Recent content by amgard

Hi FB - I've sent some PMs - have you seen them?

No still got'em - interested?

The other, if somewhat obvious, thing that helps is to have a high camera position. When taking pictures of models they tend to be small so the usual camera position is looking down on them. Funnily enough when I've taken pictures of real model train layouts I've attempted to get as low as...

One company I worked with designed and printed forms for clients. They had to approve final proofs and usually faxed the signed-off proof back to us before we sent it to print. On checking with one particular client what quality of paper he wanted he said he'd just faxed the correct grade! We...

Staggering panorama of the sky. Background info here Pan is here and interactive version here

I have an old box of 100 (20 x 5) Philips PF5 "Photoflux" Zirconium flashbulbs which anyone can have for free (collected or pay for postage). No guarantees of course, but they should be OK. I don't know if this would be better in lighting, but I thought film buffs might be also using...

Mine too! I too had to build mine. Built it into a commercial terminal case, so looked quite posh ;) I have a photo of it somewhere in the loft... ... where my much expanded BBC model B still resides. Had one of my programs published in A&B Computing, which paid me enough to buy my first...

May not be the cheapest, but they have a good range, good delivery and you can compare the specs of the various frames. digital frames direct

Interesting interview about this on BBC Radio 4 now. Probably on listen again, but I've made a recording and will see what I can do, (legally - of course!)

two of mine: (D300|10.5mm) (D300|12mm)

as OP said heavens-above has a lot of good info too.

Some very nice shots there all, I particularly like bellebouche's heavily cooked shot. I took one nearly a year ago, (how time flies), 184secs : f8: iso400: 10.5mm Note lots of light pollution:

I always thought that 'ignorance' was no excuse in the eyes of the law - it seems it's now part of the job description if you want to be a member of the law enforcement.

Absolutely ridiculous state of affairs! Just in case you do fancy "doing a recce for a terrorist attack", I reckon instead of buying an expensive camera you'd be better off hiring a community support officer's uniform.

Surprising that this is mentioned twice. The image in a WLF is indeed mirror reversed, but the correct way up, you soon get used to it. On the Rolleicord there is also, what was known as, a 'sports finder', basically two holes you look through at eye level for fast(er) image capture. I...