Recent content by CaptainBeefHeart

Public transport barely has sufficient capacity for its regular users, despite the massive costs involved in using it - don't think there would be enough space for any of the nations car drivers to squeeze on board even if they wanted to. Not buying a particular oil companies fuel won't do...

Sounds like you need to shop around! I'm a similar age to you but have a VX220 Turbo, which is group 19 insurance and I'm paying £480 a year with 6 years no claims bonus. I also have a 1.2l 16v clio for the daily grind and get ~ 55mpg (50% spirited driving on fast B roads 50% M40). So it...

but water supports the mass of marine mammals, giving them a graceful beauty. perhaps we should insist the Chawners live fully submersed in the atlantic, until they more closely resemble a land based mammal. :D

... also on the more general subject of benefits. i think in spain there is a requirement for you to have been employed for atleast 6months before you can claim benefits, and then the duration that you can claim for is linked to how long you were working. the french pay your benefits as a...

the ability to efficiently store excess energy as body fat is infact genetic - and up until recently would have been an extremely desirable genetic trait to posses, as it allows one to gorge on food during times of plenty and live off the blubber when it gets tough. these days we don't have...

Admire the no-nonsense approach, although I do find it mildly amusing given that the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent were actually aboriginal people rather than those decending from more recent Dutch and British settlers / prisoners! Makes him more than a little...

ahh.. good suggestions. Thanks tdodd & Matt

Also been thinking about specialist insurance for my photographic kit, as the total value of my stuff is steadily increasing. I was just wondering what the situation was regarding receipts - is it a waste of time taking out insurance if I don't have them to prove ownership & item value...

few £'s worth of L glass there!

ditto that. i've found that feedback from friends and family is blindly positive to such an extent that it's actually worthless, other than for a bit of an ego boost. on the flipside, the feedback on forums like this one is much more neutral and considered, which is really useful if you want...

that's quite devious - would like to think they would have explained the context in which they intended to use your shots before asking your permission! so are you doing it as a freebee, or have they offered a fat cash reward? I'd be after atleast 100 Scottish pounds for each week of...

depends on your subject and the effect you want. for something really slow like a sunset, clouds moving across the sky, vapour trails etc ..you can use anything between 1 shot every few seconds to 1 shot every few minutes. shorter gaps between each shot will make the timelapse flow nice and...

drop down to medium image quality and reduced image resolution for the duration of the time lapse. if each capture is only on screen for a 10th of a second, you won't notice the difference between "superfine" and "medium". also no point shooting at full resolution - just match the native...

I went for the 550EX - seems to be a good compromise if you're on a budget ;) they tend to go for less than £120 on ebay, so less than a 430EX - yet have most of the features found on the 580EX.

all shot with the 50mm f/1.8 mk1. tried the flash in various positions for each subject - only just got my 550EX and an off body cable, so the main objective was to get an idea of how flash position affected the final image.. the answer being it depends greatly on what the subject is...