tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675718054850584293.post5694368312921561175..comments2023-10-25T14:19:37.585+02:00Comments on The Origin of Specious: Le bon vieux tempsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11191219331142656345noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675718054850584293.post-33794194226224542502013-10-21T23:52:12.308+02:002013-10-21T23:52:12.308+02:00I use a Panasonic G3 -- several models old, but st...I use a Panasonic G3 -- several models old, but still available, at around £300 new, with the kit zoom. Totally recommend it. Interchangeable lenses, electronic viewfinder, etc. Micro 4/3 is worth buying into as a system, imho.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675718054850584293.post-45070119123051117552013-10-21T21:49:18.769+02:002013-10-21T21:49:18.769+02:00Got in touch with Sony today, who assured me that ...Got in touch with Sony today, who assured me that there was a three month guarantee for my money. The camera wasn't focusing properly on infinity. Or so I thought. At the request of Sony, I took a few shots and then enlarged them, just to show how crap their after-sales was. In fact it was my eyes, all four of them nowadays, that were the problem. They have fixed it after all.<br />Millie then called to say that the local luthier, a jovial sixty-something Jerry Garcia lookalike, took a look at my guitar. He laughed when he saw it and said that the repair would be invisible, and no way compromise the sound quality. He's an agreed, (probably Franglais), Martin agent, so I'm feeling a lot better.<br />Panasonic huh? I was very tempted myself by the Lumix range, but agree that if I were to get serious, ie £1,000 plus, I'd probably revert to Nikon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191219331142656345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675718054850584293.post-9625593509293839502013-10-21T21:11:06.269+02:002013-10-21T21:11:06.269+02:00Sony are generally reckoned pretty reliable, and a...Sony are generally reckoned pretty reliable, and are edging onto the top table with their latest bold ventures in innovative camera design. I mainly use a Panasonic myself (same brand as our vacuum cleaner) and like it a lot. Reputations are usually based on top-of-the-line models aimed at professional use, so a Nikon point-and-shoot "consumer" digicam is probably no more reliable than your Sony turned out to be. Even Leica's "cheap" models are actually re-badged Panasonics with the price doubled! You gets what you pays for, unfortunately, and anything under £1000 is essentially "disposable" these days... It's one reason more and more people rely on their phone as a camera. The iPhone camera is actually pretty good.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675718054850584293.post-36533958082526829102013-10-19T17:55:48.562+02:002013-10-19T17:55:48.562+02:00It gets worse. Got my camera back from the cowboys...It gets worse. Got my camera back from the cowboys at Sony only to find that the autofocus has stopped working. You would think that they would have tested it. Have you ever tried Nikons. I used to find that they worked rather well unlike some brands I could mention.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191219331142656345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675718054850584293.post-43011193223106988642013-10-19T15:05:57.594+02:002013-10-19T15:05:57.594+02:00As ever, the latest Wondermark is spookily relevan...As ever, the latest Wondermark is spookily relevant:<br /><br />http://wondermark.com/974/ <br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675718054850584293.post-51557462510799744092013-10-19T14:12:42.290+02:002013-10-19T14:12:42.290+02:00"A freak accident"?? What, Pete Townse..."A freak accident"?? What, Pete Townsend popped round for a chat...??<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675718054850584293.post-17617420690835022682013-10-18T18:23:03.680+02:002013-10-18T18:23:03.680+02:00Story of my life at present. Camera being delivere...Story of my life at present. Camera being delivered tomorrow after packing up while on holiday. Had to pay Sony £117 just to check it and I suspect turn one screw to put it right. The whole thing was blackmail, would recommend NIkon.Meanwhile, Millie called to say that my guitar got broken while I was away in a freak accident. The person who broke it is going to get it repaired and keep it and will replace it for me. Problem is, they're not so easy to find and cost a lot more than I paid in 2007. <br />I'm beginning to feel like the guy in the Python sketch who gets his hands amputated by the piano lid. I'm becoming more agoraphobic by the minute (but then again, never did like farmers, particularly young ones). Hope nothing happens at Albert Lee concert tonight.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191219331142656345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675718054850584293.post-64507743845976653822013-10-18T17:17:32.394+02:002013-10-18T17:17:32.394+02:00Interestingly (well, to me) RS Stevenson used to h...Interestingly (well, to me) RS Stevenson used to holiday around Suffolk and based Long John Silver on a local peg-legged chap evidently. Perhaps he stopped off down Hullbridge way too.<br /><br />Anyway, I still have a yearning for the past especially on days like today. I turned my Tascam pocket studio on - actually I tried to turn it on. Bloody thing wouldn't switch on for ages. It took nearly an hour to get the damned thing going. My old Tascam Portastudio always turned on straight away. Damned digital life.<br /><br />And another thing: if the past is another country, why isn't it on a map?Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675718054850584293.post-37085678804480034332013-10-18T11:41:31.153+02:002013-10-18T11:41:31.153+02:00Who are you? My dad's called Mike. Are you my ...Who are you? My dad's called Mike. Are you my dad? Can't remember.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191219331142656345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675718054850584293.post-50819863160654403972013-10-18T11:20:44.838+02:002013-10-18T11:20:44.838+02:00It's a terrible thing, isn't it, the way t...It's a terrible thing, isn't it, the way the past just disappears? I drove through Stevenage on the way to my mother's funeral in Norfolk, and found that they had demolished Chauncy House and built over it. I was shockd, but it seemed very appropriate. In my mind, of course, it still exists, like an amputated limb.<br /><br />Talking of childhood holidays, I had various holidays on the Norfolk coast at clifftop places like Hemsby and California, all of which have now literally crumbled into the sea.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.com