Recent content by Mitzyboy

Ive been using them for 15 years, Ive absolutely never had a problem HDEW as a name has traded for 30 years and became HDEW Cameras Ltd in 2010 On Trustpilot their rating is 4.9 Their management company which is made up of the same directors is VAT registered and handles VAT matters for HDEW...

HDEW from my experience have stock in the UK, I dont know about the others as Ive never bought from them but Ive frequently seen instances of deliveries being effected in a matter of a few days. I should be more specific shouldnt I as regards "container". The lead time on that mode of transport...

HDEW are I guess what you would call a sister company of the main owning company with the same management / directors. I suppose its like many management companies these days that have different trading faces. Are they dormant? I guess, with the owning company managing it

I dont agree. With reputable third party importers the VAT and (if applicable) duty are paid at importation. Theres no escaping that. Its all manifested from shipper to importer, a company would have to somehow load a container, ship it to the UK and then get it out of customs without anyone...

VAT invoices are issued by their parent company, Validhurst who have been operating in the UK for over 30 years or so, vat no 671 9479 88 .... so I guess you can say HDEW is the trading name of Validhurst

As far as I know theres only one HDEW. https://hdewcameras.co.uk

I'd also add that this is why I use a company I researched originally, even if they are slightly more expensive. HDEW is VAT registered and therefore registered with HMRC. It is also a Limited company, so files accounts

I said there was no duty on digital cameras from Hong Kong. There IS duty on camera lenses from Hong Kong

Interesting. They must have a very round about way of paying import VAT & duties then. Can only assume its paid immediately on import, normally the vat is deferred using a VAT account, but they would have to be VAT registered for that to happen

There are grey importers, and there are grey importers :p From my past experience as (long ago) a customs officer and my career in logistics which included imports from the Far East, I have to say my only red line with grey imporers is when they are solely based in the Far East. Ive bought...

St Martins in the Bull Ring - around 1975 (I had to turn it mono as the colours were unreal - Scanned photos and 2018 This one was taken by Phyllis Nicklin, a photographer from the 60's who wandered around Birmingham taking random pictures of anywhere. Her collection is now housed in...

Whilst going through a "cant be bothered to pick up aa camera" phase, someone said to me whay dont you do a project. I'd moved to Birmingham in the early 70's. I had no real interest in photography but took "snaps" and for some reason I toom a lot of images of Birmingham back then. So I set...

This is from archive, taken iirc with a Pentax ME Super at Mallory Park back in the 80's. Just luck I guess I have a Franka Solida II which was given to me a while back but I just havent plucked up the courage to use it :)

One of my pet hates is how images get saved to phones or put in files on PC's, probably hardly ever to be seen again. So I am about to embark on a photo book frenzy. I bought a photo book system form our local Permajet paper supplier and some double sided papers I immediately ran into issues...

I do a lot of night photography, and therefore always on tripod. I use a canon 5diii and a selection of L IS lenses. I learned long ago that if I leave IS on when on a tripod then I am going to risk blurred images. In fact I forgot with my 24-105 once and had to go back the following night to...