Recent content by Mozthecat

As always in life it’s the fun of volunteers booking professionals, the volunteers have their own lives, families, holidays etc so try and get it prepared early - my own club are currently scheduling the program for September 2026 to May 2027 (they don’t meet over the summer as the attendance...

My understanding generally is it’s more that Nikon uk is part of a separate legal entity (NIKON EUROPE BV) and take a percentage of sales for imports via authorised routes specifically for warranty management work, and don’t get it for grey market as the importer/distributor in the products...

I cannot remember an event at the NEC, business or retail, over the last decade where they haven’t been present, as well as the guide dogs.

They squeeze everything together for financial and logistical reasons, carpets and cables etc are all paid for by the metre…spread all aisles out by another 10 metres and it apparently all gets rather pricy rather quickly. I went yesterday and found plenty to occupy myself but it does feel like...

They have apparently been having sporadic issues of this type for months now (I have had such issues on roughly every third Friday this year..)

Amazon don’t co-mingle stock in the uk any more, following some process and policy changes to fulfilled by Amazon sellers, but there is the chance that stock that arrived last year (or before) was mixed when received

They have the creators playground which is almost theatrical style sets for quirky photos(Alice in Wonderland type vibe last time it was at the NEC). They also have various models in sets with various fixed lighting arrangements with models in rotation. Some of the other stands, like...

The bargain bit is being able to leave it in the car boot until the wife is out rather than her seeing another parcel arriving… In all seriousness there can be good prices on accessories, but you could probably beat many of them with some real research. Take a good look at the free talks...

I haven’t done anything serious with mine yet but I have the same one Garry reviewed, a smiffy (bought a few years as an impulse purchase at the NEC) and I had previously built one by getting an old film camera, stripping off the back door, putting a cheap gobo (got some 1” ish special effect...

Logan seems to be the go to, note that if you order via Amazon.com it’s 2-3 weeks delivery but they are often £100 or more less expensive than amazon.co.uk…

The bootable usb is standard for windows these days unless you buy a pc with it preinstalled.

Sometimes it can be worth these things for just a couple of nuggets of information or seeing a slightly different workflow.

spending too long trying to clone a dirty mark off my screen...

Thanks for the comments, the dark look was a deliberate style choice but I can see the appeal of Kells thoughts and intend to play further. I did try and correct the vertical, but couldn’t find an angle that looked right so went with a horizontal along the window frame.

Interesting as I about to push the button on a viltrox 56mm F1.7 for my Z50ii. Now do I do that, with the firmware risk mentioned in the article linked above, or look for an older secondhand lens to use via the FTZ.