Greytop

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I feel a bit like Hercule Poirot trying to guess what these excellent images are whilst trying to avoid reading everybody else's post

The past the 'sell by date' squashed fruit simply jumps out of the screen at you with that splash of colour. Nice contrast of texture with the mouldy areas.

My favourite though is the second image, very low key and dark with an intriguing shape disappearing out of focus. Very nice.

Comment by Greytop posted on Back in business at 25/02/2010 - 21:07

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Love the second one Tim, I laughed the thread opened up

Comment by Greytop posted on Gnome army at 25/02/2010 - 20:38

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Ah I seem to remember that our local council took ours (eventually)... bless them

Comment by Greytop posted on Pentax Reviews in current Which? magazine at 25/02/2010 - 19:28

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Probably a bit pricey and a bit late but the Lumix LX3 is a stonking compact camera. It has an excellent, fast ( f/2 - 2.8 ) wide angle lens (24-60mm equiv) and larger than the run of the mill sensor so higher ISO performance is really quite impressive (for a compact). Build quality is excellent too.

I was so impressed I bought one for my better half (I do get to use it occasionally)

Comment by Greytop posted on Wide angle compacts? at 25/02/2010 - 19:25

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polchraine wrote:
Greytop - your location is Berkshire. I don't know if you are close to Gerrards Cross but there is a small independent in GX and Beaconsfield who offers very good prices on white goods.

I wanted a new Fridge Freezer, Washing Machine and Dish Washer recently - all fairly high spec machines. I rang around various mail order and online dealers as well as the ones who run Sainsbury's, M&S, Boots and other websites.

He was prepared to match the best prices I was offered and service from him was excellent.
Thanks for the tip, actually I'm West of Reading close to the M4 (so not that close really) but might be worth a try next time something gives up the ghost.

Comment by Greytop posted on Pentax Reviews in current Which? magazine at 25/02/2010 - 19:14

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polchraine wrote:
Greytop wrote:
If we're on white goods, I found Laskys pretty good on price for our last white thing in the kitchen
Laskys - just another name for Comet !
We'll I didn't realise that, just looked at their T&Cs and sure enough you're right
To be fair to them I have bought two items, a mid range Bosch washing machine and Sony HDR-SR11E camcorder and in both cases they were pretty much the lowest priced on-line with UK stock that I could find. Both transactions were smooth and quick, no hassles so I'm a satisfied customer

Comment by Greytop posted on Pentax Reviews in current Which? magazine at 25/02/2010 - 18:42

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PeteL wrote:

Cons were - Pricey and quite heavy! Needless to say i wrote a customer review disputing the latter! (Though someone had beaten me to it!)

Regards - Pete
Well done Pete

Comment by Greytop posted on Pentax Reviews in current Which? magazine at 25/02/2010 - 18:03

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Very interesting Labnut, thank you for sharing, it certainly seems to correspond with my experience of Pentax SR which is very positive.
Using my K-7 I find it's quite possible to achieve consistently sharp shots below 1/10 second, even as low as 1/5 - 1/6 second with a little practice. This is generally with my 16-50 zoom walk around lens.

Comment by Greytop posted on A sudy of the effectiveness of the K7 Shake Reduction at 25/02/2010 - 14:02

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Black and white for me too.

Comment by Greytop posted on first auto bracketing and HDR at 25/02/2010 - 12:21

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Good job I work from home then

Nice find and I would imagine that at least some of it rings true for paid photographers

Comment by Greytop posted on Not safe for work, family or anyone really at 25/02/2010 - 10:58

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