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DrOrloff wrote:
Quite a long way. Countryside starts 10metres from fridge in kitchen full of cold beer.
Are these measurements 100% accurate, or is it a "best-guess"..??

Comment by steven9761 posted on Perseids Meteor Shower - Tonight! 12th August 2013 at 12/08/2013 - 16:15

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Here was me thinking that the only things that got shot on the Glorious Twelfth were grouse!!

Comment by steven9761 posted on Perseids Meteor Shower - Tonight! 12th August 2013 at 12/08/2013 - 13:35

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McGregNi wrote:
Wherever it is you can still show us plenty of shots from there !
Unless you are going to Guantanamo Bay!!

Bon voyage, mate!!

Comment by steven9761 posted on Just to say goodbye at 08/08/2013 - 13:20

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Smeggy - possible reason(s) for the downturn could be:

(1) "Techno-babble" - if you look at Flickr membership 2-3 years ago, it was a "serious" site for "pro/semi-pro/keen amateur" photographers. Nowadays, a search of the "popular cameras" shows that there are less and less Pentax/Canikon cameras, and increasingly being flooded out with Balckberry/Nokia/iPhone smartphones - a "dumbing-down" if you will. These smartphone users enjoy the "benefits" of point and shoot, always on hand smartphone photography.

(2) prior to the digital revolution, we all had either a Kodak/Halina/Vivitar, etc "point-and-shoot" camera, or a Canikon/Pentax, etc 35mm SLR. The market appears to be confusing folks with said techno-babble to the point that the casual buyer will buy a Nikon, or Canon, or whatever, based on tv advertising. Some folks will even be fooled into believing that the mini-usb port will allow the owner to hook their camera up to an electric kettle so that they can make themselves a wee cup of tea!!

IMHO - people need to be "re-educated" about the scope and limitations of each type of camera - in an honest way. If the ergonomics of a Nikon is better than a Canon, then buy it. Similarly, if the IQ of a Pentax is better than a Hasselblad with a digital back, then buy Pentax! Don't be fooled into buying a Samsung P&S just because they are giving away a Galaxy S3 Tablet pc with each purchase!..

But then again - what the heck do I know!! I never knew Sheffield Wednesday was a football club - I thought it was a local Bank Holiday in a part of Yorkshire!!

Comment by steven9761 posted on Two interesting articles ... at 01/08/2013 - 22:17

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sbrads wrote:
How can a remote/tether app zoom a DSLR lens? It also can't point the lens in a different direction. Hmmm. Fairly limited in its applications methinks.
Like I said earlier, it's a "fitness" app!!

Comment by steven9761 posted on Remote control of newer Pentax DSLRs? at 31/07/2013 - 19:59

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Dee - it should fit okay, but you won't get autofocus capabilities by the looks of it. My guess is that that lens was intended for a manual-focus 35mm SLR.

Comment by steven9761 posted on Do I need to get an adapter at 31/07/2013 - 13:52

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I suspect that the only users of this Cam Ranger will be Olympic sprinters, because by the time you get 150' away from your camera to use it, some little "toe-rag" has ran off with your shiny, new Canikon DSLR, and you'll need to be a good runner to catch them!!

Comment by steven9761 posted on Remote control of newer Pentax DSLRs? at 31/07/2013 - 13:50

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Ken - now that you mention it, I did notice that on the K-r, I was getting the "battery depleted" (red empty battery symbol) message when I was in Thailand in May. The temperature back then was high-30's/early to mid 40's!.. And I still came back looking like your typical "peely-wally" Scotsman!!

Comment by steven9761 posted on Phew it's hot! at 30/07/2013 - 17:46

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Then she asked me how much it cost ......
Are LIDL still selling them at £1.99, or has that offer finished now??

Comment by steven9761 posted on K-3 ? at 27/07/2013 - 20:23

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Pentax are very good at pulling something totally different out of the hat. It could just be something we haven't even thought of and it could be amazing.
John - going along with that "train of thought", imagine this "concept camera" having the 41Mp sensor that Nokia has in it's latest phone, Bill's suggestion of 2 card slots with WiFi, add in the GPS system that's in the WPS series, and a WR "superzoom" along the lines of perhaps a 12 - 400mm range with super-wide aperture?..

Comment by steven9761 posted on K-3 ? at 26/07/2013 - 17:51

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