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Comment by GrumpyGrandPa posted on Speed SD memory cards at 12/02/2022 - 12:14
Well caught and not goldfinches.
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/animals/birds/goldfinc...
Comment by GrumpyGrandPa posted on Oi. You! at 04/01/2022 - 14:22
STOP gawking and get these feeders refilled NOW!!!!!
Pentax KS2 with Sigma 50-500mm lens at full stretch, then cropped.
Tis a blooming heavy lens when out in the field and hand holding the beast.
North Cave Wetlands, East Yorkshire, UK
Comment by GrumpyGrandPa posted on Oi. You! at 03/01/2022 - 15:43
Will be down in Romford area for a few days from Saturday.....
I have found it.
Made in Hong Kong with 2 pin Euro plug - not 3 pin UK one.
I may have one lurking in a drawer along with my 283 flash, filters, off hotshoe lead etc etc.
Let me know if you still need it in a week or so.
YES please -- if you CAN find that AC adapter I can give it a good home - I have 2 Vivitar 283 and having been gIven a MIN T one with the Filter Holder, Filter and Lens kits want to use them for my Demonstration at Brentwood & District Photographic Club.ONE of the 283 has a broken hot-Shoe fitting s cannot be fitted into camera or a slave unit Let me know if you find and any Fees etc -- Many Thanks
Peter Elgar The Old Film Bloke from Darkest Brentwood ESSEX Former Royal Army Medical Corps --
Comment by GrumpyGrandPa posted on WANTED -- SB-4 AC Mains unit for VIVITAR 283 at 19/11/2021 - 16:34
Let me know if you still need it in a week or so.
Comment by GrumpyGrandPa posted on WANTED -- SB-4 AC Mains unit for VIVITAR 283 at 19/11/2021 - 11:30
I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of SMC Pentax k 28/3.5 from Japan, 3rd purchase from there, going back to all manual.
Comment by GrumpyGrandPa posted on What's your latest acquisition? at 17/10/2021 - 12:45
Comment by GrumpyGrandPa posted on HD PENTAX-D FA 1:4.5-5.6 150-450mm ED DC AW at 14/10/2021 - 22:03
Comment by GrumpyGrandPa posted on HD PENTAX-D FA 1:4.5-5.6 150-450mm ED DC AW at 14/10/2021 - 21:12
Was going back tomorrow morning BUT smells like the slider on the front left brake caliper is sticking and the disk brake was very hot after a 10 mile journey.
Looks like that will have to be my priotiy tomorrow
Comment by GrumpyGrandPa posted on Birds! at 06/10/2021 - 21:55
Twas a cloudy, overcast day with poor light - my settings were 1600 ISO, 1/1000 sec and f6.3 using the Sigma 50-500mm lens at the 500mm end.
I tried to use the spot meter for exposure and the lake/water background was, obviously, very bright.
Also used the centre spot for the focussing today.
Obviously the kingfisher is a very small, and fast, bird in the scene.
There are 5 perching posts the kingfisher can choose and so it is not possible to use a tripod and a prefocussed and exposed test shot as it moves from one to the other/s.
Would I be better using the more general multi-segment auto-focus points and a more general exposure cluster point setting rather than the spot functions?
At least we don't have to worry about the cost of film and developing nowadays!
Any tips please?
Comment by GrumpyGrandPa posted on Birds! at 06/10/2021 - 19:41
Does it make any difference if it is a microSD card in a full sized holder?