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aminstar wrote:
loskeran wrote:
Hi Amin, remotes! I use both types and just been tring to find my wired one, so just orderd one from the forum shop JJC £9 inc postage they also do the JJC IR one, I personally like the wired version the best, old fashioned me. Cheap and Cheerful 'cos i keep losing them.
Ps they also do the DVD pack I told you about.
That sounds very useful, I actually like the DVD pack version you mentioned earlier today.

Remotes, mind oscillates between getting a full RF one and the seculine one. The advantage about getting the seculine one is I can personally go to SRS and have a feel about it before buying. Old me always prefer to see and feel the goods, where and when possible and then buy it, even if I have to fork out a little bit extra. Besides, dropping by SRS is always a treat, good bunch of people and helpful and a candy store for the eye .

So Richard, Mombassa veteran huh? You have seen your share of good old Africa then. Have you ever returned over there or any african soil after leaving the Air Force? Do you miss the sorrounding?

Amin
I can't afford it now on a War disability pension, also my walking problems would make it almost impossible, 100yds is my lot, my brain says run and my legs say B*** off.
The DVD set is £20 inc postage, I belive one disc is about the K20 and the other is camera techniques.
I still have my old "air release" that is 15mtrs of bulb/tube/trigger, also many other items of "yesteryear".

Comment by loskeran posted on Pros & cons of various types of remotes at 06/02/2009 - 21:48

loskeran
Tyr wrote:
You should view the real thing at deviantart, this one is a bad video copy.

http://alanbecker.deviantart.com/art/Animator-vs-Animation-34244097
I agree far better

Comment by loskeran posted on animator vs animation at 06/02/2009 - 21:31

loskeran
Hi Amin, remotes! I use both types and just been tring to find my wired one, so just orderd one from the forum shop JJC £9 inc postage they also do the JJC IR one, I personally like the wired version the best, old fashioned me. Cheap and Cheerful 'cos i keep losing them.
Ps they also do the DVD pack I told you about.

Comment by loskeran posted on Pros & cons of various types of remotes at 06/02/2009 - 21:19

loskeran
Hi Amin,
It was the mid 60s I was on the "oil" air lift crew and based in Mombassa, that was way before they turned it into a resort, raw beauty then.
I was later in the Yemen (Aden) and used to fly over to Somalia for fresh fruit and veg and that was on the last Dakota in the RAF.
But I got injured in Aden, caught in a mortar blast, they missed the aircraft and got me, waste of ammunition! They called them dissidents, now you would call them terrorists.
And that was then the end of my time in the RAF, kicked out on a medical discharge.
I still have my memories and a good time when i was young.
I did finally have to have spinal surgery, big mistake, so now retired and trying to enjoy life.
Life in the forest is ok in the winter but far better in the spring/summer and even the autumn.
One of my favouite places is the Wye valley where the Peregrine falcons are, you may have seen it on many of the wild life programs on TV.
At the moment here Snow and ice, temperatures may drop to -6.
I am going to hibernate till spring.

Comment by loskeran posted on My first images with the 100mm Macro at 06/02/2009 - 20:02

loskeran
Brilliant

Comment by loskeran posted on animator vs animation at 06/02/2009 - 13:51

loskeran
Hi, No problem Amin, My Son lives in Gloucester a catches a train to London at least once a week but he is based on the outskirts of Bristol, so every where is accessible from here although the two bridges across the Severn are closed today, ice falling of the structure and smashing windscreens on cars.
Loads of people come to the area to retire, some do not like the quite life and go back to the city.
Even Richard Hammond (Top Gear) lived just up the road from me, he has since moved and bought a converted castle.
I did have a large cottage, but moved to a bungalow now far easier on upkeep.
Was your time in Africa, South? or in one of the more troubled areas?
I was in Kenya many years ago when in the Royal Air Force.

Comment by loskeran posted on My first images with the 100mm Macro at 06/02/2009 - 13:40

loskeran
Steady on You are cracking up

Comment by loskeran posted on K20d bright spot on images at 06/02/2009 - 12:40

loskeran
I Bet you will use them again anything i want comes from them I get good service at good prices and Chris (The Boss) is nearer to being a Millionare

Comment by loskeran posted on K20d bright spot on images at 06/02/2009 - 12:31

loskeran
jon.dc wrote:
Well my new replacement K20D has just arrived

And I am sure Chris from SRS will not mind me thanking him on the speedy rectification of this issue.

Occasionally things go wrong, which is no fault of the retailer, but it is a true mark of a company on how they sort it out.

On this occasion, top marks go to the all at the SRS microsystems team for the speedy resolution and handling of my faulty K20D.

Now lets hope this one has better longevity.

Thanks SRS
If you had said it came from SRS, they would have sorted it ages ago for you,I have nothing but praise for them a great bunch of people.
I have never met them face to face, I live too far away, but they allways have time to answer questions, not like some, take your money then don't want to know.

Comment by loskeran posted on K20d bright spot on images at 06/02/2009 - 12:12

loskeran
Hi Amin,
Prices for houses are very reasonable around here, A very Beautiful area between the river Wye and the Severn, lots of trees, millions of them, but not much in the way of work, plenty of wildlife, my garden backs into the forest, I am trying to get some shots of the Goshawks that I sometimes see and many other birds of prey.
We even have wild boar in the forest now ,they are causing problems digging up road side verges .
I just wish I was more mobile, I would then be able to enjoy it even more.
I have to use a Mobility scooter to get around in the woods so I am limited to where I can go, mind the scooter I have for that is not a “granny mobile ” more like a quad bike, so as long as the gap is wide enough I go.

Comment by loskeran posted on My first images with the 100mm Macro at 06/02/2009 - 12:00

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