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Post by dreampolice on Oct 5, 2024 17:07:10 GMT
Oh, another thing that made me smile was watching an elderly lady (estimating on her 70s at least) head banging to Status Quo in her car as she waited at traffic lights.  She may have been having a fit, poor thing. |
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Post by andy on Oct 5, 2024 17:07:32 GMT
Be careful what you wish for! Andy lives above the Edinburgh snow line. Sometimes anyway. The summer tyres are as good as slicks in the mud so not likely to be much cope in the snow and once the snow gets packed to ice it can get difficult to walk on never mind ride a bike. Hopefully these tyres will still give me a fighting chance of using the bike to get around town. |
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Post by spinno on Oct 5, 2024 17:27:50 GMT
Oh, another thing that made me smile was watching an elderly lady (estimating on her 70s at least) head banging to Status Quo in her car as she waited at traffic lights. She may have been having a fit, poor thing. at least she's not a Swiftie... |
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Post by geoffr on Oct 5, 2024 17:31:57 GMT
A good CFexpress reader is around £50 but it would be sensible to buy a dual XQD/CFexpress reader and they are rather more expensive, around £100 for a Sony one. I have just bought a SanDisk 1TB Extreme microSDXC card +SD adapter, for £93 - delivered. Its U3 so would handle 4k video no problem. I'm sure it would, unfortunately it wouldn't be any use to me as my cameras take two XQD/CFexpress cards a piece. |
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Post by willien on Oct 5, 2024 18:39:48 GMT
I have just bought a SanDisk 1TB Extreme microSDXC card +SD adapter, for £93 - delivered. Its U3 so would handle 4k video no problem. I'm sure it would, unfortunately it wouldn't be any use to me as my cameras take two XQD/CFexpress cards a piece. Rather my point. Not being superior I have made many decisions that I have regreted but if you buy into a proprietary (or semi proprietary - aka limited) eco system, you are going to pay for the privelege. Entering Cassablanca mode - maybe not today but...
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Post by spinno on Oct 5, 2024 18:44:17 GMT
I'm sure it would, unfortunately it wouldn't be any use to me as my cameras take two XQD/CFexpress cards a piece. Rather my point. Not being superior I have made many decisions that I have regreted but if you buy into a proprietary (or semi proprietary - aka limited) eco system, you are going to pay for the privelege. Entering Cassablanca mode - maybe not today but...
The start of a beautiful friendship? |
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Post by willien on Oct 5, 2024 18:47:39 GMT
Rather my point. Not being superior I have made many decisions that I have regreted but if you buy into a proprietary (or semi proprietary - aka limited) eco system, you are going to pay for the privelege. Entering Cassablanca mode - maybe not today but...
The start of a beautiful friendship? Not with Sony cameras in my case. |
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Post by geoffr on Oct 5, 2024 19:36:11 GMT
I'm sure it would, unfortunately it wouldn't be any use to me as my cameras take two XQD/CFexpress cards a piece. Rather my point. Not being superior I have made many decisions that I have regreted but if you buy into a proprietary (or semi proprietary - aka limited) eco system, you are going to pay for the privelege. Entering Cassablanca mode - maybe not today but...
Nothing “proprietary” about it, many current cameras use CFexpress cards. The models that have obscure cards are the Sony’s that use CFexpress A cards. The prices of CFexpress cards are falling but they are unlikely to ever be as cheap as SD cards. As it happens, this is the first problem I have had with an XQD card and it’s nothing to do with the technology, a self destructing casing can happen with any card. |
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Post by peterob on Oct 5, 2024 19:57:55 GMT
I'm sure it would, unfortunately it wouldn't be any use to me as my cameras take two XQD/CFexpress cards a piece. Rather my point. Not being superior I have made many decisions that I have regreted but if you buy into a proprietary (or semi proprietary - aka limited) eco system, you are going to pay for the privelege. Entering Cassablanca mode - maybe not today but...
CFexpress type B cards are quite standard now. I hadn't heard of XQD but, reading up on it, the CFexpress type B is a replacement and most cameras that were made to take XQD have had firmware updates that enable them to use the CFexpress type B protocols. The cards are physically the same. I've got one camera that takes a type B. The other slot takes an SD card. |
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Post by willien on Oct 5, 2024 20:09:27 GMT
Rather my point. Not being superior I have made many decisions that I have regreted but if you buy into a proprietary (or semi proprietary - aka limited) eco system, you are going to pay for the privelege. Entering Cassablanca mode - maybe not today but...
CFexpress type B cards are quite standard now. I hadn't heard of XQD but, reading up on it, the CFexpress type B is a replacement and most cameras that were made to take XQD have had firmware updates that enable them to use the CFexpress type B protocols. The cards are physically the same. I've got one camera that takes a type B. The other slot takes an SD card. I do not even bother sticking a CF in my 5DS any more I just use a fast high capacity SD in the other slot. |
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Post by John Farrell on Oct 5, 2024 20:19:47 GMT
The sun is shining - it's a beautiful day.
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Post by andy on Oct 5, 2024 21:19:46 GMT
We played hide the cock in Nandos earlier and got to eat in peace.
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Post by davem399 on Oct 5, 2024 21:25:41 GMT
We played hide the cock in Nandos earlier and got to eat in peace. I’m almost afraid to ask about this! |
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Post by willien on Oct 5, 2024 21:33:07 GMT
We played hide the cock in Nandos earlier and got to eat in peace. I’m almost afraid to ask about this! I ate in a Nandos once - company was paying fortunately it was... forgetable with a bit of counseling... and I have no idea what the reference is. |
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Post by zou on Oct 5, 2024 21:33:54 GMT
We played hide the cock in Nandos earlier and got to eat in peace. I’m almost afraid to ask about this! I'm reminded of the joke that the area between dips at Nandos is called the peri-perineum... |
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