Recent content by ancient_mariner

I had a weird thing with Amazon.fr a few days ago, where I wanted to order some plumbing fittings because the bricos don't have them in stock. The item initially showed delivery in 3 days, so I put 4 I'm my basket and at the point of ordering it had changed to 4 weeks. Emptied the basket, back...

I had a Flickr pro account for a few years, but as you say, they priced themselves out, trying to upsell on benefits I didn't want and wouldn't use. I'm on the Flickr alpha channel where they float new ideas - quite a few suggested a mid-tier option, say 10,000 photos and no ads for visitors...

Film images need developing every bit as much as digital, and a bit of careful masking and occasional use of gradient and polarising filters can make all the difference.

TBH I do significantly prefer your standard setting.

Not trying to willy-wave, at one time I had a Speedo on the mountain bike, and riding on the road downhill in the Chilterns 50mph was common and 65mph+ seen a few times. Off-road downhill sections were commonly 35-40mph. The most common injuries I've seen from falling of bicycles at speed are...

Hi Kev @kejago (Kev), many of the things you listed are aspects of a changing social media rather than photography or photographers. People network differently and connect in different places. TP is unusual in that it's stayed relevant and active when many other traditional forums have gone...

I had the 28-105 on a D610. It's OK, not up to modern zoom standards, but very cost-effective.

Historically I have always worn a helmet for mountain biking because I expect to fall off occasionally and when racing (where it was compulsory, although in those days it was the helmets made of padded strips). Over the years I've had a few offs, but never damaged a cycle helmet. Our son did...

They do, but more hazardous for anyone relying on them to provide consistent lighting for walking or cycling after dark. At least, our versions are.

The 24-120 f4 was a good lens by all accounts. The earlier variable aperture version was garbage, like the 28-200. I tried one and returned it.

I'm sure we won't be wealthy in the end, but want to pass on what we can to our son and grandson. If we had no offspring it would change our outlook a little.

Aye lad, an yer tell t' youngsters o' terday that an they won't believe yer. I sometimes say to my wife "I am a poor man. I shouldn't have a nice car and I shouldn't have this or that. This isn't right". It's REALLY hard to stop thinking and acting poor when it's how you grew up and had to...

We have led street lights in the village, I think that individual emitters are lensed and we tend to see a bright pool below the unit with rapid fall-off and dark patches, particularly compared with the old diffused sodium lights.

The current trend for super-bright point sources of light isn't helping to get riders noticed. A larger but less intense light source would be more effective. With a point source like a lensed led if it's not shining in the driver's eyes then it's going to be much harder to see. And if it is in...

Photography isn't harassment, but photos could be made in a harassing manner, and this is the thing - the camera is largely immaterial other than being a tool used, rather it is the action and intent. There's more details on harassment here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40