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• What camera do I buy? / general gear talk

  in Photography • 1 week, 5 days

  

  Thanks for the detailed responses! I'll check out those other suggestions too.

• What camera do I buy? / general gear talk

  in Photography • 1 week, 5 days

  

  Once again I’m in need of forum guidance but this time camera related; what’s the current forum best-buy camera up to £500?

  My girlfriend & I both quite fancy getting a DSLR – we’ve got a few friends that have them & the picture quality does just seem better than everything else we see. We’ve been to some really beautiful places recently & all our photos are crap quality (we’ve both only got smart phones atm) so we want something that’ll last a good few years & take nice pictures.

  My internet research has drawn me towards the Nikon D5300 w/18-55 lens kit that’s selling for about 440 on Amazon etc… As it’s a brand I’ve heard of & looks like what I’d expect to be getting for that kind of money – is this any good? Anything better for the money?

  Two of my workmates have got those Sony RX100’s that they say are “just as good as DSLR’s” – are cheap DSLR’s like the D5300 really not up to it & so we’d may as well go for a nice-ish compact like the Sony or will the Nikon beat it? Size/weight isn’t really a problem as we’ve always got back-packs full of miscellaneous rubbish with us anyway.

  I feel I know enough about bikes & musical instruments (my two main hobbies) to be able to guide people past the ripoffs/waste of money purchases but with cameras I have absolutely no clue! Any help would be greatly appreciated.

• What time is it? Watches and horology

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks

  

  Lovely watches! I tried one on when I was buying my SMPc (way out of budget but it's hard not to try one on while you're there) - really, really nice in person.

• Formula One ( F1 )

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 6 days

  

  Unlikely; I work for another of their subsidiaries & their cross-business cooperation is little-to-none. A vague idea of producers working together with broadcasters for mutual benefit was aired once but it was met with a collective "meh".

• Pokemon Go

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months, 1 week

  

  I see, I'd best get out there & catch some more rats then.

• Pokemon Go

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months, 1 week

  

  Is it just me or is there a bit of a flaw in the logic of the game in that there's no point in collecting/investing time in rare pokemon because it's impossible to collect enough of the same one to power it up to a decent level?

  Nearly every gym I see is held by a high level Hypno because Drowsee's are so common.

  Am I missing something in the game here regarding making a pokemon stronger without collecting lots of the same ones? I feel this is where the gyms come in but I can't work it out... (my Pokemon just get destroyed within seconds even at team-owned gyms).

• Pokemon Go

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months, 2 weeks

  

  Good to know thank you (not that I've really done much with it thus far).

• Pokemon Go

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months, 2 weeks

  

  Now it's available officially do you think those of us that downloaded it previously from elsewhere should uninstall & get it from the store?

  I assume all our pokemon/stats will still be there as it's stored on the servers...

• Pokemon Go

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months, 2 weeks

  

  That's worked thank you!

• Pokemon Go

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months, 2 weeks

  

  I downloaded it yesterday but couldn't seem to sign up for it - it said they were limiting the number of registrations; anyone know if there's some trick to get through to the registration bit or is it just a case of keep trying?