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Australia:         Page 1    Page 2    Page 3    Page 4

Spain 2004:      Gaudi    Barcelona    The Alhambra    Andalusia    Mainly Seville

France 2004:     Various    Uzes    Gordes

Italy 2005:         Alps    Alps & Varese    Fungi & Villa Taranto    Genova    Portofino & Lucca    Rome

Greece 2005:    Rodos Island    Rodos & Symi    Mainly Symi    Medley    Athens

Ecuador 2007:   Quito    Pichincha    Iliniza 1    Iliniza 2    Cotopaxi National Park    Cotopaxi climb    Chugchilan & Lake Quilotoa   
                         Cloud forest birds 1    Cloud forest birds 2    Cloud forest    Mainly cloud forest    Lake Cuicocha    Quito da noche   

Galapagos 2007:   01    02    03    04    05    06    07    08    09    10    11    12    13    14    15    16    17    18   

Alps 2007:             01    02    03    04    05   

Italy 2007:             Bergamo    Lake Garda    Above Malcesine    Venice    Reflected Venice    Venice    The Friuli


Slovenia 2007:      Slovenia 1    Slovenia 2


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Canon Gripe
I bought a Canon 30D camera in early August 2006. Since this is a high-end model, I expected it to be a high-quality machine. Unfortunately, the photos had a pronounced blue cast, especially in shadow areas. I gave it in to Canon, who admitted the fault and took three weeks to fix it. I tested it again but found that, though it was somewhat better, a blue cast was still present, unlike the other DSLRs that I have used. I gave it in to Canon again but was told by their technician that the camera was working according to specifications. He tried to convince me that it was a problem with my monitor, ignoring the fact that I had photographed a neutral grey card and analysed the RGB values of the resulting image. I wrote to the manager of the repair shop but received no reply. To make matters worse, when I finally took possession of the zoom lens I had ordered four months earlier, the Canon 30D became unusable after a few days, though it was quickly fixed. Overall, I am very unhappy with the reliability and quality control at Canon. Nor am I happy with their service. The so-called Customer Satisfaction Officer was only concerned that the correct steps as laid down in the Canon procedure manual had been followed. The fact that I still had a defective camera did not concern him.

Warning
I had a lot of trouble with my Canon Ixus camera when I used a no-name brand memory card. I ended up losing some of my shots. To make it less likely that you experience card failures I suggest you do two things. Firstly, fork out the extra dough to buy a well-known brand, such as Kingston, Transcend, Lexar or Sandisk. The second precaution is to format the card in your camera before using it for the first time.

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This site was created on 15 Mar 2006, last updated 3 July 2008.