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    How bad was that road? Really?

    One of my (many) great frustrations as a photographer is my complete inability to capture the challenge of various roads and trails I have crossed. Most of my trail shots would reduce the Himalayas to molehills. (Hence no linked pictures.) A bit in the same school as the "Stuck!" thread...
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    A Useful Number

    As a follow on to discussions of digital camera sensor size. I just noted that DPReview has started publishing a most interesting number - the number of megapixels per square centimetre of sensor. Basically: -- DSLR runs 1.5 to 5 MP per cm2. -- P&S are all over the place, but many are around...
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    Massive Thread on Tiger CX 4x4 Campers

    http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/22189891/srt/pa/pging/1.cfm Company seems to be doing well. Seems to be a very popular package for domestic US use and dirt roading. Note that there is also a sub-thread. These things seem to annoy some folks almost as much as an...
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    Some Folks Doin' it Right

    I have been doing research on a camper for use in the United States and got interested in the Provan Tiger, a much underestimated vehicle. With a bit of luck and Google, I stumbled across this couple doing South America the right way - very slowly! The Hackney's interviewed them when their...
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    L'Afrique - old and new

    Pictures of Africa today and some 35 years ago at: www.pbase.com/diplostrat Includes people, places, and critters. N.B. The old images are scanned slides that have suffered lots of years in less than archival storage - be kind about the state of the film.
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    Storage Bodies for Pickups

    Some years ago, I remember seeing replacement bodies for full size US pickup trucks that were designed to provide extra storage when carrying a slide in camper. They looked like utility truck bodies and the brand name may have been something like "Campstor." Seemed like a really good idea...
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