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Post by Gellico on Jun 1, 2017 9:29:38 GMT
Currys and Jessops both have good bundles at the moment. Gonna be a 'after A levels' present to myself. Can I also recommend Park Cameras for your consideration? I've bought my cameras and lens from them for many years - have always had decent service even when there has been a fault with a camera. Much appreciated. Also been recommended Hdew in Wallington.
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Post by snoggle on Jun 1, 2017 12:36:26 GMT
You can't get in a tardis and go back so being able to make the most of a situation is quite important. Also don't forget that today's "mundane" photo in the High St (or wherever) could well become tomorrow's "wow was it really like that in 2017?" photo in 20 or 30 years time. Also with the pace of redevelopment long standing features now disappear overnight and that's where the "boring" photo can come in in terms of capturing an area or a backdrop. Definitely agree there. About 5 years ago I completely failed to get any shots of London United 52-reg VAs (some of my most favourite buses) as I didn't expect them to be the first to go after the ADEs arrived (really must track down those VAs this summer). I have in recent times attempted to adopt a "sooner rather than later" approach for changes instead of waiting for the last few days, as it will be typical that you end up busy with stuff, or buses enter service/get withdrawn early . Or simply not appear on the route at all, like the lack of ALX400 Tridents on the 101 during the last day with Stagecoach, something that almost certainly hadn't happened for many many years. I have a very bad habit of leaving things until the last minute and do get caught out as you have set out above. With the pace of changes due to things like low emission zones we literally have no idea when allocations may change en masse so vigilance towards the "ordinary" shot is quite important. If someone had said to me 2 years ago that I would struggle to see Stagecoach Trident / ALXs in Waltham Forest I'd have laughed but we are down to a few on the 97 and the 158 and that's it. I am glad I probably have "too many" Trident shots on the 69 and 97 but that's how it goes sometimes. Need to do the 158 really. I'm not obsessed with snapping anything specific - I just like to get a feel for somewhere on a day and hope that's representative. Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes not. I might sometimes chase after something unique like the Optare Metrodecker but that's the exception. The same applies to bus routes near the Crossrail route in East and SE London. If people like snapping routes as well as vehicles then need to get snapping now as things will no doubt start to change next year.
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