got in this morning to find the raid controller in one of the servers failed over the weekend and the nearest replacement part is in Milton Keynes! 🙁

super shots. nice to see the TwinPin

depending on the day I may be able to join you.

Daz: I’ve only been quiet as I’ve been up north on hoilibags, now just need the insurance company to sort out replacement cameras 🙁

I find the Solway museum a friendly place to visit, it can be combined with the Dumfries museum for a good day out from Glasgow.

The meteor is being worked on by the local ATC, so they have the panels but are removed at the moment. The Vulcan is a bit sad at the moment, but by no means the worst. The cockpit is sometimes open for inspection, depending on how many volunteers are on duty. As with all small collections, the main problem is manpower.

Another issue with Solway is the collection is unfenced and distributed, although there are plans to move the Vulcan, Lightning and Phantom over to the main site and construct a fence; all dependent on the owner of Carlisle Airport.

Any suggestions for marked lacquer from bird droppings? (on my Clio!) t-cut?

ta

Ken

I can only speak for the Nikon D70. My choice was directed (but not dictated) by my having older Nikon kit which I could use with it.

Write speed: with the camera set at raw, there is a buffer of 4 pics after which the shutter locks, but as each pic writes, the buffer is freed and you can shoot again, you do not have to wait until they have all written. The number of available shots is displayed in the viewfinder with the shutter release held half down, (eg r04 means space for 4 shots in the buffer). As you decrease the resolution and increase compression the buffer accordingly holds more shots. At Hi res, and fine compression jpegs the buffer holds 9 shots.

I find that there are a lot of variables with the battery. Use the monitor more and you use up battery. Use a lot of flash and you get the same. I’ve only had the camera for 2 weeks, but from a fully charged state I got a full day shooting at Sunderland and a full day on the PS Waverley, taking around 600 shots plus all the playing around getting to know it with the battery showing no indication of running down (I’ve only recharged it because I’m off to the Highlands for a week or so).

Over time, the capacity of Li-on batteries does decrease, so in a years time I won’t get the same number of shots out of a charge, but it depends on usage. The Nikon version of the D70 battery is around £50, but there are cheaper equivalents available in the likes of Jessops.

Whichever camera you go for you should budget for storage, either large capacity compact flash or microdrives. Shooting in raw mode on the D70 gives a file size of around 5Mb (there is a degree of lossless compression in the nef format used in the D70 (but not other Nikons!)). HighRes/Fine jpegs around 3Mb

Go with Floods first paragraph. Visit a couple of shops, handle the cameras, and read the specs. Visit the respective companies web sites and read their support FAQs for the camera, maybe even download the manuals (if you have broadband). Then shop around for the best deal.

I choose the D70, because I felt it was the best for me, it may not be best for you.

from my limited knowledge, there are in-sequence and out-of-sequence registrations. G-DAZZ would be an out of sequence for which you pays your money. The CAA has an FAQ on their website for registrations, it should answer most of your questions.

G-DAZZ is currently unregistered, check out G-INFO

ken