Bicycles In Cambridge

This year is the two-hundredth anniversary of the invention of the bicycle. Two hundred years ago in Mannheim in Germany, Karl Freiherr von Drais invented the ‘draisine’ – the forerunner of the bicycle. It had two wheels, with the front able to be steered by handlebars. But it had no pedals, the rider instead ‘scooting’ … Read more

Nikon D5100 And Nikon D7000 Compared

I had the opportunity to shoot with a Nikon D5100 recently and to take it on a trip to the United States. I have been shooting with a higher-end camera – the Nikon D7000 – for a while now. It is a lovely camera, but it weighs 220g (almost half a pound) more than the … Read more