Nikon launched their D50 and three other products at an informal press afternoon for journalists at The Cumberland Hotel, ‘Aqua Zone’ (Meeting Room 8) Great Cumberland Place, London, W1A 4RS.
The day also included a hands on of the D2X and Coolpix S1
Host
Charley Hayes, Simon Coleman, Jeremy Gilbert, Chris Hoare
Went with Warren to see Porcupine Tree play at the rescue Rooms in Nottingham.
They played
Deadwing
The Sound of Muzak
Lazarus
Halo
A Smart Kid
Hate song
Shallow
Arriving Somewhere but Not Here
Fade away
Burning Sky
Glass Arm Shattering
Blackest Eyes
The Start of Something Beautiful
Even Less
Encore:
Shes moved on
Trains
I got a parking ticket for not understanding Nottingham’s street parking rules!
Fujifilm’s Christmas Editors’ Lunch was held in the Penthouse Room at Radisson Edwardian Hampshire Hotel, 31-36 Leicester Square London WC2H 7LH
Host
Adrian Clarke , Jenny Hodge
Nikon held a D2x Product launch – more details to add
Fujifilm launched the S3 Pro digital SLR in a Nottinghill hotel – more details to be added
Host
Adrian Clarke
Samsung held their European Press Launch in Reykjavik, Iceland. We flew over on Iceland Air Flight FI-451, London to Reykjavik. I was in Seat 19C. We stopped in the Radisson SAS Saga Hotel Hagatorg
Several events were organised including a Snowmobile Tour, Glacier by Jeep and an excursion into to see Gullfoss, the Geysir area, Hveragerdi and Hellisheidi Mountain Plateau
Host
Juan Ramlill, Lucas Lee, Jake Kim
Press
Peter Bargh, Matt Gallagher, Gavin Stoker, Terry Hope, Alistair Forest, Michael Roscoe
off to see Orb at the Leadmill. Karen got accosted by some druggy who kept pestering her to buy
With Guest speakers David Suchet (below) and Gary Coward Williams.
I also got to meet one of my photography heroes, the late Sir Simon Marsden (below)
The event was held in the Private dining room of Quaglino’s in Bury Street London
We were all given a copy of the book. I managed to get mine autographed by just about everyone who was at the event who’d had a quote in the book.
Went away but not sure where yet…more research needed. I flew from Manchester Airport