It's strange that getting the flu card to work seems such a problem for some people. I use it without problems with a K3, driven from an MS Surface with Windows 8.1 and Firefox. It's slow and a bit cluncky but it does work and has let me get low-down macro shots that would have been hard to get any other way (my back ain't wot it used to be...). Definitely not for a shot of something moving, though, or if you're someone who likes to do things quickly!

Steve

It looks more 1915 than 2015! Very good indeed.

Steve

Beautiful. Plagiarism is OK when it's as good as this!

It's reminded me that a few years ago getting some white jasmine was on the agenda for the garden but I never got round to it. Perhaps it's time to think about it again.

Steve

Very flat, Norfolk...

And a surprisingly effective picture of flatness, too.

Steve

The camera trap was set up last night for the first time this year. When I let the dog out at midnight, a hedgehog was in the one place it couldn't be caught on video - underneath the tripod. By the time I'd got a camera to take a snap of the cheeky thing, it had gone. Camera shy or winding me up??

Steve

A fan of the Rolling Stones, then? link

Nicely spotted and taken.

Steve

Where do you fit the 1.4TC?

Nothing about 144K video.

No mention of instantaneous AF or point-and-forget tracking.

It's doomed, I tell ye, DOOOOMED!!!

Steve

I ain't saying they're heroes for what they do or deserve every penny they get, but they're still essential for keeping things running. That's why HMG had to step in when some banks came very close to going bust a few years ago. Didn't like it but had to be done. And how many businesses of any sort do things unless they see a profit (whether they actually make a profit is another matter...)?

Now to more cheerful things. Beethoven has arrived, or at least his complete piano sonatas on CD, so I'm happy, all is right with the world and it's time to get the headphones out and disappear into a corner for 10+ hours. Except that the dog is telling me it's time for a walk...

Steve

Copied and pasted from www.gov.uk/coronavirus :
Coronavirus (COVID-19): what you need to do
Stay at home
Only go outside for food, health reasons or work (but only if you cannot work from home)

You're covered by the first reason for going outside. Take a copy of the webpage to show any passing policeperson. And just for good measure and added protection, don't forget to ask an elderly and vulnerable neighbour if they would like you to collect some pies for them. Good luck!

Steve

Not yet, and you're right to point out how important they are. But why stop there? John Donne got it right: "No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; ...". Even bankers and commodity traders are part of the vast network that keeps things going.

Steve