Recent content by Beetnik

I'm not a CEO but I used to be. I like to think that we gave excellent service and would always respond to any feedback, good or bad, but if you think you'll get a decent response by referring to employees as "mentally negligible halfwits" and "a bunch of lobotomised amoebas with learning...

Whatever you're looking at you check out the reviews and the spec's, compare it to the competition, think about any relevant previous experience and make a decision. For some people that wiil result in the purchase of the L10. It doesn't fit into any niche of mine and I'm a big Lumix fan but...

Down again for me...

You can try them out as much as you like in a shop but until you've slept on it for a few weeks you've no real idea as to whether or not it's the one for you. Having spent well north of £2,000 for a non-returnable, hand made Harrison Spinks mattress a couple of years ago which I've never really...

If, as you say, you rarely use other than the 50 then you might be better off with the fastest lens.

This - my bet is that there's still something stuck in there...

£0 - same as last month and every month before that going back to 1957. I have just short of £2,000 worth...

How are you getting on with the extension tubes?

That's well spec'd and has room for additional drive(s). Rather than two monitors you might want to consider a widescreen - it can make life a lot simpler. I replaced my two monitors for one of these and have never regretted it.

I have a TG-7 and it's useful as a 'slip in the pocket' go anywhere tool and a camera I can let the grandkids loose with unsupervised (ages 6 and upwards). Picture quality is OK and it's great for macro. I've just bought a new main setup and did consider trading the TG-7 in but decided against...