Recent content by wookey

I use one of these Ken http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-lastolite-ezybox-hotshoe-kit-60cm-x-60cm/p1024157 Is that the sort of thing you are after but without the stand?

I wonder if Manfrotto say not use the CF tripods in the rain?

hmmm......so all the carbon fibre motorbike parts are going to suddenly start cracking and falling apart??? I don't think so! A lot of motorbikes have carbon fibre front mudguards, rear huggers, chain guards, exhausts etc that all get wet, yet they don't fall apart or crack. Sounds like a bit...

Avoid PayPal at all costs as the seller has absolutely no protection whatsoever! The buyer can pay by PayPal turn up collected the goods and then straight away open a dispute saying the goods were damaged or not as described. PayPal will then refund the buyer and the seller never sees his...

How do the different courses compare with regards to cost and qualification at the end? I'm really interested in doing one, more so to improve my photography/knowledge etc. But if I'm going to do a course I might as well do one with a recognised qualification at the end of it.

One thing which would be worth looking at would be the actual tubes themselves. Osram do 'Biolux' tubes which are meant to have 98% accurate colour rendering i.e a better quality of light.

Absolutely sickening :( Why anyone would do such I thing and to make such an effort to kill them is beyond me. I hope they get caught too, trouble is they'll only get a slap on the wrist.

Nothing the Mirror prints would surprise me! Earlier on in the year the thought it was tasteful to have the video of Shoya Tomizawa being tragically killed in Moto 2 race on their website. :bang:

I bought a Canon 24-70mm just before Christmas. So far I'm not happy with mine either, seems very soft. Hopefully tomorrow, I'm going to do some proper test to see what's up with it. I had just been ready through Marcel's thread. This might be handy for tests http://www.focustestchart.com/

As above rinse with water, so that any salt gets flushed out. Thoroughly dry and then I'd just lightly wipe over the legs with a tiny bit of WD-40 on a cloth.

Sorry Adam forgot about this thread! Nice bike mate, looks like you've had a lot of fun with getting it usable! lol How did the get the data on the test run?

I just bought my Grandad a Lumiz TZ-8 for Christmas. Nice and easy to use and a useful zoom range.

If you want to make your own dipping sauce to warm you up, you could try this. (Thai recipe) first roast 20g of peanuts Then take The roasted peanuts 15-20 Birds Eye chillies (whole) Handful of chopped Coriander 4/5 gloves of Garlic 1 tbl spoon of Sugar 1 tbl spoon of Fish Sauce A splash of...

If you want good ice cream try Marshfields ;)