Recent content by keifster

I've had the Salomon Quest 4d and they are extremely comfy. However, I tend to drag my heels a lot and managed to wear the heel down in just over 200 miles of walking. You can't get them resoled with the original grip but I took them to a cobblers who put a pair of Dunlop heels on for £20...

I still print my photos out and put them in albums. Like you, my parents used to have the biscuits tin full of black and white photos. There were a few photo albums too and growing up I always enjoyed flicking through them and asking my parents about who the people were and what the occasion...

The exchange rate is rubbish at the moment. It's less than 11 hkd to the pound at the moment. In the last 12 months it's been as high as 12.3 but even that's pretty rubbish as I've seen it as high as 14.x in the past.

Hard to say... I started off my "serious" photography hobby with a bridge camera over 10 years ago. When the kids came along I realised the shutter lag was stopping me from taking the action photos of the kids that I really wanted so I upgraded to a DSLR. That made a huge difference. I've...

Not sure about downloading images as I just take the memory card out and pop it into a memory card reader on the computer (much easier than removing the rubber flap and inserting the USB cable). For pretty much everything else you need the "Record func+card folder sel" menu options. You can...

If you don't mind a bit of a hike.... Tai Long Wan beach. It's pretty remote so going at the weekend would be best when the locals may also be heading out that way. March is not a bad time of year to go for a hike in HK as it wont be too hot or humid.

Managed to misplace the lens hood for my Canon 16-35mm F4 a few weeks ago. Was absolutely staggered to find that a genuine Canon replacement from Amazon UK costs in the region of £50!! £50 for a itsy, bitsy piece of plastic??? Seriously?? Managed to find it cheaper using www.curiua.com -...

£674 is what appeared on my credit card. Don't actually remember seeing the invoice! It doesn't appear on Amazon.co.uk - just the .De site.

Given that it was ~600gbp cheaper to go the grey import route at the time of purchase, I don't think it would put me off getting a grey import again. I think I was unfortunate that that the camera failed with less than 6000 actuations and also, using John Lewis as a benchmark, the price for the...

Quick update: sent it to Elstree. 2 weeks later, I got it back with a new shutter (and a service) and I am £213 lighter.

So.... Ordered from Amazon Germany on wednesday night and delivered today - despatched from the German province of Wednesbury in the West Midlands!! Looks like its come on the credit card at 675gbp - 109gbp cheaper than Amazon UK. Really cant get my head around it, to be honest but very happy...

Amazon Germany have this at a decent price just now. Although the site shows it at 905EUR for some reason it is coming up on my order as 912EUR and 916EUR incl delivery. This is the first time I've ordered from a non-UK amazon. What I did find that you have to be careful and think about...

Almost pulled the trigger on this last night and now it's jumped in price by over 70 euros. Doh!

This is now £740 delivered at Costco online. Non members of Costco would need to pay an extra £15.

BOO! I missed out! If it pops up again could someone alert me!!