I recently read a post that mentioned a solid monopod vs. another option. What are the other options (aside from tripod) that are available ..read more

Tory Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi says an error in his tax affairs was "careless and not deliberate". Like hell was it…….. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64360260 ..read more

Every few weeks I get invitations to buy a funeral plan. Today I got an advertising blurb from an outfit with the awfully twee - and hugely funny title of: "Golden Leaves". So may I invite forumites to submit their suggestions for further implausibly funny funeral plan company titles. I'll kick this off with: "Twilight terminations ..read more

Long story short is I've borrowed my buddy's nice Sony camera here that I've made a high speed film with and now that it's finished I need to confirm it's fps. I know virtually nothing about this camera so I had to find a youtube video to walk me through setting it up to do high speed, which thankfully went off without any hitches. As far as I know I set the camera to film at 960 fps, but sometime when I was either copying the file over to my computer or importing it into my video editing... Need help confirming frame rate doing high speed on a Sony RX10 IV ..read more

I've moved my desktop computer to another room. It's farther away from the WiFi hub. My WiFi speed has dropped considerably. The WiFi antennas on the rear of the PC are now facing away from the hub, if that makes sense. Has anyone used these (or similar). If so do they work? Thank you. WiFi External Antenna ..read more

So, today being Blue Monday, supposedly the most depressing day of the year, somebody has to post this... Enjoy ..read more

Hi, I like to geocode all of my images. I usually do this after the event using software on my Mac and guessing the location. I’ve improved this a bit by remembering to take an image on my iPhone each time and use that as a guide to the location. Still a bit hit and miss and lots of work. Especially on a long travel based holiday. I’ve recently bought a lumix G7 camera and installed the Panasonic Image App on my phone. That seems to promise that if the app is started, it’s possible to... Geocoding images taken on a camera ..read more

A few of the irregulars from a Forum meet-up in 2009 View attachment 115565 Still in touch wil some of these ..read more

I spent the whole of yesterday sitting with an old work colleague who has been diagnosed with PTSD - his partner of 7 years has left him and he's not in a good place . Anyway , I spotted what looked like a photograph up on the lounge shelf so I asked if I could have a look , it was a photograph of himself and his son walking on the hills with fishing rods in hand - I thought it looked amazing - ok , it had been worked on using some Photoshop technique or other and upon closer... Making Photographs Appear As Watercolour Paintings ..read more

Hello, I am wondering if anyone knows of good places to go to see a wide variety of birds around South Wales (Cardiff) Thanks ..read more