Another pointless thread
Posted 03/11/2010 - 17:29
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Hardgravity wrote:
DM, I use any modern battery that will fit, with a bit of plastic tag tie around it to hold it in place, in my spotties.
Metering seems to vary from camera to camera but modern films don't seem too bothered by it. The fact I home develop helps as well.
Yep, I have an LR41 in there along with the plastic ring thingy the previous owner included. I'll put a roll of HP5 in and give it a go as soon as I finish the one in the ME.
DM, I use any modern battery that will fit, with a bit of plastic tag tie around it to hold it in place, in my spotties.
Metering seems to vary from camera to camera but modern films don't seem too bothered by it. The fact I home develop helps as well.
Matt
Shooting the Welsh Wilderness with K-m, KX, MX, ME Super and assorted lenses.
Shooting the Welsh Wilderness with K-m, KX, MX, ME Super and assorted lenses.
Posted 03/11/2010 - 17:38
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For the guitarists under us, you now have a good use for all those old plastic passes you never use and have too many off.
Stefan
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K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
Posted 03/11/2010 - 17:41
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Gwyn
I'm the only Pentax there !! the others are Nikons and a lot of Canons , one P&S [ goodness knows what that person is getting from the course ] and someone with a bridge camera , but I don't know what make that is
Yes radar says it's drying up - but due to hit again about 9pm !!
Once home there will be drink taken, I suspect, in the nice warm sitting room
Now to go and find some shoes
I'm the only Pentax there !! the others are Nikons and a lot of Canons , one P&S [ goodness knows what that person is getting from the course ] and someone with a bridge camera , but I don't know what make that is
Yes radar says it's drying up - but due to hit again about 9pm !!
Once home there will be drink taken, I suspect, in the nice warm sitting room
Now to go and find some shoes
let the education continue
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proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
Posted 03/11/2010 - 17:52
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I thought gathering I a pub, with the excuse of free parking sounded like a very PU thing to do
Stefan, I suspect most passes would be too thick to make good plectrums, which is probably why they sell sheets of plectrum material too, but it is a good idea in theory.
Stefan, I suspect most passes would be too thick to make good plectrums, which is probably why they sell sheets of plectrum material too, but it is a good idea in theory.
Posted 03/11/2010 - 18:09
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Didn't knew that Gwyn, thanks
Stefan
K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
Posted 03/11/2010 - 18:10
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Mr Spider - that was also in my mind I will confess - I want to get some reflections of the buildings in the Clyde as well . I'm just not terribly enthusiastic about the evening - not sure why .
Meeting in a Hotel [ it genuinely is one - the City Inn I think it's called ] is an excellent idea - and I'm not driving tonight
Meeting in a Hotel [ it genuinely is one - the City Inn I think it's called ] is an excellent idea - and I'm not driving tonight
let the education continue
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
Posted 03/11/2010 - 18:15
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Nothing new under the sun Stefan !! When I first started at Hotel School , I used to "acquire" plastic bowl scrapers after practical classes - they were perfect cut down for plectra and readily available too.
Tony ( Fender 6 string Jumbo and 3 bar autoharp and banjolele ) ( all in loft sadly )
Tony ( Fender 6 string Jumbo and 3 bar autoharp and banjolele ) ( all in loft sadly )
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I am now on Flickr which is nice !
Posted 03/11/2010 - 18:15
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techno-terminator wrote:
DRAT and DOUBLE DRAT
Weather is not looking good for our Class's night shoot . We are meeting down at the Clyde at 7pm - will be just about pitch black by then .
Got the K-x ready last night - Tripod plate is now on the camera since I find it fiddly .
Got the small camera back pack ready - just the K-x and the P70 in it , Tripod is ready in the kitchen as I'm being collected at 6.30pm.
Have , as requested , sent SMS to tutor to remind him to put extra tripods in his car and got the reply that he has and has put in some torches as well. Sounds as if we will be doing some painting with light as well . Really don't appreciate that
Since it looks as if it will be wet anyone want to lend me a K7 ?
Au contraire! Night photography is all the better with wet pavements, good luck!
DRAT and DOUBLE DRAT
Weather is not looking good for our Class's night shoot . We are meeting down at the Clyde at 7pm - will be just about pitch black by then .
Got the K-x ready last night - Tripod plate is now on the camera since I find it fiddly .
Got the small camera back pack ready - just the K-x and the P70 in it , Tripod is ready in the kitchen as I'm being collected at 6.30pm.
Have , as requested , sent SMS to tutor to remind him to put extra tripods in his car and got the reply that he has and has put in some torches as well. Sounds as if we will be doing some painting with light as well . Really don't appreciate that
Since it looks as if it will be wet anyone want to lend me a K7 ?
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 03/11/2010 - 18:20
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TOZZA27 wrote:
Nothing new under the sun Stefan !! When I first started at Hotel School , I used to "acquire" plastic bowl scrapers after practical classes - they were perfect cut down for plectra and readily available too.
Tony ( Fender 6 string Jumbo and 3 bar autoharp and banjolele ) ( all in loft sadly )
From your explanation your are talking about something else though
Nothing new under the sun Stefan !! When I first started at Hotel School , I used to "acquire" plastic bowl scrapers after practical classes - they were perfect cut down for plectra and readily available too.
Tony ( Fender 6 string Jumbo and 3 bar autoharp and banjolele ) ( all in loft sadly )
Stefan
K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
Posted 03/11/2010 - 18:32
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I suspect most passes would be too thick to make good plectrums
Oh I dont know, Plectrums come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and thickness too.I suspect most passes would be too thick to make good plectrums
On a sad note, I could have been a world famous guitarist if arthritis hadn't set in
On the other hand I could have been the worlds worst
Posted 03/11/2010 - 18:58
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I could have been a world famous bass player, but I'm not, for the same reason. Well that and a certain lack of musicality
I know plectrums come in all thicknesses and sizes. Both husband (semi prof in his day) and son #2 are excellent guitarists and they both prefer really thin ones when they use them, though both are more finger style players. Son #1 was a bass player like his Ma, and he liked a fat plectrum. Ma preferred her fingers. Never got on with a plectrum.
It might work with something like the Ikea family pass and other thin ones, but I think a credit card/bank pass type would be too thick for most players, even bass players.
I know plectrums come in all thicknesses and sizes. Both husband (semi prof in his day) and son #2 are excellent guitarists and they both prefer really thin ones when they use them, though both are more finger style players. Son #1 was a bass player like his Ma, and he liked a fat plectrum. Ma preferred her fingers. Never got on with a plectrum.
It might work with something like the Ikea family pass and other thin ones, but I think a credit card/bank pass type would be too thick for most players, even bass players.
Posted 03/11/2010 - 20:25
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I used to play mostly finger style, but when I used a plectrum I preferred a small thick one of quite hard plastic. I did have a stone one once but didn't like the friction between it and the strings. If I had to pick one off this page it would be like the 3.3mm Montana Agate. For strumming larger and thinner would be better.
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Algi
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Algi
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we will be drinking in the hotel bar I suspect [ seems that as long as we have a drink there we get free car parking ]
Have fun in the rain. It's only for a couple of hours - think how nice your warm house will feel when you get back to it .
Actually the radar shows it drying out up there in a while. Hope it's right.