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Comment by Aitch53 posted on Eungella sunrise at 14/02/2018 - 11:14
OK, I've thought of a subject and started the competition.
I hope you all find the subject both wide enough and detailed enough.
I hope you all find the subject both wide enough and detailed enough.
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Weekly #553 - Iron Competition at 12/02/2018 - 12:05
drofmit wrote:
And please, try some still life pix with your stone bottles...
I, for one, would like to see what you come up with....
once I've finished the current bit of construction here, I might be able to find mine!!
Then I'll put some up, too.
In fact, I think I'll do a series of pix around a still life before I finish the building work....
it'll help me relax in the evening.
My mum liked a whiskey for a night-cap. So one Christmas, I bought her a bottle of the Antiquary - blended, but not a bad drink.JAK wrote:
No fizzy lemonade for a nightcap tonight!
Not with whisky I hope!?No fizzy lemonade for a nightcap tonight!
And please, try some still life pix with your stone bottles...
I, for one, would like to see what you come up with....
once I've finished the current bit of construction here, I might be able to find mine!!
Then I'll put some up, too.
In fact, I think I'll do a series of pix around a still life before I finish the building work....
it'll help me relax in the evening.
On Christmas evening, she came out with her nightcap which did contain, I should have expected it, whisky and lemonade!
Not as bad as a Cumbernauld guy I worked with - he once, as a teenager, put Coke in a glass of his father's single malt. Only done to wind up his father, but he reckons he was never closer to a violent death than then!
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Weekly #552 - Still life with bottles Competition at 12/02/2018 - 10:01
johnriley wrote:
There has always been an enthusiastic base of users here on PU who have been advocates of Silkypix.
Personally I never use the CDs that come with cameras, preferring to do everything using Bridge and Photoshop.
Really? They make great drinks coasters. There has always been an enthusiastic base of users here on PU who have been advocates of Silkypix.
Personally I never use the CDs that come with cameras, preferring to do everything using Bridge and Photoshop.
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Shoddy customer service by Ricoh/Pentax at 10/02/2018 - 16:51
If you think those break the rules of 'Still Life', you should see some of the stuff that was put forward on another site's theme pictures thread!
Oh, and as a matter of interest, what IS the plural of 'Still Life'?
Oh, and as a matter of interest, what IS the plural of 'Still Life'?
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Weekly #552 - Still life with bottles Competition at 09/02/2018 - 14:26
And I thought sorting my socks out was a chore...
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Another pointless thread at 04/02/2018 - 15:10
Algernon wrote:
Amazon packaging is sorted by computer. It compares the box dimensions and chooses from about 15 boxes one that will fit You won't believe how big a box a walking stick or window blade comes in
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Sometimes it's called 'Frustration-Free Packaging'Amazon packaging is sorted by computer. It compares the box dimensions and chooses from about 15 boxes one that will fit You won't believe how big a box a walking stick or window blade comes in
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The item in the box is all of 6cm long.
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Amazon lens prices at 02/02/2018 - 18:11
Algernon wrote:
If it's on Youtube it must be TRUE!!!! ..... Mustn't it
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If it's on Youtube it must be TRUE!!!! ..... Mustn't it
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johnriley wrote:
Not necessarily Algi, but equally well just because it's on YouTube it doesn't make it untrue.
A state of affairs which suggests one cannot know which it is; not helpful! Not necessarily Algi, but equally well just because it's on YouTube it doesn't make it untrue.
Comment by Aitch53 posted on Pentax K1 v Sony A7Riiii v NikonD850 at 17/01/2018 - 14:19
RobL wrote:
I may be naive but I don’t think prices have been deliberately inflated just to promote special offers, there are other market forces at play including the exchange rate. I am no retail expert but I imagine if sales of a product are flagging and stock is staying in the warehouse then special offers are an option. Against that we have the expectation now of deals on bank holidays and Black Friday (a self-imposed retailers nightmare) so as purchasers if we can wait we hold off until then. I for one would be happy for Pentax to make enough profit to stay healthy and invest in development, and their prices even at full RRP are generally better than the competition.
Probably not in this case, however, I remember...I may be naive but I don’t think prices have been deliberately inflated just to promote special offers, there are other market forces at play including the exchange rate. I am no retail expert but I imagine if sales of a product are flagging and stock is staying in the warehouse then special offers are an option. Against that we have the expectation now of deals on bank holidays and Black Friday (a self-imposed retailers nightmare) so as purchasers if we can wait we hold off until then. I for one would be happy for Pentax to make enough profit to stay healthy and invest in development, and their prices even at full RRP are generally better than the competition.
Years ago when I bought my first LCD TV (21") it cost a bit over £200 (it was a long time ago) in Dixons. Next time i was in there browsing, the price had jumped to about £400. Three weeks later during the sales it was 'marked down' to around £299. And the sign said, as legal requirement iirc, "All sale goods have been on sale for at least two weeks at the non-sale price."
So it's not exactly an unknown trick.
Comment by Aitch53 posted on It’s gone a bit quiet recently at 09/01/2018 - 08:04
RobL wrote:
There are many loyal Pentax users who stay with the brand for its various qualities, but when reviewers hark on about focus issues and limited FF lens range it puts off those who would otherwise be tempted. Until these are addressed the market share will not increase as the more subtle advantages which only come when you use a Pentax for a while rarely get highlighted. But that’s not my issue here, we had the new lens roadmap almost a year ago when a mock-up 50mm lens was shown, but despite new lenses in MF and FF shown “2017 or later” these are still not available. Over a year from mock-up to production for the relatively simple 50mm prime? Pentax has the curious marketing approach of both long-term teasers and sudden unpredicted releases, but the teasers need to meet the timeframe given and we need, say, at least onenew body in one of the three formats per year to keep pace.
As a long time (pre-digital) Pentax user, what puts me off buying a new Pentax DSLR (apart from the fact I am quite happy with my MFT system and old K10D/D80), is the stories I've read here and on other boards about known shutter problems that linger from model to model and Ricoh/Pentax's lousy after-sales service. There are many loyal Pentax users who stay with the brand for its various qualities, but when reviewers hark on about focus issues and limited FF lens range it puts off those who would otherwise be tempted. Until these are addressed the market share will not increase as the more subtle advantages which only come when you use a Pentax for a while rarely get highlighted. But that’s not my issue here, we had the new lens roadmap almost a year ago when a mock-up 50mm lens was shown, but despite new lenses in MF and FF shown “2017 or later” these are still not available. Over a year from mock-up to production for the relatively simple 50mm prime? Pentax has the curious marketing approach of both long-term teasers and sudden unpredicted releases, but the teasers need to meet the timeframe given and we need, say, at least onenew body in one of the three formats per year to keep pace.
Plus they don't do what I would call a decent CSC camera, but that's by the by - I can't make them produce the camera I would like, so I'll spend my pennies somewhere else.
Comment by Aitch53 posted on It’s gone a bit quiet recently at 07/01/2018 - 15:03
If it is further over it cannot be the same view.
Anyway, I don't normally go much on landscape pics, but I must admit I rather like that second one.