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I had a lens that had a damaged coating on a convex front glass and it gave me a bright flare on all of my images, I eventually bought a scrapper and swapped the bits over however I did clean of quite a bit of the coating before repairing it and it was totally unusable even in low light...

This is what I am going to do when my old G5 finally dies :) (hopefully it never dies)

Also consider hammock camping if you plan to give the proper sites a swerve, all you need is a hammock and a tarpaulin and maybe some pitons if no trees are about and you are all set, also Lidle and Aldi do some really cheap pop up tents which are okay for a day or two camping.

Blists Hill victoran open museum has a small fairground Shropshire https://www.ironbridge.org.uk/explore/blists-hill-victorian-town/

I used a cable tie on my suitcase when travelling to the states and the same on internal US flights I have an external zip pocket on my case so I put a pair of nail clippers and some spare cable ties in there so I can get into my case if needed, TSA will get in if they need too whatever is...

Very informative video and good on the bloke for taking the time to make it, Just dont forget the insect repellent.

Royden park has a few hides around a lake also check out the Wirral country park as they also have a hide in the visitors centre, also check out Parkgate for marsh birds.

I had a similar issue with my G5 and it turned out to be an external USB drive that was plugged in at start up, I unplugged the drive and rebooted and it booted fine. basically unplug any usb stuff and try again.

There is also a good group dedicated to UK wild camping on Facebook if you use it called "Wild camping UK" full of good info.

I still use my D300 and it is old but very robust with its sealing and alloy body so it wins out in the rain and dusty damp places etc but from what I have read about the D7000 wins out on the superior technology so it is case of horses for courses, I love my D300 :)

We went twice on the run and saw nothing despite the loop being booked for Low fly, first time it turned out that a helicopter was moving something for a farmer so it was scuttled but the second time we just sat and saw nothing but that is the luck of the draw, we have been since with some...

Imagenomic noise reduction is quite good and worth looking at in the same price bracket http://www.imagenomic.com/nw.aspx

+1 for Nitecore, I have also used one for a number of years and no problems.

If you find yourself making a trip into civilisation for a Macdonalds,KFC or a No2 or something late at night and are tempted to use a carpark to get your head down, then you must be careful of number plate recognition cameras because sometimes the first thing that you know about a carpark...