I have been so preoccupied that I nearly failed to recognize that summer is nearly at an end.   This made…

Afternote:  (added Jan 15, 2023). This appeared in the newsletter of Starfest 2022 where I gave a talk about this…

A few years earlier I had learned a little history of the Heuer watch company while writing about it’s most…

It took me sometime to gather all the small components necessary to adapt the IQ260 for some narrowband, in-city astro…

I like photo contests that start and end in a one month period because I don’t want to wait a…

I first heard of this Danish company called Phase One nearly a decade ago.  Back then, they made very high…

The significant jump to 1053 cross type AF points on the new OM-1 body led me to wonder if this…

It all began with a contentious post on a FB watch group.  “What is the Holy Grail of watches?” Not…

(images taken with E-M1.2 and Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro) I bought another watch … that I don’t really need.   I’m…

Even amateur planetary observers and photographers need big aperture telescopes because when it comes to resolution, size does matter.  …