Images from our last trip to Tham Kim village Vietnam

My wife and I run a poverty reduction project in the Northern Mountains of Vietnam. Each year we spend 2 weeks working with the Red Dao tribe from the remote village of Tham Kim ( makers of the best darn rice wine spirits you will ever taste). Here are a few of my images from [...]

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Sirui wins German FOTO Magazine award. Best Carbon Fibre Tripod 5 stars!

Well the folks at Sirui are right chuffed at the moment and so they should be. When one of the world’s most authoritative Photographic magazines pits your carbon fibre tripod against all other major brands including Gitzo in a best of  shootout and you win by quite a margin you would have to be happy. [...]

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New product Sirui Tripods and Ballheads. Lightweight and affordable.

We have been appointed the Australian Distributor for the SIRUI tripod range Sirui is a well know top quality brand in it’s home country China. It could be on of  China’s best kept secrets. These are quality kit. As our customers know we do not sell anything we are not happy using ourselves. So now [...]

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Well Fuji seems to have a supply of Rabbits… New X10 announced!

Looks like the team at Fuji is on a roll. The X10 seems a logical next step on the success of the x100. Here are some images of the X10 and a link to the website for the specs. Ok now to start figuring what to pimp the X10 out with, hmmm all black I [...]

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The Thanh Kim Project. Helping one village at a time.

As written by my wife Monica: THE BACKGROUND: My name is Monica Vanthoff  (3rd from right) and I am the owner of “PERU ART AUSTRALIA”, a company with a social conscience that sells Fair Trade Fine Peruvian Art & Crafts. I support remote talented artisans who struggle to sell their beautiful art at a fair [...]

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New Sun Sniper straps The Pro BEAR and Compact Bear.

The Sun Sniper Sling camera straps have been a huge success worldwide. Now with the release of a new attachment system they just got a whole lot better. These really are a better way to carry your camera. Carry your camera the Sun Sniper Way! In addition to the steel anti theft cable safety feature [...]

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Australian Photographers fight for freedom to take images in public places.

This weekend a rally was held and attended by photographers who are increasingly becoming marginalised by licenses, permits and silly laws that make going out and taking photos downright dangerous. You could end up in goal or with a criminal record. Organised by Ken Duncan in conjunction with Arts Freedom Australia the rally was a [...]

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Bessa III Images of Sicily by Carla Drago.

Film director and photographer Carla Drago is currently working on a project in Sicily. She has sent us this postcard. Carla Writes: Thought you might like seeing some of the photos I took as part of my project in Sicily earlier in the year. It’s taken a while for me to process, scan, post process, [...]

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The search for Genuine Weasel Coffee in Vietnam…

While relaxing in our hotel in the heart of the old quarter in Hanoi, I read in the guide book about Weasel coffee. Now as an owner of pet ferrets this kind of appealed to me. A coffee brewed from beans that have passed through the digestive tract of a Weasel, I mean how cool [...]

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Back from Vietnam and Cambodia…

Well, I am back from holidays. Andrea and John did a great job keeping Mainline Photo running smoothly, while Monica and I trundled around Northern Vietnam and then Cambodia. We had a fantastic time and our month long trip went with out a hitch, which I must admit amazed me as we arrived in Hanoi [...]

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