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The 2000 PMA, ย Las Vegas was a great excursion Canon took usย on a Helicoptor ride over Las Vegas Strip followed by Dinner at Osteria Del Circo, Bellagio Hotel and then into the Cirque Du Soleil “O show” at Bellagio…
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A five day stint at PMA,ย Las Vegasย included a press event organised by Olympus to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Track. We got to fly around the track at 170mph 3/4in off the ground in a two-seat purpose built champ…
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Donna Willingham (at the time Wade) and I were on an Agfa Pudding Club Christmas lunch. We then went with them to a London bar, can’t recall which one, and in popped Chris Evans. We only had an Agfa single-use…
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A Kodak press trip, which included a visit to the HQ of Kodak in Rochester,ย but I can’t remember what the event was. We watched football in our hotel, and the hotel overlooked Niagara Falls. We flew on to Philadelphia…
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I can’t remember why, but Olympus invited us to the premier ofย Star Wars Phantom Menace at the Warner Village complex 02 in London, plus food at Zuccato Cafe Urbano. I remember saying to Dan Lezano that the boy won.…
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I represented Digital PhotoFX at TIPA’s annual conference where we decided on which products should receive the prestigious TIPA Awards. It was held in Fribourg Switzerland. I flew over on BA 710 from London to Zurich in Seat 35F. We…
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Sony invite to Cebit in Hanover, with a Workshop thrown in Fly out to Hanover from Heathrow on BA548 seat 05A Across to Cebit and then back to Treff hotel in Kassel via train Following morning was Sony Workshop …
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Canon press launch in Amsterdam. I appear to have lost the agenda for day one which doesn’t surprise me as I lost my mind on that afternoon thanks to Eileen Martin and Patrick Mullan who I joined on a coffee…
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Although I’d like cameras still to be made in the UK, I was always grateful when we were invited on a press trip to the factory of those made abroad, especially when Nikon invited me to Thailand to see the…
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Nikon invited press to the Goodwood Motor Circuit as Festival of Speed Sponsors in 1998 We got to watch the races and also have a go ourselves in the Nikon Rallysprint.

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