The moral maze...
Posted 24/06/2008 - 21:59
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Take them to Tesco Extra for the evening, and they can watch TV there in HD for nothing.
K100D Super, 18-55, 50-200, Sigma 10-20, Sigma 70mm macro and lots of old lenses
Posted 25/06/2008 - 00:36
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OK. I've just ordered the DA*50-135 from SRS - now eagerly awaiting a package from Chris.
Problem is, our TV is about to die, and I've promised the family a nice new widescreen LCD TV as a replacement. The sort of thing I had in mind comes in at around the £500 mark.
What a coincidence
If the TV goes in the next couple of months (quite likely) then I'm going to have to ask my children to watch CBeebies on my camera
What would you have done?
EM
I have bought a TV card for my computer, can get a USB one now and comes cheap - under a £100 I think. OK. I've just ordered the DA*50-135 from SRS - now eagerly awaiting a package from Chris.
Problem is, our TV is about to die, and I've promised the family a nice new widescreen LCD TV as a replacement. The sort of thing I had in mind comes in at around the £500 mark.
What a coincidence
If the TV goes in the next couple of months (quite likely) then I'm going to have to ask my children to watch CBeebies on my camera
What would you have done?
EM
Better get working on some cash prize photo comp entries...
Bodies: K5IIs, K7, MZ5n, LX, MV
Lenses: DA*16-50, DA18-55WR, DA18-135, DAL35, M50 F2, A50 f1.4, FA50 f1.4, DA*50-135, DA55-300, Tamron 70-300, DFA 100 WR Macro, M135 f3.5, Sigma 120-400 APO DG HSM, Tokina 500 f8.0
Flash: Metz 58, Metz 48
Accessories: BG4, Pentax right angle finder, Pentax mirror adaptor lens, O-ME53 Viewfinder Loupe
Auto 110 System: Auto 110, Winder, 18mm, 24mm, 50mm, 70mm, 20-40mm, AF100P, 1.7x telecon
Lenses: DA*16-50, DA18-55WR, DA18-135, DAL35, M50 F2, A50 f1.4, FA50 f1.4, DA*50-135, DA55-300, Tamron 70-300, DFA 100 WR Macro, M135 f3.5, Sigma 120-400 APO DG HSM, Tokina 500 f8.0
Flash: Metz 58, Metz 48
Accessories: BG4, Pentax right angle finder, Pentax mirror adaptor lens, O-ME53 Viewfinder Loupe
Auto 110 System: Auto 110, Winder, 18mm, 24mm, 50mm, 70mm, 20-40mm, AF100P, 1.7x telecon
Posted 25/06/2008 - 07:14
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When you get the Da* - you will forget all your worries about your family. You won't be home at all
Posted 25/06/2008 - 08:38
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Sell the family, problem solved....
then you can buy the TV and watch what YOU want
then you can buy the TV and watch what YOU want
Posted 25/06/2008 - 16:02
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We don't have a T.V. But I might upgrade my monitor to something huge so we can share DVD watching on it. And at the same time it will be better for photo editing. How's that for a compromise?
Posted 25/06/2008 - 16:05
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TV is vastly overrated IMO, to quote a once popular kids TV show from my youth:
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Turn off your TV set
and do something less boring instead
Turn off your TV set
and do something less boring instead
you don't have to be mad to post here
but it does help
but it does help
Posted 25/06/2008 - 17:12
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We don't have a T.V. But I might upgrade my monitor to something huge so we can share DVD watching on it. And at the same time it will be better for photo editing. How's that for a compromise?
Know what you mean! We just got a 30" Apple cinema display with our new Mac, and that's getting more use than our telly these days, so much so, we're cancelling our Sky subscription and saving £65 (!) a month!
We don't have a T.V. But I might upgrade my monitor to something huge so we can share DVD watching on it. And at the same time it will be better for photo editing. How's that for a compromise?
Posted 25/06/2008 - 21:47
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Nothing on TV worth watching these days anyway
Getting there! Thanks to you guys
Pentax K3ii, Pentax K10d, Kit lens ( 18-55mm ), 50mm f1.7 lens, Tamron 70-300mm lens, Prinzflex 70-162 manual lens, Various old flashes.
Pentax K3ii, Pentax K10d, Kit lens ( 18-55mm ), 50mm f1.7 lens, Tamron 70-300mm lens, Prinzflex 70-162 manual lens, Various old flashes.
Posted 26/06/2008 - 20:49
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I've had my eye on this lens for a while. Hopefully I'll be getting one next month to compliment my 16-50
Posted 26/06/2008 - 21:28
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Nothing on TV worth watching these days anyway
For UK telly programmes I rely solely on what's available from BBC/iPlayer, 4 On Demand, and ITV's catchup service for my TV. I'm hoping the latter will have a download service available soon.Nothing on TV worth watching these days anyway
I do also have spanish digital free-to-view TV too. The english language programmes (CSI etc) are all dubbed, but then I use the language button to switch back to english.
Oh the joys of the digital age . . . and it's all free too, save for the cost of broadband.
This all begs the question:-
If you watch only TV programmes delivered via t'internet, and have no traditional television receiver, do you need to cough up for a TV licence?
Peter E Smith - flickr Photostream
Posted 26/06/2008 - 21:39
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Yes I believe you do Mannesty - someone argued this in the UK and lost as I recall.
Of course in civilised countries they ave scraped the licence.
Here we get the Beeb (all 4 channels on digital cable), and the Dutch don't dub foreign programmes, they subtitle them, which makes things easy. It does result in Wimbledon on several channels at once, which is a total pain, especially when it is followed by football! (No I'm not a sport lover)
Not sure I could have done what Epithet did - every time I had the money saved up for a new camera something came along and needed it more, and I gave up the money for the greater good. Luckily I love my Ds.
Maybe it's a female thing, not spending the money on ourselves - the bill payer happily forked out a small fortune on guitar stuff in the US, whilst saying we should be cutting down on spending and saving again after such an extravagant holiday
Of course in civilised countries they ave scraped the licence.
Here we get the Beeb (all 4 channels on digital cable), and the Dutch don't dub foreign programmes, they subtitle them, which makes things easy. It does result in Wimbledon on several channels at once, which is a total pain, especially when it is followed by football! (No I'm not a sport lover)
Not sure I could have done what Epithet did - every time I had the money saved up for a new camera something came along and needed it more, and I gave up the money for the greater good. Luckily I love my Ds.
Maybe it's a female thing, not spending the money on ourselves - the bill payer happily forked out a small fortune on guitar stuff in the US, whilst saying we should be cutting down on spending and saving again after such an extravagant holiday
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