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Re: personally i think the first camera market segment to fall victim to phone cameras will be the cheaper compacts. most cameras in the top phones now are very capable. if you look at most peoples facebook feeds you'll see they are happy with a blurry smudged pic of a night out moment & have...

i got a couple of Retro dogs :mrgreen: well they were popular in the 80's :facepalm: :roll: DSC_4102 by mandie2010, on Flickr

i know this is an oldish thread but which camera did you go for in the end? i have some Nikon DSLR's including the models mentioned & was curious which way you went :)

51 hours 25 mins 9 secs. however that is by not changing anything i'm doing now. i was on the run i'd obviously change my behaviour to drop off the radar :wink:

Probably best to find out if there are any tracks/clubs near you. not only can you go there to see what its all about, you will be able to ask advice & actually see what the cars are capable of 8) also a local club will give you the option of competing with your car as just playing up the...

thats not a genuine ET though is it? the genuine ones had a looptail rear end. still a very nice bike tho 8)

unfortunately for me long term permanent injury means i'll never ride BMX again (might be able to ride MTB into work gently) so as mentioned earlier this one is up for grabs would make an awesome rider, light, stiff & long :wink:

a guy on o0ple has done a detailed build with pics showing the differences between the 1988 Avante & the re-release version http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61944 looks like a nice kit :D

its got an f/2.8 8cm Tessar on it, i'll guess at coated as i think its a post war example. need to check for sure :wink: JohnH asked about the dial- info taken from this page- http://elekm.net/pages/cameras/sikonta532-16.htm found another pic it was my gradads pride & joy & i...

its a resettable frame counter :wink: had a fiddle a little while ago & it all still works like it should the self timer needed a nudge but was fine after that :)

nice :D i have a Zeiss Super Ikonta 532/16

any love on here for 121 ceramics? i bought some for my bike because they were suposed to be a solid rim :wink:

just had our first sprinkling on the beach here on Hayling :(

i still race RC buggys, mainly 8th nitro & some 10th electric, both offroad. the shop i use & can recommend is http://www.m-k-racing.com/ he'll always try to do a deal & is usually able to price match & check in free postage etc :wink: the dude races himself so unlike a Hornby &...

i thought you'd like it. obviously i need to do some better pics which i willtake care of over the winter while i sort out a couple of bits for it :wink: i think the XTR stuff is the newest stuff on it & thats from 97 i think? i remember buying the bike in 95 then taking half of it off &...