Mundane News

[Gravity Aided]

My camera is a Pentax K10D. It was a progression from an istd which was a step up from my Ricoh film cameras. As I had K mount lenses I stuck with a camera which used them . I was also swayed by my wife's old Pentax compact zoom camera which took very good pictures .
I went against all of the camera magazines in buying a Cannon or Nikon as I wanted to be different, plus it seemed like the magazine's were sponsored by them . It does have difficulty in focussing in low light at times but it can't half take a lot of photos if you keep your fingers pressed on the button . The battery charge also stays for a long time .

Pentaxes are and were solid performers. Good all around cameras, great lenses. Nikons were the newsroom standard, Canons ranked as best for other areas of photography, but Pentax had a solid following in the film days, and Ricoh (and Sears) and Chinon used the same mount. You can get great pictures from any camera system. I went with Sony because I knew Mrs. Ga's old lenses and flash unit would fit, having backwards compatibility to the Minolta AF lenses and flashes. Otherwise, on the used market, there are a plethora of used Canon bodies and lenses going for cheap nowadays. In my part of The States, Canon outsells Nikon by about 2 or 3 to 1, and everything else is a distant third.

 

[Reynard]

Pentaxes are and were solid performers. Good all around cameras, great lenses. Nikons were the newsroom standard, Canons ranked as best for other areas of photography, but Pentax had a solid following in the film days, and Ricoh (and Sears) and Chinon used the same mount. You can get great pictures from any camera system. I went with Sony because I knew Mrs. Ga's old lenses and flash unit would fit, having backwards compatibility to the Minolta AF lenses and flashes. Otherwise, on the used market, there are a plethora of used Canon bodies and lenses going for cheap nowadays. In my part of The States, Canon outsells Nikon by about 2 or 3 to 1, and everything else is a distant third.

The classic "it's not what you got, it's how you use it" thing.

 

[Reynard]

Time to put Marcus Archibald and Tom Ponsoby-Hart back into their pigeon holes and head off to bed.

Nunnight one and all.

 

[Jenkins]

Rail tickets have been located and put in my wallet ready for Monday. Checking the times and there's been a slight change to the timetable so my Ipswich to London Liverpool Street train gets in 15 minutes later then originally listed. I'll just have to walk a bit quicker to get to Waterloo for the train to Guildford.

 

[biggs682]

Dark outside looks frost free
Going to check our bird bath for ice before making any decisions about going for a ride

 

[biggs682]

Well a quick walk around the garden checking for ice or frost and nothing found so I think a few local miles are called for .

 

[Illaveago]

Morning .
It is light beige here with a bit of thin grey cloud high up . I think there is a bit of a frost .
I have just finished one hot drinky thing !
Ere! What's going on ? The little smiley peeps have disappeared , or won't come out to play !

 

[Illaveago]

Is it me, or has the optional smiley toolbar gone funny? Well, it's gone. Only got the dropdown smiley menu.

Yes! They seem to be locked away !

 

[Illaveago]

Well a quick walk around the garden checking for ice or frost and nothing found so I think a few local miles are called for .

Have you looked in the freezer? There might be some hiding in there !

 

[Illaveago]

Rail tickets have been located and put in my wallet ready for Monday. Checking the times and there's been a slight change to the timetable so my Ipswich to London Liverpool Street train gets in 15 minutes later then originally listed. I'll just have to walk a bit quicker to get to Waterloo for the train to Guildford.

What's the bets that the other train will be brought forward just to make it difficult ?

 

[oldwheels]

Another damp but mild day, 7C when I got up which is unseasonably warm. Typical West Highland weather really but warmer than expected for January.
Calmac feature large in out lives here. MV Isle of Mull had a broken fuel pump so it is running about an hour late. Knock on of course is that the last boat from Oban today is cancelled and therefore the first one off island tomorrow as the vessel would normally berth overnight on this side.
They seem to find some excuse to do this nearly every week for some reason or another. Since it is a breakdown you can get compensation for say an overnight hotel in Oban if there is no sailing. They tend to keep quiet about that tho' but I have got money off them in the past for extra costs incurred.

 

[Jenkins]

What's the bets that the other train will be brought forward just to make it difficult ?

Or with my luck I'll make it with plenty of time to spare and it will be cancelled!

Yet another lovely morning out there - blue skies and a frost on the ground. A pink freight train has just pulled up at the red light outside Trimley station that I can see from my bedroom window.

 

[Illaveago]

Poor British chap in America!
He was visiting his girlfriend. Both were sat in bed when a stray bullet went through the wall and killed him !

 

[cookiemonster]

Just back from a 16 miler.

Shower, food on and watching Bake Off.

 

[biggs682]

Ended up with 26 miles on a chilly with slightly damp underfoot conditions but very good