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baseball cap
Back in the late 1980s I had a black Pentax t-shirt with red lettering. And we had a batch of v-neck sweaters made for members of Durham Photographic Society which many of us wore at inter-club events. Mine's still in the wardrobe, looking hopelessly out-dated. As for baseball caps, the peak would ...
Posted by gartmore on 27/03/2010 - 14:41
baseball cap
Back in the late 1980s I had a black Pentax t-shirt with red lettering. And we had a batch of v-neck sweaters made for members of Durham Photographic Society which many of us wore at inter-club events. Mine's still in the wardrobe, looking hopelessly out-dated. As for baseball caps, the peak would ...
Posted by davidtrout on 27/03/2010 - 14:52
Lost in translation !
equiponderance That word perfectly describes the activity of flicking back and forth between Ebay and the Pentax Lens Review Database!
Posted by Pentaxophile on 28/03/2010 - 18:48
Lost in translation !
If you take David's post above ... "It makes my tabloid evening paper English so drab by comparison. Far East translations into English are hard enough to follow but when the words are rearranged by geeks we enter a wonderful new world of language possibilities." and use Babelfish to transla...
Posted by andrewk on 29/03/2010 - 00:46
Lost in translation !
If you take David's post above ... then use Babelfish to translate that Japanese back into English, you get this .... "When English of the evening paper of my tabloid is compared, so it designates that as the drab. The Far Eastern translation to English when sufficiently eagerly word with the...
Posted by davidtrout on 29/03/2010 - 08:54
a usable ford?!
Get someone with a 4x4 and a good tow rope who knows how to use both properly. There have been more than a few cases of cars simply stalling in fords or getting washed away when the water turned out to be too deep. If it does stall then do not attempt to restart the engine. You may get lucky and ...
Posted by Dangermouse on 28/03/2010 - 19:44
Sacrifice a lens or buy a WR?
Dirty, dusty and damp - yes but nothing too much to worry about. I used my old *istD and 24-90 lens in a mine with no long term problems. Don't change the lens down there. Insert the largest SD card you have and try to avoid changing it. If you must, do it with the opening facing down. ...
Posted by polchraine on 30/03/2010 - 09:00
Sacrifice a lens or buy a WR?
I would avoid vaseline on the camera as it's the very devil to remove. I only ever applied vaseline once to a filter to get a soft focus effect. Never again...
Posted by johnriley on 30/03/2010 - 23:47
Sacrifice a lens or buy a WR?
If it was me, I would just keep the camera in a toploading slr bag, and whip it out when needed, putting it back again straight after, and avoid standing under dripping water with the camera pointing upwards! :) [Edited for brevity]
Posted by Pentaxophile on 31/03/2010 - 00:03
I've just found out what my bonus is. I need spending ideas!
Don't spend it all at once ! I'd agree with Mike here, try a prime & you may end up "making do" with your old wardrobe in order to buy more primes ! I also had the Sigma 30mm on Pentax & it is wonderful, the rendering is just something special & it's incredibly sharp. Mine did need a slight focu...
Posted by RR on 30/03/2010 - 12:17
I've just found out what my bonus is. I need spending ideas!
I second Stefan's suggestion of the DA* 50-135mm Superb portrait lens, fairly quick (as in f/2.8 not as in AF) and an ideal lens for less formal shots at the wedding as well. Dave is selling one at the moment for a fair price (no I am not on commission) which would leave you with plenty to get the ...
Posted by polchraine on 31/03/2010 - 08:32
I've just found out what my bonus is. I need spending ideas!
That really is rubbing it in ... He sold a nearly new DA* 50-135 a few months back. Me neither, still it's a good suggestion :wink: No, I'm pretty settled on a Sigma 30mm 1.4 methinks. Pentax had DA*30mm on the leans-roadmap but the lens was taken off of it because of a major release (645D most ...
Posted by Anvh on 31/03/2010 - 13:06
VAT question
Even if your family send it you may end up paying. They have to fill in a customs declaration after all. It could give problems should you need to make use of the guarantee - they could be seen as grey imports and the guarantee be annulled. You can bring 390 pounds worth of goods into the countr...
Posted by polchraine on 30/03/2010 - 15:26
VAT question
You are only allowed to import things tax free as a foreigner if you are a temporary resident - I believer the time limit is 2 years. It is somewhere on the site. Goods imported from outside the EU for temporary use in the UK If you are moving to the UK for a specified period of time, for exam...
Posted by Gwyn on 30/03/2010 - 16:29
April fool?
Interesting concept! But how could you compose for a shot that was ultimately going to end up with straight sides? I could go for it if you had a variable crop in the viewfinder so that i could do portrait,landscape or square images without moving the camera. That would be cool! (O.k i know there`s ...
Posted by PeteL on 01/04/2010 - 16:56
Latest P U Mag OOOPS!
Just enjoyed leafing through the latest PU Mag, When i got to page 23. My eye was caught immediately by John Anthony`s shot of a French Navy Mirage 2000. The Caption made me Giggle!....."One of the RAF`s Battle of Britain Memorial Flights at Conningsby" Picture Ed go to the back of the class!:lol: ...
Posted by PeteL on 01/04/2010 - 18:16
Latest P U Mag OOOPS!
:lol: Well what can I say. Fame at last! And if I could in back and change my name to something more sensible, or at least less similar to 'paedophile', I probably would! :)
Posted by Pentaxophile on 02/04/2010 - 17:37
Latest P U Mag OOOPS!
:lol: Well what can I say. Fame at last! And if I could in back and change my name to something more sensible, or at least less similar to 'paedophile', I probably would! :) Just request John by pm. It has been done before.
Posted by Malo1961 on 02/04/2010 - 20:44
Latest P U Mag OOOPS!
Still no sign of my copy. :( K. I wonder if Kris has his copy yet or whether PU are getting their own back for his last minute competition entries.:D:D:D david
Posted by davidtrout on 07/04/2010 - 19:24
Latest P U Mag OOOPS!
There are mutterings of a second airworthy Lancaster. Apparently the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre are gathering spares with a view to getting "Just Jane" back in the air...
Posted by Dangermouse on 07/04/2010 - 19:36
