Photo-itis.

In message <[email hidden]>, AndyP
<[email hidden]> writes

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Help!
I was persuaded to take a camera along on a recent walking trip to show
people what I get up to and I think I've now got photo-itis. I hang
about at summits waiting for the sun to come out, I retrace my steps to
check whether the view was better a few hundred metres back, I stop to
peer at things from odd angles, and so on. I'm sure some of you know
the symptoms. All this is playing havoc with my mileage. Whereas I used
to be a respectable 25 miles a day man I'm now lucky if I manage 5. It
took me 2hrs just to stroll up the road to Sainsbury's just now with
all that interesting Georgian architecture along the way.

On top of that I'm concerned for my safety. It's not easy balancing a
camera on top of your rucksack and running back along a 45degree snow
slope to strike a suitably macho hard man of the mountains type pose
before the self timer goes off or the rucksack topples over and you
have to go fetch your shiny new cheap Argos camera from 50metres back
down the hill.

Are there any cures?

No.

It also gets more expensive as time goes on.

Regards
--
Neil Pugh

"AndyP" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht
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Quoted message said:

Help!
I was persuaded to take a camera along on a recent walking trip to show
people what I get up to and I think I've now got photo-itis. I hang
about at summits waiting for the sun to come out, I retrace my steps to
check whether the view was better a few hundred metres back, I stop to
peer at things from odd angles, and so on. I'm sure some of you know
the symptoms. All this is playing havoc with my mileage. Whereas I used
to be a respectable 25 miles a day man I'm now lucky if I manage 5. It
took me 2hrs just to stroll up the road to Sainsbury's just now with
all that interesting Georgian architecture along the way.

On top of that I'm concerned for my safety. It's not easy balancing a
camera on top of your rucksack and running back along a 45degree snow
slope to strike a suitably macho hard man of the mountains type pose
before the self timer goes off or the rucksack topples over and you
have to go fetch your shiny new cheap Argos camera from 50metres back
down the hill.

Are there any cures?

No,.....but for you I hope you've got Photo-itis Digitalis. Less expensive
:-) You'll have to learn to live with it. In the beginning it's very
addictif but at a certain moment you'll be saying to yourself : "not another
waterfall (or sunset/mountain/golden eagle=black dot in the sky/you name
it)". The next fase, after Photo-itis Digitalis, is Photo-itis Selectalis.
You'll certainly be able to live with that. WARNING ! Be sure you won't
catch Photo-itis Saundersalis. No cure for that one ;-)

--
"Beannachd leibh"

Theo
www.theosphotos.fotopic.net

Neil Pugh said:

It also gets more expensive as time goes on.

I've usually got a strong aversion to spending money but I guess some
decent rechargeable batteries would be a necessary start on a
potentially slippery slope now that my stock of Duracells has run out.
Do you still have to shove rechargeables down your trousers to warm
them up when it's minus 3 degrees?

In message <[email hidden]>, AndyP
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Neil Pugh said:

It also gets more expensive as time goes on.

I've usually got a strong aversion to spending money but I guess some
decent rechargeable batteries would be a necessary start on a
potentially slippery slope now that my stock of Duracells has run out.
Do you still have to shove rechargeables down your trousers to warm
them up when it's minus 3 degrees?

I suppose it's whatever turns you on......

The efficiency is of course reduced the colder it gets, but it's not too
much of an issue with camera batteries if they're charged up before you
go. Take a couple of spare sets of charged batteries (see how you're
spending more money already).

Remember that you need to back up all these precious digital images, I
had a hard drive go at the weekend. Fortunately almost everything was
backed up onto a second hard disk, I'm going to have a go at some file
recovery tonight. So you need a second hard disk or a DVD writer as
well. See how you're spending money now. Next of course you'll need a
digital SLR, and then a couple of those magic Canon L series lenses at
500 quid a pop.....

Regards

--
Neil Pugh

Following up to AndyP

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On top of that I'm concerned for my safety. It's not easy balancing a
camera on top of your rucksack and running back along a 45degree snow
slope to strike a suitably macho hard man

you need a nice tripod, get a Benbow, it will adjust to any
position, is reassuringly heavy and almost impossible to close up
in a shape that can be easily carried. Every hill becomes a
calvary.
--
Mike Reid
Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

Theo said:

"AndyP" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht
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Quoted message said:

Help!
I was persuaded to take a camera along on a recent walking trip to show
people what I get up to and I think I've now got photo-itis.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Are there any cures?

No,.....but for you I hope you've got Photo-itis Digitalis. Less expensive

....in the long run, provided you can resist the urge to buy a new
camera every 12-18 months

Quoted message said:

:-) You'll have to learn to live with it. In the beginning it's very
addictif but at a certain moment you'll be saying to yourself : "not another
waterfall (or sunset/mountain/golden eagle=black dot in the sky/you name
it)". The next fase, after Photo-itis Digitalis, is Photo-itis Selectalis.
You'll certainly be able to live with that. WARNING ! Be sure you won't
catch Photo-itis Saundersalis. No cure for that one ;-)

The salient symptom being you spend so much time in Photoshop you
consider putting it in the autostart folder and go cold turkey on
usenet in an attempt to catch up on real life but it's hopeless I'm
affraid.

--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

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from "AndyP" <[email hidden]> contains these words:

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Do you still have to shove rechargeables down your trousers to warm
them up when it's minus 3 degrees?

Not wishing my actions to be misunderstood, I carry them in my shirt
pocket, under fleece and jacket, but, yes, indeed, I don't think that
there are any dry cells, one-time or rechargeable that are unaffected by
low temperatures.

Richard

Andy,

You need a wife or other loved one who will say "For God's sake Andy.
How many pictures of hills do you need??!"

She'll know she has to be cruel to be kind.

Or maybe just cruel.

I used to take pictures of boats.......

Jell

Following up to Theo

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but for you I hope you've got Photo-itis Digitalis. Less expensive

no chance. By the time you are out of the shop the new model has
another megapixel or two.
--
Mike Reid
Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

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Following up to Theo

Quoted message said:

but for you I hope you've got Photo-itis Digitalis. Less expensive

no chance. By the time you are out of the shop the new model has
another megapixel or two.

Following up to Phil and Mike

If you buy a digital be sure you get this big black bag you can put over
your head everytime you're near a shop or advert with photocameras :-)

--
"Beannachd leibh"

Theo
www.theosphotos.fotopic.net

Neil Pugh said:

In message <[email hidden]>, AndyP
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Help!
I was persuaded to take a camera along on a recent walking trip to show
people what I get up to and I think I've now got photo-itis. I hang
about at summits waiting for the sun to come out, I retrace my steps to
check whether the view was better a few hundred metres back, I stop to
peer at things from odd angles, and so on. I'm sure some of you know
the symptoms. All this is playing havoc with my mileage. Whereas I used
to be a respectable 25 miles a day man I'm now lucky if I manage 5. It
took me 2hrs just to stroll up the road to Sainsbury's just now with
all that interesting Georgian architecture along the way.

On top of that I'm concerned for my safety. It's not easy balancing a
camera on top of your rucksack and running back along a 45degree snow
slope to strike a suitably macho hard man of the mountains type pose
before the self timer goes off or the rucksack topples over and you
have to go fetch your shiny new cheap Argos camera from 50metres back
down the hill.

Are there any cures?

No.

It also gets more expensive as time goes on.

Regards

Which usually means heavier too!

You start out with a compact digital job and before you know it
you'll be staggering under the weight of a digital SLR, a
selection of lenses and a tripod for those macho shots you
mention. :O)

--
Regards

Nick

"AndyP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Help!
I was persuaded to take a camera along on a recent walking trip to show
people what I get up to and I think I've now got photo-itis. I hang
about at summits waiting for the sun to come out, etc

On top of that I'm concerned for my safety. It's not easy balancing a
camera on top of your rucksack and running back along a 45degree snow
slope to strike a suitably macho hard man of the mountains type pose
before the self timer goes off or the rucksack topples over and you
have to go fetch your shiny new cheap Argos camera from 50metres back
down the hill.

Are there any cures?

http://tinyurl.com/ocq8g
This mini camera tripod is on Ebay and looks identical to the one I have.
Most good local camera shops will have these. They only cost £5 and fit into
most compact camera cases. That's how I get most of my self portraits when
bagging Marilyns or Munros or County Tops.

Nick

Richard Spencer <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Do you still have to shove rechargeables down your trousers to warm
them up when it's minus 3 degrees?

Not wishing my actions to be misunderstood, I carry them in my shirt
pocket, under fleece and jacket, but, yes, indeed, I don't think that
there are any dry cells, one-time or rechargeable that are unaffected by
low temperatures.

Not yet available in the UK, but these might be the answer:
http://www.sanyo.co.jp/koho/hypertext4-eng/0511/1101-2e.html

See the graph 2/3 the way down the page

John

Richard Spencer said:

The message <[email hidden]>
from "AndyP" <[email hidden]> contains these words:

Quoted message said:

Do you still have to shove rechargeables down your trousers to warm
them up when it's minus 3 degrees?

Not wishing my actions to be misunderstood, I carry them in my shirt
pocket, under fleece and jacket, but, yes, indeed, I don't think that
there are any dry cells, one-time or rechargeable that are unaffected by
low temperatures.

Lithium dry cells are pretty good at low temperatures - far better than
alkalines, NiMH or NiCd. Not cheap though. :-(

--
Mick (Working in a M$-free zone!)
Remove blockage to use my email address
Web: http://www.nascom.info & http://mixpix.batcave.net

Neil Pugh <[email hidden]> wrote

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I find that prices are falling all the time, and the hobby is much
cheaper now with digital imagery.

I paid about 900 quid for a Canon camcorder many years ago, and now I
could buy one for less than £200 with fairly close spec, and digital.

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Remember that you need to back up all these precious digital images, I
had a hard drive go at the weekend. Fortunately almost everything was
backed up onto a second hard disk, I'm going to have a go at some file
recovery tonight. So you need a second hard disk or a DVD writer as well.

I bought the 250Gb external HDD (£99.99) from ALDI recently when I had
an influx of Trojans, and I thought it was going to be a re-install.
They have a 320Gb also, at about £120 or £130, can't remember.

Plug and play in the USB socket, just the tucking ficket.
I can drag stuff over, but for a full backup I'm using Nero Backup.
--
Gordon Harris

Nick Pedley <[email hidden]> wrote

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Quoted message said:

http://tinyurl.com/ocq8g
This mini camera tripod is on Ebay and looks identical to the one I have.
Most good local camera shops will have these. They only cost £5 and fit into
most compact camera cases. That's how I get most of my self portraits when
bagging Marilyns or Munros or County Tops.

Nick

I spent £15 on a Vanguard mini tripod, which is more stable than al the
others I tried, has extendable legs, and a proper swivel.

Many of them have a muck-metal ball which soon gets scarred by the
locking screw, and is a bugger to adjust. I found this out when
playing with a whole lotta cheap ones in the shop at Manchisstoh
airport.
--
Gordon Harris

"Gordon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Nick Pedley <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

http://tinyurl.com/ocq8g
This mini camera tripod is on Ebay and looks identical to the one I have.
Most good local camera shops will have these. They only cost £5 and fit
into
most compact camera cases. That's how I get most of my self portraits when
bagging Marilyns or Munros or County Tops.

Nick

I spent £15 on a Vanguard mini tripod, which is more stable than al the
others I tried, has extendable legs, and a proper swivel.

Many of them have a muck-metal ball which soon gets scarred by the locking
screw, and is a bugger to adjust. I found this out when playing with a
whole lotta cheap ones in the shop at Manchisstoh airport.
--
Gordon Harris

Glad to hear you found something of use. I went for the cheap option in case
I forget to pick it up afterwards!

Nick