Not lost your touch I see Barrie

Nice to see your club got you a fine selection of models.

Developing your own B&W film is easy and a lot less reliant on accurate temperatures than colour.

Another option you could consider is shooting slide film and developing that yourself, I had a go at this back in the 80s using just a Patterson developing tank and the thermostatic shower in the bathroom, getting the shower to run at a specific temp. with the shower head removed gave me an instant supply of water at the correct temp.

Developing slide film may be a bit more expensive than colour negative but you have the advantage of a much cleaner noise free image.

Google E6 processing.

I suppose I'd better give these the thumbs up, not that I wouldn't anyway

First one is an absolute cracker.

Got the Pic Gary, much appreciated.

Next event for us is Asylum in Lincoln at the end of the month (25th-28th)

I Remember some years back David, you posted some pics of Steampunks you'd snapped in Lincoln asking who/what they were, setting me off on a search for all things Steampunk.

So the the current state of my overfilled wardrobe is your fault

Thanks Gary, that will be going in the album

Not quite true David, I was into Steampunk Wargaming long before I knew people actually dressed the part

As for the Guardian pic Gwyn take another look, were on the far left (as you look at it) I'm in Khaki wearing a Pith Helmet.

We stayed on in Whitby for the rest of the week and came home the following Friday, enjoyed a rather productive hour on the Platform at Goathland too, now This is what you call Steam

I take it that was for a party.

Mine were shot at a gig and I was far too close to the stage (and speakers) have tried all sorts with the audio and can't get rid of a crackle/buzz, presumably caused by the effect of the bass, have looked at the audio file in spectral mode and have a cartload of vertical lines through the files wherever the buzz is, unless I find a way to clean it up I may as well delete the vids

Sorry to disappoint but it wasn't all in one go

Well so far so good, GPS turned off and the batteries are still going strong, over the weekend as well as a a few dozen images I shot 15 minutes of video, going to leave the camera in the bag for a week and see what they're like then.

Neil, I have dabbled with the astro tracer, it's just a matter of waiting for right time right place to give it another go, was caravanning just outside Penrith a few weeks back, away from light pollution etc, but some idiot forgot to take a tripod

Andy, good thinking, I'll turn it off and just switch on if I need it see how that goes.

The batteries in my K3II don't seem to hold their charge very well, even the one in the grip depending on which has priority, these are both genuine Pentax Batteries.

It's not the batteries getting old as they seem OK in the K5, in fact the brandX battery I have which spends most of it's life in the K5 seems to hold it's charge a lot better.

Anyone else had a similar problem?

Sorry, I should make it clear, this is when the camera is not in use and left for a week or two.