rail37 Technicalities

Camera
  Initially, and up to December 2001 the photographs were taken with a Kodak DC280 after which a disastrous Minolta Dimage 7 was used. A Canon EOS300D came on the scene in December 2005 and photographs from that date are courtesy of Canon - certainly the best so far.

Software
Virtually all pictures are now taken in "Raw" setting and are processed by either Canon's dedicated software or Photoshop CS2 when I can understand it. 

Hardware
PC is a home built machine operating on Windows XP with a hefty set of innards which include a whacking 400GB partitioned hard drive. The XP 64bit version was tried but abandoned when most hardware suppliers announced that they would not be introducing suitable drivers for "the foreseeable future", and that included Canon and Norton. Vista may change their mind in due course. The old CRT screen has gone in favour of a Hyundai LCD device which has much better definition and brilliance. The screen has been calibrated and is constantly adjusted by means of a Pantone "Huey" screen calibrator, a nifty device that transformed the screen/printer relationship after a printer profile had been obtained. Older images will now appear lighter by comparison because the CRT screen had lost its brilliance and was over compensating. 

Compilation
 The site is constructed using Adobe Pagemill, a long defunct and much missed piece of software. My particular copy was supplied free with a software bundle included with an Epson GT7000 scanner.

Hosting
The site is hosted by ImageLinkUSA, a personable organisation apparently established by photographers, frustrated by what was available at the time, to display their works. Thoroughly recommended.