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I arrived at a Father's Day car show at a shopping centre car park just in time for the rain to set in and the cars to leave! With my waterproof camera in hand, I took this shot of a Ford Zephyr and a Murray Magpie. Yes, those are raindrops!

That's a proper Franklin Booth (classic ink illustrator) kind of cloud! I've been trying to draw clouds like his, but I don't think we get them in my part of the world.

When I began this drawing, working the sky first, it looked for all the world (ha!) like a map. Now that I've drawn the land, it's more grounded (double ha!) in reality. I took the reference photo in 2013 out the window of the car with my little Olympus XZ-1 premium compact camera, using the...

Two more in the Illustrated Northanger Abbey: 1 is a detail from an historic woolshed taken over a decade ago, selected to make use of the chapter heading; 2 was from a shot on the road in New South Wales earlier this year.

I like how the smoke from the chimney blends into the clouds...

Same boardwalk as previous photo, taken at the beginning and facing opposite direction. I keep looking at this photo with some amazement, as it was taken with a not-especially great small sensor! Post processed from JPEG in Snapseed.

Not my reference photo, but I specifically wanted something for a 60th birthday card, so a 1964 VW seemed to fit the quest.

Even if I do say so myself...

@gryphon1911 at the time, I recall being very excited about the anticipated release of that series. I found this thread when I came to see what was on the forum about the P7800, having been interested in what that can do. I was sure you'd reviewed it, but didn't find one here...

It seems that I like drawing over the text in a classic novel much more than on pristine paper! Here's this week's efforts. This was the first time using colour (Derwent Inktense pencils) in the Illustrated Northanger Abbey, and for once I'm glad I did it! Here it is, uncoloured. I've...

I've always been curious about this camera, sharing a sensor with the X10 which I did love, so I'm very happy to see you giving it a review here 👌

On an outing via a southern village we saw a creature up ahead, walking oddly across the road. It took a moment to recognise it as a koala - creatures of the treetops, which look very out-of-place on the ground. He headed past the houses, heading for the taller gumtrees; reaching the nearest, he...

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Sweep riders in hi-visibility vests and modern bikes check for riders on trouble on the approximately 40 kilometres track.

You may notice that some riders cross via trailers towed by 4-wheelers - a necessary service provided, as all bikes in the event are pre-1988, and often break down!

The Harrow Vinduro was held last weekend, drawing over 200 entrants from around southern Australia. Dry winter conditions made for freezing nights and sunny days, and the traditionally challenging water crossing finale was handled with ease, compared with previous years. I didn't have as much...

Is that you down there @John King???

Thanks Richard. I've avoided drawing for many years, because photography is much quicker! Now that I'm finally drawing regularly, I've discovered that it's easier - but also just as challenging! - than I expected, with willingness to risk it going wrong. Yesterday I sat down to try drawing in...

A few more from the completely irrelevant Illustrated Northanger Abbey: 1. Butlers Beach, South Australia, reference photo taken in 2022. 2. The Star Hotel in Walhalla, Victoria, visited this year. 3. My ginger tabby, from phone photo. All drawn with Pilot Desk Pen and Platinum Carbon Ink.

Thank you, I just read a little about it online - an interesting history.

Some old Olympus XZ-1 images from my archive. Taken in Melbourne CBD.

That's a beautiful stadium, what and/or where was this taken?

I do like your perfect alignment of coastline with the centre rail.

A 1/1.7" sensor probably shouldn't have got such a reasonable BIF shot as this! Edit: equivalent lens length around 135mm.

A lovely gum tree in its natural environment, shot with an awful small sensor! Post processed to look vaguely pleasing.

Amazing! I read this post with my mouth hanging open.

An old favourite from my archives, taken with gear I no longer have. Shot with the Olympus Grainy BW Art Filter.

Whoops, sorry, the water droplets in my reference photo, which I forgot to include!

Oops, I did it again, I took it too far, Got lost in the game... The problem with art is knowing when "that'll do". I wish I'd stopped after adding colour to the camera, and not painted the leaves. Ho hum. Anyway, this is the first of what I hope will be a series of "cameras I have owned"...

@Toddster @John King thank you both very much for your kind words! Thanks Todd, for putting in the right link for me.

Thank you all for your kindness, I'll be alright soon. For anyone who'd like to see last year's event - maybe @AlwaysOnAuto - here's a link to my photos on the mu43 forum: https://www.mu-43.com/threads/my-visual-diary-2023-good-ole-boys-annual-car-bike-show.120731/threads The main difference...

On and off over the years I've thought about getting an Olympus Stylus Tough, but the tiny sensor size put me off. Well, I'm still put off by that, but I decided to get one anyway! What could be a better chuck-in-your-bag camera than one which is built to take some abuse? Other deciding factors...

Another not-exactly-exact drawing from a photo I took of a cute vintage caravan in Mallacoota this year. #theillustratednorthangerabbey

To my great disappointment, I was ill and unable to attend the car show. Thank you all for your input, it was a great way to select gear when racked with indecision! I'm at home, taking care of myself, and cheering myself up with a Olympus Tg-870 which arrived today. It came in its original...

Thanks for your input! Based on the poll numbers, and unless there's a dramatic change to it in the next 12 hours, I've got the GX9 with P7-14mm and 20mm ready to go. For an extra element of change, I'm planning to shoot 16:9 aspect.

Some nice cars there, John. I love my PL12-60, but feel like going for something different. Actually, I was hoping the TG-870 I just bought online would have arrived, and I'd have gone with that for fun. That starts at 21mm wide, hence considering the UWA option.

That'll work fine for this event as the vehicles will all be parked, not cruising. Also, I don't use CAF, just keep pulsing the shutter instead.