Recent content by Pete.D

Breville actually make a Warburtons toastie toaster, approved by Warburtons to fit ;)

I don't know if you know about the site but https://phillipreeve.net/blog/ is a good place to look for legacy/manual lens reviews with Sonys.

I've not personally visited southern Italy, although I may get to visit later this year, I've only traveled to Florence and Siena up north. But from this limited experience and what I've seen online etc., I'm not sure the Italians know how to make a city that isn't perfect to photograph :)

I use an Ortlieb saddle bag (mine's too small for your needs but they vary in size). It's a nice secure clip on/off mount system and waterproof with a simple yet clever zipless closing.

Agreed, both the Vuelta and the Giro have been better to watch than the Tour.

The problem with camera bags is you always seem to want one that's smaller than your current one, but somehow holds more stuff :D

Mine was delivered this morning, also the P7.2. A big thanks to Rob for the initial heads up :)

The Susannah shot is fantastic. I'm always impressed how you match the subject to the background, but matching her eyes to the background you've outdone yourself this time :)

Note to self: Bring jaffa cakes to bribe the cookie hunters :whistle:

This project on KicksStarter looks like it might be interesting https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1447024032/adaptalux-an-adaptable-miniature-lighting-studio

I swapped my Olympus E-M1 for a DF a couple of weeks ago. I've not had a huge amount of time to use it due to work (just the butterfly farm meet) but it's one hell of a camera. Noticeably smaller and lighter than the D700 I had previously, though not as easy to hold as that or the E-M1. I've not...

After the Meet at Stratford-Upon-Avon today I now realise this thread needed less info about steamed up cameras and more warnings about steamed up photographers :p

I only live up the road from Ironbridge, I was racking my brains as to where you shot No.1 from and then suddenly the other 2 shots cleared it all up for me :) Great to see something I've been seeing for years in a new way.

I really look forwards to updates in this thread. You can see that you obviously connect well with people, everyone looks so at ease, and the mini interviews add so much more to the portraits than you would think 1 or 2 questions could ever do.

I'm guessing he's the Simon who bought the nicely priced one on the e-group forums :) Or maybe not, I really shouldn't be allowed to guess about stuff.