Adam, is that your Range Rover and House? If it is your house, looks like a Mansion.

Yep – I have the room at the top, and the Range Rover was a bday present. 😉 😀 :p :diablo: :rolleyes: (I’m known in some circles as Lord *Fib* of Wensleydale). :diablo:

*Cough.* The building you see in the background is a Hall of Residence at Loughborough University; and the Range Rover is owned by a student housing property tycoon in Loughborough – his other (yes, other 😮 ) cars can be seen in one of my posts on the 1st page of this thread.

hey all; here’s another few from me, all taken this year

the Moon, just beginning to rise at Sunset, Heathrow.

On the way to Uni

thanks

‘a bit of an adventure’?? sounds more like a circumnavigation…:D

beautiful shots, and so sharp! ’tis nice to see the NEMA shot.:)

Great shots! liking the Flybe shot! The Herc is a long way from home! Any idea as to why it was visiting?:)

There are mixed feelings about 3rd party battery suppliers. I bought 3rd party batteries for my old camera, and they work just as well as the Olympus branded ones.

That said, I did notice that build quality, whilst good, wasnt equal to the Oly supplied ones (one of the 3rd party batts ‘shell’ fell off – nothing a bit of sellotape didnt solve; and the battery still works fine)

I have read on forums all over the place about peoples different experiences – some people have found their 3rd party batts out perform the originals; others talk of near total rubbish when it comes to the batts.

I dont know how ebay sellers work and how ‘reliable’ they are when it comes to batts, but I myself would prefer to buy from ‘reputable’ distributors like Amazon or warehousexpress – I think you can be more certain of what you’re buying when you use such companies.

Generally, third party batteries are great and will work fine, saving you a bit of dosh.

i hope that helps

EDIT – just remembered – I believe you can void some warrantys by using 3rd party batteries, but if the camera needs to be sent back to be repaired for whatever reason, just put the original battery in and voila.

fantastic selection, Sam. The ‘fluffy clouds’ shot is wonderful – i’m a great fan of that type of shot.