Recent content by Dryce

We've had some spates of baggage not making connections. For a while Schiphol was one of the regular culprits for us - flights with short connections to Glasgow and Edinburgh where the bags would not make it. No issue with longer connections. As long as we were not on the last flight of the day...

I haven't done a trip to Barra. But I do head of to SE Asia quite a bit. Normally on Emirates or Qatar from Glasgow or Edinburgh. In the last three years we started using BA via Heathrow On the way back from a recent trip I had two items of cabin baggage as allowed by BA - smaller bag and...

Hmmmmmm. I've used Word - and then Office for 36 years. Along the way there have been continual time wasting fights with it. It's only robust in the sense that it's established and people who push it hard put up with its foibles - and people who don't push it probably don't need actually need...

I did a course at the local college over 10 evenings for studio flash. One of the best things I ever did. I thought I was reasonably up to speed technically before I went -- but I learned a lot and also got to do stuff I hadn't thought about.

I have the same - a tripod for travel / walking that always has a QR head in the head and its ready to just be put in a suitcase or on my back. And then there's a heavier one that gets flung in the boot or carried with lighting stuff, One thing that I don't like about most tripods is that...

I don't like kicking about these questions any more. There are no good answers. the X-T4 is a perfect example of a camera that takes all the good bits of what went before and adds some. It reaches a high plateau that its successors then struggle to climb from to show any significant upgrade. I...

I've got one of these from few years ago. Mine is the Olympus compatible version but these days I use Fuji. It will also act as a flash trigger or slave in the Godox system. So even if you get more flash kit from the same family it can still be of use as an extra wee fill flash to stick somewhere.

I think there are a couple of reasons the inbuilt flash has disappeared. Digital cameras have better high ISO performance. The small pop up flashes are not seen as that useful. I have to say that in the last 15 years I haven't cared a bit about in-built flash. But Separate flash units are...

I love the atmosphere of #3 with the part visible telephone kiosk and light.

I use QImage now. I also had issues with the Canon software - it would install and not run. Seemed to be very poorly supported. I wasn't overly impressed withe the printing support in Capture One. So I got QImage. I now use an Epson and the nice thing about changing over was ... no change in...

I have all three DPMs and a DP0Q. I only take them out from time to time now (mainly the DP0Q). They still deliver. But I'm careful with them as they are irreplaceable Whereas my Fuji cameras are my working cameras. .

I'm mainly using a Fuji X-H2 and X-H1. I can't escape the X-H1. It's my favourite camera ever. I think it's a combination of being an effective tool and the feeling right in my hand. And that's subjective. I like the controls, the EVF, the size, the balance, the 24Mp sensor is fine for 99% of...

I have had the opportunity to have a play with the 16-55mm F2.8 mk 2. What a sweet little zoom. It was on an X-H2S and the feel of the zoom and aperture -- and the focusing felt great. My only concern really is price and the issue with the small protective strip that seems to be causing some...

I know the feeling. But I think you can still cheat if you have an ILC. I have X-T30 and sometimes travel out with it as my only camera and with the 35mm or 16mm attached. Not quite as compact as a X100 (or a Ricoh GR!) but the X-T30 or X-E format are a nice size as walk around if you are out...

So .... that means they put the first class and business class passenegers at higher risk where they are allowed heavier bags ? Or that the inconsistent enforcement generally puts passengers at risk ? It's all a bit of a game. Airlines that charge for hold baggage have an incentive to enforce...