Saturday Open Day

We had our biggest open day of the year today. Perhaps the biggest we have ever had. Thanks to everyone who came along, it was great to see you all. As usual I took a snap of the assembled multitude:

Funny how people always sit at the back in lecture theatres…

I gave my talk as usual, and I must apologise for the jokes. But, of course, I will be using them again…

We gave away a PSP to one lucky winner, ticket number 65 as I remember.

Warren, using his specially big hand to give the prize away. Note cunning product placement of C# Yellow Book (you can get yours at http://www.csharpcourse.com/)

I went outside with the big camera and ran straight into a rather nice photo-op.

I just love skies like these.

Anyway, thanks very much for coming and I hope you all have a good journey home.

Comments

[Cameron Wilby]

Very informative open day! Really enjoyed it, the HIVE is incredible!

[Joel]

Which Reminds me, i've been using your blog for over a year now! 1 year 1 month and 3 days to be exact.

In short, its a great blog!

[Arron]

I like your pic outside RB Rob! It looks pretty wide angle.. what lens is it? Flickr says the focal length was 10mm, so 35mm length would be about 15mm? Pretty wide!

Oh and Cameron: Wait until you start displaying your own work in the HIVE! I based my final year project on that large stereo screen and it was a pretty awesome experience!.

[Rob]

I used a Sigma 10-20mm zoom lens on my Canon 400D. It is one of my favourite lenses. It can be a bit soft around the edges, but it gives a really nice field of view and great colours.

Because it is a digital lens you multiply the focal length by 1.6 to get the "real" 35mm value, making it around 16mm or so.

[Joel]

Looks alot like a sky sphere from Far Cry Instincts Predator!