Another pointless thread
Posted 10/05/2010 - 11:11
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bretti_kivi wrote:
you can't watch iPlayer over here, it doesn't work. Then they moved a lot of the cbeebies stuff to iPlayer, too... very irritating.
Bret
You may want to think about using:you can't watch iPlayer over here, it doesn't work. Then they moved a lot of the cbeebies stuff to iPlayer, too... very irritating.
Bret
http://www.strongvpn.com/packages_special.shtml
Easy access to iplayer through that ...
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K20D, *istD, MZ-S, Super-A, ME Super, MX
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, DA* 300,
DA 50-200, FA 24-90, FA 20-35,
M 400-600, A 50 f1.4, A 28 f2.8, A 70-210, M 35-80, M 50 f1.7
A x2S teleconverter and a few others ...
K20D, *istD, MZ-S, Super-A, ME Super, MX
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, DA* 300,
DA 50-200, FA 24-90, FA 20-35,
M 400-600, A 50 f1.4, A 28 f2.8, A 70-210, M 35-80, M 50 f1.7
A x2S teleconverter and a few others ...
Posted 10/05/2010 - 11:40
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i-Berg wrote:
Thank goodness we live in a place where there's none of this cr@p... Free-to-air TV - analogue and digital - for the time being at least...
I know it is fashionable to knock Auntie Beeb but personally I think it would be awful if she went. Radio 4 is priceless and Radio 7 is pretty good too. Having suffered US TV and radio... ugh. NPR does have some good programmes though, especially 'Wait, wait, don't tell me'.Thank goodness we live in a place where there's none of this cr@p... Free-to-air TV - analogue and digital - for the time being at least...
K.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
Posted 10/05/2010 - 11:53
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Just had a call from my favourite "undercover cop".
They finally got their Ni*on D90 whatever that is with an 80-400 ( ? ) lens for a "job" and when they checked everything - battery,card,lens,etc it just kept flashing F33........................
I Googled and eventually found a Q&A site that suggested opening the aperture wide on the lens and ................it worked.
She said she would have to kill me if she told me where she was !!
I said I`d kill her if she told you lot what I`d done !!!!!!!
Tony
They finally got their Ni*on D90 whatever that is with an 80-400 ( ? ) lens for a "job" and when they checked everything - battery,card,lens,etc it just kept flashing F33........................
I Googled and eventually found a Q&A site that suggested opening the aperture wide on the lens and ................it worked.
She said she would have to kill me if she told me where she was !!
I said I`d kill her if she told you lot what I`d done !!!!!!!
Tony
K20D,*istD ( now a dedicated M42 digital ),K100D,MZ5N,P50,ME Super,Spotmatic 1000,Spotmatic,ESII,ES,H2.18-55 II,18-55,75-300 FAJ,35-80 FA,80-200 F,28-105 FA,Sigma 24-70 AF Aspherical,Sigma 28-300 Hyperzoom , Praotor II 500 M42,Centon 500mm mirror,and a few Pentax M42 Taks,super-Taks,smc Taks,A and M lenses.Benbo trekker,7dayshop monopod and a Lowepro rucksack.
I am now on Flickr which is nice !
I am now on Flickr which is nice !
Posted 10/05/2010 - 11:58
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I thought for a moment they were going to have to allow use of the aperture ring in the menus...
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
Posted 10/05/2010 - 13:14
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grahamwalton wrote:
Imagine if Clarkson was to make a Top Gear Programme about photography.
What camera would he slag off? Which would he rave about?
I think it'd probably end up along these lines:Imagine if Clarkson was to make a Top Gear Programme about photography.
What camera would he slag off? Which would he rave about?
Clarkson waving the biggest Nikon he could lay hands on around and raving about how massive and expensive the lens is. Then complaining that in order to get the shot of the Stig jumping a snowmobile through a ring of fire he needs to be half a mile away as the lens is too long.
Hamster struggling with a similar Canon, they would naturally have to issue him with the largest tripod available so he'd need a box to stand on.
May quietly wandering around with a K-x and a handful of Limiteds, taking all the photos the other two missed.
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 10/05/2010 - 21:59
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Oggy wrote:
No. the licence is for TV receiver equipment. This argument came up when VCRs appeared. People tried to get away with a VCR and a monitor.
The Tv Licence is required because a Tv (CRT) is a transmitter and it`s the IF (the signal to the tube)that the detector vans/hand held devices pick up...actually,it`s a field strength meter,much the same as the Super Snooper that detects radar speed traps..and that is how they know which channel you are watching.So,is there an IF transmitted from a flat screen?.No. the licence is for TV receiver equipment. This argument came up when VCRs appeared. People tried to get away with a VCR and a monitor.
Nic
K10D,K20D
Pentax 18-55,Tamron AF 70-300,Sigma 150-500
Kenko 2X Teleplus MC7
AF 360 FGZ
Pentax 18-55,Tamron AF 70-300,Sigma 150-500
Kenko 2X Teleplus MC7
AF 360 FGZ
Posted 10/05/2010 - 22:01
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grahamwalton wrote:
Imagine if Clarkson was to make a Top Gear Programme about photography.
What camera would he slag off? Which would he rave about?
JC doesn`t "slag off",does he?...he he heImagine if Clarkson was to make a Top Gear Programme about photography.
What camera would he slag off? Which would he rave about?
Nic
K10D,K20D
Pentax 18-55,Tamron AF 70-300,Sigma 150-500
Kenko 2X Teleplus MC7
AF 360 FGZ
Pentax 18-55,Tamron AF 70-300,Sigma 150-500
Kenko 2X Teleplus MC7
AF 360 FGZ
Posted 10/05/2010 - 22:23
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The BBC - That venerable British institution, really does need to update and join the 21st century. Their continual block on advertising means we, the long suffering licence payers contiualy pay out for repeat after repeat. I hear that our monies go to fund programme development etc. Little said about the exhorbitant fees they pay their presenters... Will things ever change - I doubt it
Regards
David
Retired at last - now all that time for photography - you would think: wink:
David
Retired at last - now all that time for photography - you would think: wink:
Posted 10/05/2010 - 22:34
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alfiemooon wrote:
The Tv Licence is required because a Tv (CRT) is a transmitter and it`s the IF (the signal to the tube)that the detector vans/hand held devices pick up...actually,it`s a field strength meter,much the same as the Super Snooper that detects radar speed traps..and that is how they know which channel you are watching.So,is there an IF transmitted from a flat screen?.
Nic
Er not quite Nic.The Tv Licence is required because a Tv (CRT) is a transmitter and it`s the IF (the signal to the tube)that the detector vans/hand held devices pick up...actually,it`s a field strength meter,much the same as the Super Snooper that detects radar speed traps..and that is how they know which channel you are watching.So,is there an IF transmitted from a flat screen?.
Nic
The CRT is the display only and takes a video signal. There is no IF stage and no licence required.
A TV had a crt but now has plasma or LCD display, an audio amplifier and speaker(s) and a tv receiver/decoder which requires an RF (radio frequency) input and a licence.
The IF (intermediate frequengy) stage is part of the receiver, and this apparently bounced a signal back up the aerial and was what the detectors detected.
Posted 10/05/2010 - 22:38
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Think you`re right mayday,if Jensen Button was Jonathan Ross,he wouldn`t have a drive this year.But don`t forget,ITV want some of the revenue from the Tv licence.
Nic
Nic
K10D,K20D
Pentax 18-55,Tamron AF 70-300,Sigma 150-500
Kenko 2X Teleplus MC7
AF 360 FGZ
Pentax 18-55,Tamron AF 70-300,Sigma 150-500
Kenko 2X Teleplus MC7
AF 360 FGZ
Posted 10/05/2010 - 23:20
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mayday wrote:
The BBC - That venerable British institution, really does need to update and join the 21st century. Their continual block on advertising means we, the long suffering licence payers contiualy pay out for repeat after repeat. I hear that our monies go to fund programme development etc. Little said about the exhorbitant fees they pay their presenters... Will things ever change - I doubt it
If the BBC went to advertising you would still end up paying - just a different way and probably a lot more.The BBC - That venerable British institution, really does need to update and join the 21st century. Their continual block on advertising means we, the long suffering licence payers contiualy pay out for repeat after repeat. I hear that our monies go to fund programme development etc. Little said about the exhorbitant fees they pay their presenters... Will things ever change - I doubt it
The amount each household indirectly pays, through advertising, for ITV, Ch4, local commercial radio &c is well over £600 / per year.
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K20D, *istD, MZ-S, Super-A, ME Super, MX
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, DA* 300,
DA 50-200, FA 24-90, FA 20-35,
M 400-600, A 50 f1.4, A 28 f2.8, A 70-210, M 35-80, M 50 f1.7
A x2S teleconverter and a few others ...
K20D, *istD, MZ-S, Super-A, ME Super, MX
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, DA* 300,
DA 50-200, FA 24-90, FA 20-35,
M 400-600, A 50 f1.4, A 28 f2.8, A 70-210, M 35-80, M 50 f1.7
A x2S teleconverter and a few others ...
Posted 10/05/2010 - 23:24
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mayday wrote:
The BBC - That venerable British institution, really does need to update and join the 21st century. Their continual block on advertising means we, the long suffering licence payers contiualy pay out for repeat after repeat. I hear that our monies go to fund programme development etc. Little said about the exhorbitant fees they pay their presenters... Will things ever change - I doubt it
When I visit my lady love in the US her brother has 300-400 channels on his TV and there is never anything on worth watching! On the rare occasions there is something on half worth watching, ads every 10 minutes are an unbelievable drag. We end up doing what we do here: reading, listening to music, talking to each other, playing board games, going for a walk, indulging in our hobbies, etc. If the BBC is showing a repeat, turn the TV off and do something else!The BBC - That venerable British institution, really does need to update and join the 21st century. Their continual block on advertising means we, the long suffering licence payers contiualy pay out for repeat after repeat. I hear that our monies go to fund programme development etc. Little said about the exhorbitant fees they pay their presenters... Will things ever change - I doubt it
Best wishes, Kris.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
Posted 10/05/2010 - 23:37
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"R" could also stand for Returned or Reject. What possible refurbishing could be done to an SD card? They have no moving parts and they either work or don't work!
I just buy the cheap 2GB cards from Aldi and have had no problems as yet. Since got hold of a couple of 4GB cards with the same brand from Tesco, again they seem fine.
I just buy the cheap 2GB cards from Aldi and have had no problems as yet. Since got hold of a couple of 4GB cards with the same brand from Tesco, again they seem fine.
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.
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