Recent content by TweedleDum

Architecture – in the long term, you may be wanting fairly specialised lenses (eg tilt-shift). Don’t invest much in one manufacturer’s DSLR system at this stage. Consider buying a cheap secondhand bridge camera, one that gives the option of full manual exposure control and...

That S2960 model looks as though it has electric zoom control. I’ve never used a Fuji, but electric zoom on other cameras tends to be slow and jerky, with a limited number of steps, and a total pain in the backside if the subject is moving. One of the other Fuji bridge cameras, with a...

Many thanks for everybody’s thoughts on this. heidfirst, you remind me that I am, like my old film camera, an anachronism. I always feel that anything I buy now, as an OAP, ought to see me out. My Pentax cost about £140 in 1984, which works out around £5/year. Hopefully a £400...

I plan to buy a DSLR for hobby use and am unsure whether to go for a new entry-level camera or a s/h mid-range model. I’d be grateful for any general information on reliability. My 30 year old SLR film camera is still as good as new, but what is the life expectancy of a modern DSLR? Are...

Eh up, this forum is a reet good eddy-cation for me. There was I thinking that TOG was a rating system for sleeping bags. And now a Lancastrian admits using the same words as a Yorkshireman. Having been born darn sarf, I imagined the only things you had in common were that you all wore...

Many thanks for the welcome. I have only ever seen the term “teg” used for a sheep in its second year. My thinking is often woolly, but I am almost certain that I am now more than two years old. A Google search for “TEG” offered over 27 MILLION results, beginning...

Now resident near the banks of the Tweed, I’ve been taking photos in an amateurish fashion for over 50 years. For much of that time I needed a pocket camera for overseas work and, as I never seem to get rid of any old equipment, still possess a half-frame Canon Demi and a Yashica Microtec...