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Comment by GlynM posted on weather in your local area tonight. at 06/01/2010 - 16:40
Greytop wrote:
Looks like a nice solution Glyn. I find the problem occurs when there is a major build up of snow between the LNBs and the dish.
It does look a bit exposed but I guess you got very little choice over its placement. Ours is tucked up, lowish, on a south facing wall while its the north side of the house that is exposed to the weather on a down-hill slope. Looks like a nice solution Glyn. I find the problem occurs when there is a major build up of snow between the LNBs and the dish.
I hope that's not your tv aerial in your photo. It could be harder to snow-ball that
Glyn
Comment by GlynM posted on weather in your local area tonight. at 06/01/2010 - 16:20
Greytop wrote:
Did anybody end up having to throw snow balls at their Sky dish to clear it and get reception?
No problems here but I do have a larger, zone2, dish which I think is normally only used in Scotland Did anybody end up having to throw snow balls at their Sky dish to clear it and get reception?
Interestingly enough today the dish has less snow than last February when it was working fine in this state:
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Glyn
Comment by GlynM posted on weather in your local area tonight. at 06/01/2010 - 15:56
6 Inches outside the back door here on the Surrey/Hampshire boarder.
I have this morning walked up on the Ash Ranges and in the open it was well over my boots.
The roads are awful and I witnessed vehicles having trouble with our modest hump-back bridge.
The debate with the few other people I met was whether it was deeper than last February. The consensus was that it is deeper and of course it is still snowing.
Glyn
I have this morning walked up on the Ash Ranges and in the open it was well over my boots.
The roads are awful and I witnessed vehicles having trouble with our modest hump-back bridge.
The debate with the few other people I met was whether it was deeper than last February. The consensus was that it is deeper and of course it is still snowing.
Glyn
Comment by GlynM posted on weather in your local area tonight. at 06/01/2010 - 11:07
andrewk wrote:
Don't get too jealous. Tuesday is the day on which Oldham council empty the bins. Today is Tuesday. I took this photo less than an hour ago. As you may have guessed, the bins are unemptied.
Only recycling for us this week, but not unusually, not collected on the correct, snow-free, day. Now there is no hope:Don't get too jealous. Tuesday is the day on which Oldham council empty the bins. Today is Tuesday. I took this photo less than an hour ago. As you may have guessed, the bins are unemptied.
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Glyn
Comment by GlynM posted on Snow shots at 06/01/2010 - 10:38
I have been jealously watching all your snow pictures and finally we have some snow :
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K-7 with DA*16-50 @ 16mm
F3.5, 1/50sec & ISO 200
With the Samsung equivalent of the AF360 flash
Roll-on daylight!
Glyn
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K-7 with DA*16-50 @ 16mm
F3.5, 1/50sec & ISO 200
With the Samsung equivalent of the AF360 flash
Roll-on daylight!
Glyn
Comment by GlynM posted on Snow shots at 05/01/2010 - 22:25
Surrey Heathland Hoar Frost
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No snow here but last night we had lowest temperature of the season which created some fantastic hoar frost. Seen here in the morning sun with some distant mist.
K-7 with DA55-300 @ 55mm
F13, 1/80 sec & ISO 200
Taken at 11.21 on 04/01/2010
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No snow here but last night we had lowest temperature of the season which created some fantastic hoar frost. Seen here in the morning sun with some distant mist.
K-7 with DA55-300 @ 55mm
F13, 1/80 sec & ISO 200
Taken at 11.21 on 04/01/2010
Comment by GlynM posted on Fortnightly competition No. 32 Your Weather at 04/01/2010 - 14:35
Be careful if do decide to go for a 55-300 and make sure you get the best version for your needs. I believe that there is now a DAL version which does not have quick-shift focus (or a lens hood)
Glyn
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Comment by GlynM posted on 55-300 Vs 80-320 at 03/01/2010 - 22:47
I have both the 55-300 and the 80-320. From my direction there is no competition the 55-300 is far superior.
I bought my 80-320 2nd hand in 2006 with an aim to use it at the Farnborough air show. It was hopeless at this as it seemed to spend most of the time doing end-to-end focus hunts. Aircraft tended to be well over the horizon before focus could be obtained.
The arrival of the 55-300, in time for Farnborough 2008, was a revelation as it has quick shift focus so it was very easy to do a quick manual approximate focus and let the auto focus finish it off.
Glyn
I bought my 80-320 2nd hand in 2006 with an aim to use it at the Farnborough air show. It was hopeless at this as it seemed to spend most of the time doing end-to-end focus hunts. Aircraft tended to be well over the horizon before focus could be obtained.
The arrival of the 55-300, in time for Farnborough 2008, was a revelation as it has quick shift focus so it was very easy to do a quick manual approximate focus and let the auto focus finish it off.
Glyn
Comment by GlynM posted on 55-300 Vs 80-320 at 03/01/2010 - 22:16
I would have thought that anyone who regularly reads this forum would be , by default, at least fairly well informed.
Glyn
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Comment by GlynM posted on What Knowledge Level Do You Have? at 23/12/2009 - 08:59
I don't think we are going to be able to measure any wind for a while, particularly if we get the threatened hard frost tonight:
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I'm not going to try throwing snowballs at that
Glyn