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Oh photography wise I use it as a place to show my work with my camera phone, I take far more photos on my Nokia lumia than my Pentax gear....
Comment by cabstar posted on Has Facebook increased desire for Photographs? at 18/06/2012 - 16:05
I'm a huge fan of Facebook and twitter, get many jobs through them both. There tends to be a lot of paranoia and distrust of web in general on this forum and I do wonder why that is.
I have my profile set to private so only my added friends get to see it. I used to work for a educational establishment so needed to keep it private, but apart from that I have no issues with social networking.
People tend in general to fear things they don't understand.
I have my profile set to private so only my added friends get to see it. I used to work for a educational establishment so needed to keep it private, but apart from that I have no issues with social networking.
People tend in general to fear things they don't understand.
Comment by cabstar posted on Has Facebook increased desire for Photographs? at 18/06/2012 - 16:04
If a grip fails due to water at a cost of £30 then I can easily replace it at this price....
Comment by cabstar posted on Third party grips at 18/06/2012 - 10:40
What program did you use to video the screen?
Comment by cabstar posted on OK IVE DONE ANOTHER TUTORIAL at 18/06/2012 - 02:08
I use one of the copied ones. I don't see the point of a weatherprooofed grip. The body is fully weatherprooofed so any water that gets in between the grip and body is not going to harm the body itself I would have thought....
Comment by cabstar posted on Third party grips at 18/06/2012 - 02:08
greynolds999 wrote:
It's not only where they are badged but where they are sold.
If you were to buy an unbranded battery from a UK retailer and it exploded or leaked (under correct and normal use) you could sue the retailer for the cost of the battery and everything it damaged.
If you bought it on eBay from a PO Box in Hong Kong, you may still have the same rights but I doubt you could ever successfully claim!
Even buying branded, whether genuine or counterfeit wouldn't help.
In fact, if you were on a plane and the battery you bought on eBay exploded or leaked due to a fault, you could be deemed to be the importer of the equipment and could find yourself liable for importing an unsafe product. Imagine the bill for an emergency landing!
The retailer would also be investigated by HSE and possibly imprisoned for breach of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 Sec 3 and also the Management Regs if found to be importing non CE marked electrical goods.It's not only where they are badged but where they are sold.
If you were to buy an unbranded battery from a UK retailer and it exploded or leaked (under correct and normal use) you could sue the retailer for the cost of the battery and everything it damaged.
If you bought it on eBay from a PO Box in Hong Kong, you may still have the same rights but I doubt you could ever successfully claim!
Even buying branded, whether genuine or counterfeit wouldn't help.
In fact, if you were on a plane and the battery you bought on eBay exploded or leaked due to a fault, you could be deemed to be the importer of the equipment and could find yourself liable for importing an unsafe product. Imagine the bill for an emergency landing!
Most batteries and any other possible power source bought from Hong Kong or China directly from a far east website will most probably not have the CE mark for conformity either. Most of these items are unfused and potentially lethal.
If you bought the battery as a consumer there would be no fault found and you would not be classed as the importer. You can only be classed as an importer if you are importing to resell again in the line of a business. Then you have to ensure your product conforms to EU safety regs, hence the CE mark and why Trading Standards are always looking out for dodgy charger sellers.
Comment by cabstar posted on Buying a spare battery at 14/06/2012 - 15:49
I still don't get how the explore works...
Great image though with typical Pentax colours, well done.
Great image though with typical Pentax colours, well done.
Comment by cabstar posted on I got a picture 'Explored' on flickr at 12/06/2012 - 11:54
I think digital has created the opposite effect of using film. People shoot way more on digital. This takes longer to edit etc.
Comment by cabstar posted on Don't Delete That Image! at 12/06/2012 - 11:51
Smeggypants wrote:
but seriosuly ...
Forums cost peanuts to run and require next to no maintenance. That's why I also don't charge anyone to join my forum Smeggy's - btw Originally I had google ads running to offset some of the hosting costs, but frankly I got rid of th3em becuase they were annoying, and I was always recommending members get adblock+ to avoid them anyway.
The parts of this site that have an entrance free are separate to the forum ...
... and there's nothing I've seen in that side that is worth paying for. The same reasons I don't buy photography magazines.
And remember not everything is about 'money'. The best value from forums like mine, this forum, other photography forums and so on is the time individuals put into them posting interesting debates, helping others and generally making the community fun and/or interesting. The world would be a better place if we measured the value of more things by their human value rather than there Fiat Currency value.
Therefore no one who posts here regularly and puts as much into the forum as they take out is a freeloader
But uts not just a forum, I have had lots of "unlimited bandwidth" web hosting and nearly all of them have a fair use policy.fatspider wrote:
Oi! Smeggy, get your fingers in your pocket, it's only a few quid a year, that goes for the rest of you freeloaders too
But seriously, I have to manage both my own and the wifes website and it isn't easy, especially when you don't know what your doing
haha Oi! Smeggy, get your fingers in your pocket, it's only a few quid a year, that goes for the rest of you freeloaders too
But seriously, I have to manage both my own and the wifes website and it isn't easy, especially when you don't know what your doing
but seriosuly ...
Forums cost peanuts to run and require next to no maintenance. That's why I also don't charge anyone to join my forum Smeggy's - btw Originally I had google ads running to offset some of the hosting costs, but frankly I got rid of th3em becuase they were annoying, and I was always recommending members get adblock+ to avoid them anyway.
The parts of this site that have an entrance free are separate to the forum ...
... and there's nothing I've seen in that side that is worth paying for. The same reasons I don't buy photography magazines.
And remember not everything is about 'money'. The best value from forums like mine, this forum, other photography forums and so on is the time individuals put into them posting interesting debates, helping others and generally making the community fun and/or interesting. The world would be a better place if we measured the value of more things by their human value rather than there Fiat Currency value.
Therefore no one who posts here regularly and puts as much into the forum as they take out is a freeloader
So say you host s site with 1 & 1 whose going to build it for you? Whose going to design the graphics? Whose going to write content? Whose going to moderate it? Whose going to do the finance part? Whose going to administer the advertising? Then there's moderating etc...
Running a website is a lot more than just buying web hosting. If you have a static site then there is very little involved, start running a live site and cost significantly increase.
Also whilst webhosters promote unlimited bandwidth packages the reality is similar to unlimited internet packages which might have restrictions.
Running a website is a lot more than just buying web hosting. If you have a static site then there is very little involved, start running a live site and cost significantly increase.
Also whilst webhosters promote unlimited bandwidth packages the reality is similar to unlimited internet packages which might have restrictions.
