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anyone asking that much money but unwilling or unable to answer simple questions in plain English seems to me a seller worth avoiding like the plague.
Comment by Mongoose posted on My first primes on digital at 19/02/2010 - 10:03
Microsoft ARE the problem themselves.'
I like Opera personally, requires less faffing than FireFox to get it set up, but both are streets ahead of IE and if you can be bothered there are some very useful plugins for FireFox.
I like Opera personally, requires less faffing than FireFox to get it set up, but both are streets ahead of IE and if you can be bothered there are some very useful plugins for FireFox.
Comment by Mongoose posted on All the pictures in Yours Photos forum are cut off at 19/02/2010 - 06:48
unless the suggestion is illegal, immoral or significantly dangerous, try anything and find out what happens.
I find no.2 to be an interesting abstract, my eye is fascinated by trying to figure out what it is.
I find no.2 to be an interesting abstract, my eye is fascinated by trying to figure out what it is.
Comment by Mongoose posted on Odd angles at 18/02/2010 - 19:26
there is no "best" camera, only the right camera for the job in hand.
Comment by Mongoose posted on Here at last: 645D at 18/02/2010 - 18:38
mph555l wrote:
Cheers,
LBA Ian
ahh but you see Clarky has managed to get what is probably the only known cure for LBA.Clarky wrote:
Clarky - Now thats the worst case of denial I have ever seen ! terje-l wrote:
LBA = Lens Buying Addiction. A disease often found in the photographic environment. Luckily, I have not been affected - yet
Neither have I, Luckily LBA = Lens Buying Addiction. A disease often found in the photographic environment. Luckily, I have not been affected - yet
Cheers,
LBA Ian
A full set of Pentax Ltd primes.
Comment by Mongoose posted on My first primes on digital at 18/02/2010 - 14:56
terje-l wrote:
LBA = Lens Buying Addiction. A disease often found in the photographic environment. Luckily, I have not been affected - yet
I'd be careful if I were you, that Rikenon 50 looks like an early symptom if ever I saw one!LBA = Lens Buying Addiction. A disease often found in the photographic environment. Luckily, I have not been affected - yet
Comment by Mongoose posted on My first primes on digital at 18/02/2010 - 14:49
Dangermouse wrote:
I think the basic problem is that Jessops try to sell cameras as though they're toasters, when we all know that photography is a bit more complicated than how many slices and whether it has one of those pop-up racks for croissants.
To my mind the rot set in when they stopped selling used gear. I realise there were sound commercial reasons for this (ebay must have put a serious dent in sales) but equally once they lost that then they lost the permanence that it implied. Their new staff don't really need to know how to do anything beyond switch the cameras on and parrot specifications, presumably also steering customers towards whatever will give the best profit.
agreed, there was a branch in Nottingham which I used to actually quite like, sold used gear and a wide variety of films and the manager was polite and knowledgable about all brands (even the clapped out Ricoh KR-5 I was shooting at the time!)I think the basic problem is that Jessops try to sell cameras as though they're toasters, when we all know that photography is a bit more complicated than how many slices and whether it has one of those pop-up racks for croissants.
To my mind the rot set in when they stopped selling used gear. I realise there were sound commercial reasons for this (ebay must have put a serious dent in sales) but equally once they lost that then they lost the permanence that it implied. Their new staff don't really need to know how to do anything beyond switch the cameras on and parrot specifications, presumably also steering customers towards whatever will give the best profit.
Similarly in Cambridge one of the Jessops branches was home to one of the very few non-Pentaxians I've met who knew that my Auto110 was more than a toy without having to be told.
Alas the good are outnumbered by the bad, especially these days.
jamal_1088 wrote:
thank you very much for your comments.
i sold my k-m because i didnt realy have time to use it because of my job the long hours i do, and im not a proffesional photographer i just do it as a hoby, k-m was to good to keep in the bag not use for weeks.
one again thank you very much,
sounds like a bridge camera like the X-70 might be just what you're looking for then!thank you very much for your comments.
i sold my k-m because i didnt realy have time to use it because of my job the long hours i do, and im not a proffesional photographer i just do it as a hoby, k-m was to good to keep in the bag not use for weeks.
one again thank you very much,
I got my little sister a Fuji bridge for similar uses and she loves it.
Comment by Mongoose posted on pentax x70? at 17/02/2010 - 23:05
and anyone who has read John Hedgecoes book knows his preference in cameras, at least back in the day (not sure what he's shooting now).
Comment by Mongoose posted on AP Gives K7 award of Innovation of the Year 2010 at 17/02/2010 - 23:04
Be very careful with cans of compressed air, as some non-photographic ones contain other things apart from air that can coat surfaces. You need the proper products to be safe.
Agree on the compressed air though, if you are going to buy it in a can, make sure it's the good stuff or you could end up with all sorts of oily gunk on your sensor.