Recent content by tikkathreebarrel

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I have to say that I lived through 1976 and that long hot summer. The office where I worked at the time we'd play rounders in the local park at lunchtimes and then go back to work. I don't remember ever being told to stay home because my choc ice might melt. Seriously I take heart that most of...

Same here. I'm not welding this time of year, I lack the skills.

I've got the 7mm F2.8 fisheye in Micro 43 mount from (or signed up as - I can't speak to the two brands are they one and the same?). Honestly in the hand it feels like any manual focus fisheye and for me the price encouraged me to pick one up and have a play. I'm more familiar with Canon full...

You should ask the provider of your current specs and make a decision about what you want in the future. Usually a tint comes as a chargeable extra although AR coatings quite possibly come as part of your lens package depending on your provider. Without a doubt holding your lenses over a sheet...

I spent years with two inhalers, preventer and reliever. Several years back we changed to one inhaler, the Symbicort Turbohaler and I've been happy with it since. The technology has moved from pressurised "blow it out" to non-pressurised "suck it out" so the technology has responded to the...

I know the weather has gone a bit cold of late but all the same:mad: I know they're not what you'd call a big battery but flippin' 'eck:confused: So these are pre-owned batteries bought with pre-owned cameras and frankly, the power reserve is a disappointment to me: if I take a 4 mile two hour...

Cracking work sir! And though I'm probably not your next customer, do you sell your repaired cameras here or? If at EBay how do we find you?

Having some years ago contacted my wife's opticians - she'd been with them only a few months but was very impressed by their professionalism - because I'd got a floater which was like a black lace hanky drifting round I was quickly assessed and pretty much sent immediately to the local hospital...

me too!

The company chairlady with her full account won nowt this week, I got £175: I really must see how close my account is to being at the maximum. (It used to be full but I leaked some into the watch fund!)

I fear that when it comes to wellies "cheapish" and "comfortable" are uncommon bedfellows unless you have very slender feet. My feet are almost as wide as they are long and cheapish wellies will invariably be narrowish. So I shop wellies like boots and shoes, for wide fit and I'm a long-term Le...

The end of my working life was spent in job centres and at times the stench was appalling. At one location I used to ask out loud for claimants to check the soles of their shoes because, to me at least, it smelled like something a goose would leave behind for people to walk in. Yuk!

Can I offer a slightly different thought? You seem to be wanting your images to "pop" more than they do currently, if so, 1. Colour balance: your M43 camera will have plenty of in-built facilities, image styles, dial settings and what have you. Have a try with a different colour balance...

Well 90% of the film gear has gone (can't get rid of it all can I now?) so with what I hope is only a temporarily debilitating shoulder injury keeping me away from heavy DSLR FF kit the time seemed right to explore the fringes of M43 kit. I've tangled with 'sonic Lumix gear before so somehow...