Mundane News

[Maverick Goose]

Wowsers, it really does exist....Squirrels dancing Gangnam style!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-75xCPD_L4&safe=active

 

[EltonFrog]

I am on the telephone to the NHBTS , I'm the second person in the queue.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I am on the telephone to the NHBTS , I'm the second person in the queue.

Nigel's Hotel & Breakfast Tea Service?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Nigel's Hotel & Breakfast Tea Service?

That'll be a Full English Breakfast, I'm guessing...

 

[Gravity Aided]

I started when Mum gave me Dad's oldish Praktika 3 lens 'Kit' (50mm 135mm and a Zoom) then I bought a Tamron SP 90 f 2.5 (Adaptall mount) then when the Praktika went dodgy took the advice of my local camera shop and bought 2nd hand Pentax bodies and a couple of lenses plus an 'Adaptall' Pentax mount then got a chance of a Tamron SP 300 f 4.Then when that was nicked in a 'burglary' replaced those with new Pentax *Ist and a brand new 'NOS' SP 90 that I knew Young's Cameras had kept back for 10yrs or so (it was superseded by an f 2.8 AF version) The reason for choosing and sticking with Pentax is they're all 'backwards compatible' even the digital bodies, good job really cos I chanced upon an old Program 'A' with a Pentax 50mm f 1.2 in good nick (perfect for 'available light' shots at 'gigs', stick a 1600 ASA film in it and you could photograph a proverbial black cat in a coal-hole.



That's what I really miss, the advice of a good shop, I was lucky in that Young's Cameras was staffed by enthusiasts who were prepared to take as much time with customers who were spending a little as those who were spending thousands.

I used to sell the old Praktiflex to left handed people. There used too be a few used ones knocking about then. Our store had the usual brands, but we also had suppliers with contacts in the Soviet Bloc, and in China. So we had a bit of Zenit, Kiev, and Zorki, as well as those basic Pearl River Twin lens reflex cameras in large numbers. We did the final quality control ourselves.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Tamron made great lenses, especially the old 90mm. Was that not the one that did 1:1 macro?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Failed

 

[Illaveago]

I've still got my Pentax istd but now use a Pentax K10D which I bought 2nd hand. It is compatable with the lenses I bought for my Richo SLR,the rechargeable battery lasts for ages and it will carry on shooting so long as you keep the button pressed down .
I have got a few old cameras which came with a box of binoculars from an auction . A couple of Voitlander B's, a Vito ? And a couple of old Kodak's.
I did a bit of black and white photographic developing at college . I found being in the dark room a strange experience, it felt like your eyes were on stalks as they strained to see something !

 

[Illaveago]

Failed

What ?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

What ?

Getting out for a ride, swapping broadband providers & they decided to swap it over just as I was about to get ready to go, but as I need access 24/7 I had to resolve

 

[EltonFrog]

I cant get the last bolt out of the chain ring.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I cant get the last bolt out of the chain ring.

Why is it always the last one?

 

[EltonFrog]

Why is it always the last one?

I know! Sodding thing, I’ve left it to soak in GT85.

edited to remove a superfluous Z

 

[Reynard]

I overslept this morning. My face is still numb. And I still feel rather

On the flip side, I did manage to get out of the house for the first time since Sunday; ran a couple of errands, put fuel in the car and bought a can of petrol to make up with two-stroke oil for the chainsaw.

Have also worked on the painting I've got on the go.

And I have liberated a small Xmas pud from my stash to have later on tonight.

 

[Reynard]

I'm quite older. There were no point and shoot cameras, just very basic cameras, and a few folks, mainly skilled amateurs, and professionals, and those between, who had good cameras. They were the ones who got called when someone was having a family reunion, or some other occasion when people didn't see the need for a professional, but wanted something better than their cameras could do. It was still like that well into the 80's-90's, when point and shoots became the rage. By that time, I was working in camera stores, as journalism had given up on me, and many others, and the point and shoot cameras were selling so well I had to sometimes make bank runs in the middle of the day and at the end of the day around Christmas. But that's also when the smaller, narrower group of those photographers who were enthusiasts began to die out, and digital destroyed the remnants of the photographic culture as it were. Now pictures are a dime a dozen, something no farther than your phone, and of no greater rarity than a sneeze or a cough.

Mum's family used to run a camera shop in a seaside resort, so they had to deal with their fair share of camera luddites. Hence the insistence that I learnt on the very basic stuff. Plus things like keep your back to the sun, keep your legs apart and release the shutter when breathing out. I did a lot of stuff with 126 and 110 format, plus various 120 and 620 box cameras, and I like to think they gave me a really good grounding. One of my best cameras was a Fisher Price branded Kodak - it went on many a school geography field trip. It took pretty decent pictures for a 110 format camera, but the real bonus was that it had no electronics at all, so no batteries to run out, it didn't matter if it got cold or wet or even dropped, as the lens was plastic and it was cased in rubber.

I went digital at just the right time, which was a bonus, because you'd do a race meeting on the weekend and Autosport and Motoring News wanted the photos on Monday morning. The monthly oval racing magazines were less manic, but still.