tiverton.

The house was interesting but in the village below the house was an old phone box converted into a village library.

Farnham

After a very late night with lots of good wine it was nice to have a short walk to get breakfast on a beautiful summer morning.

So with camera in hand we had a walk across Farnham.

Straw Bales

Spent a bit of time photographing local pubs today. While out I found a field full of straw bales

Hurry on a Sundown

While watching the World Athletics the TV camera cut away to a magnificent sunset. as we are only 20 miles east I dashed out and saw a similar sunset here.