Recent content by Dave Canon

I suggest that you visit the Promenade which has a lot of photography potential (in particular the Rotunda, Queens Hotel, Statue of Holst, Neptune's Fountain, Municipal Offices and possibly The Minster hidden behind Weatherspoons. Then consider visiting Pittville Pump Room at Pittville park. If...

Surely the main aim is to beat the car alongside you from the traffic lights.:exit:

During the 70's, New Scientist published the most likely Russian targets etc. It suggested that the Russians planned to explode a 30 Megaton nuclear weapon 300ft above Staverton Airport which would destroy almost all of Cheltenham and Gloucester. As I live on the Airport side of Cheltenham, I...

Why not buy him an electric shaver and he may then benefit for the rest of his life with the time saved, Dave

That may be true for commercial photography but many of us amateurs will still choose to produce our own photographs using models and studio lighting as needed. Why would anyone climb mount Everest when they could fly to the top in a helicopter. Dave

I have not attended for several years now. I only attend if there are specific items I wish to buy and thus look for a bargain. This has worked well in the past but I am not looking for any kit right now so no point in attending. I know they also have some good talks but we have similar or the...

I wonder if the prisoners drew lots to see who should terminate Huntley, However as the guy who apparently did the deed has nothing to lose, that may be the logic for his selection. It is difficult to see how public interest would be served by trying him other than it might discourage more...

Last year mine were also changed to a single Luforbec. I just did a Google search and Luforbec and Fostair are almost identical ingredients and considered equivalent but Luforbec is more cost effective (Cheaper?). I have found it more convenient to have just one inhaler. Dave

I recall many years ago having had a Canon SLR and a selection of lenses stolen, the insurance company suggested I obtained estimates from local camera retailers. Only Jessops were prepared to provide a written estimate in which they proposed that, as my amateur SLR had gone out of production...

Nothing. If we are evaporated in the first strike, no need to worry. If not, I am now too old to survive a post nuclear world so no point in worrying about that either. We went all though this in my youth when the threat of WW3 seemed more immediate than it does now. Dave

I had no choice as the NHS consultant reported it to the DVLA who then cancelled my licence so I had to re-apply when the time was up. Dave

In 2019, I had a mini-Stroke (TIA) and the NHS consultant said I had to give up driving for 3 months. I later saw a private consultant who claimed that all that would have been necessary was to voluntarily stop driving for 1 month as my TIA lasted for only a few minutes but he did not really...

Yes, the 70-200mm f2.8 but also the 25-105mm f4. However, I rarely use my Canon now as it is too heavy. Dave

I have an excellent DSLR but it is too heavy to carry around more than a few metres. I thus use a modern Mirrorless for 90% of my photography. If I could not have used a high quality ML, I would have had to give up photography. The image quality is little different between them but the weight...

I have used LR and PS for more than 20 years and they do not use cloud storage and all the software is installed on my PC. I welcome having all the facilities of LR/PC though not claiming that I have used all of them but certainly consider it is worth the money. You will have to decide for...