Cupid Stunt

7 minutes ago, XTreme said:

You gotta be missing it Terry?

Yes, I do a bit, completely out of the question now since I split a vertebrae 18 months ago, only gotta sneeze wrong and I'm in trouble.
I really do need to get out on the scoot more though, it's a capable and nippy machine.

Awesome trip and report Sophia and Pedro, thanks

On 03/12/2023 at 18:42, XTreme said:

Every two years here!

Every year here, it's a pain having to park the scoot at the garage while the mechanic and I have a natter and mug of tea.

Brilliant Fred, looked great fun

Some nature has come to visit for the Winter again, about half the size of a thumb

Here it is, get's played for the kids every year

"Santaclaus ya cunt, where's me fucking bike"

3 hours ago, JustaPor said:

It's a shame that they didn't put that lens in a better package. 
The sensor isn't that great, the build quality could be better, but on the other side I think it would make the camera so expensive and no one would buy it.

To improve the image quality the sensor would have to be larger so the photosites are bigger and generate less noise, with a larger sensor the lens would no longer be the equivalent of 2000mm, you might notice that the actual focal length of the P900 lens is 4.3mm to 357mm but the field of view due to the tiny sensor is the equivalent of a 24mm to 2000mm on a full frame 35mm sensor camera that means the sensor has a crop factor of 5.6 so for example, if you put that same lens onto a 1 inch sensor camera it would then only be 11.6mm to 964mm but it's doubtful the lens has a large enough image circle to cover a 1 inch sensor.
You'd get a much higher quality image by getting  a larger sensor camera and putting a big lens on it, I'd still love to have a play with a Nikon P1000 though but I know I'd very quickly get fed up with Moon shots and airplane images plus the very noisy, poor quality images as that's why I got rid of my P900

This one is my favourite Moon shot, done with my X-T2 and 150-600mm lens

On 06/12/2023 at 18:29, Pedro said:

Arrived at the beach a couple of minutes too late, sunset was glorious just a bit before

Lovely

On 11/09/2023 at 01:12, YamaHead said:

The  next generation of daily visitors to our front yard....

Excellent

On 06/12/2023 at 20:44, JustaPor said:

Nikon has a couple of super zoom cameras.
The Coolpix P900 (2000mm) and P1000 (max lens zoom 3000mm up to 8000mm digital zoom). The build quality and hardware isn't that great, but the zoom capability is insane.

People are even able to film Jupiter and Saturn with the P1000.

Aha, found it, wow longer ago than I remembered the video was 8 years ago, so it was probably 9 years ago I got the camera

On 06/12/2023 at 20:44, JustaPor said:

Nikon has a couple of super zoom cameras.
The Coolpix P900 (2000mm) and P1000 (max lens zoom 3000mm up to 8000mm digital zoom). The build quality and hardware isn't that great, but the zoom capability is insane.

People are even able to film Jupiter and Saturn with the P1000.

Yes, I had a P900, must have been about 7 years ago now, too limited in image quality and low light performance for my taste/requirements but fun, I did a reverse airplane super zoom, I was in the plane and zoomed down to a house on the ground.

30 minutes ago, Buckster said:

You are thinking of your hobby.

Nope, my hobby is looking at Uranus, which I guess is why you wear those assless chaps

Buckster

19 minutes ago, Buckster said:

I know someone who is originally from there, the pronunciation bears little resemblance to how it appears in writing.

You're getting confused with that other village Sheepyfylchi

Dwygyfylchi

Pretty place, on my marked places on the map now, fucked if I have to stop and ask directions though

Pont Cwmfedwen

27 minutes ago, busabeast said:

It's a bloody good shot, did Fred help you with the photoshopping?

No Photoshop here, Capture One, Autostakkert and Affinity Photo

53 minutes ago, busabeast said:

That's a rather good shot of it, was it taken through a telescope or just with the phone camera?

Telescope with my Fujifilm X-H2 attached

The Moon last night

On 31/10/2023 at 19:12, skyrider said:

there is some around the formby area

Are they leaning on a lampost til a certain little lady comes by?

Popped into Martyn's Motorcycles, Mountain Ash as I was passing through today, nice to see Martyn back in business, he's got a cafe there too now. 
That KZ900 is as new and it hasn't even been restored, I think it must have been Pete's

https://maps.app.goo.gl/c1isgUkWYVgFpkgh8

183 miles each way, plus riding around whilst there, shitty tiny fuel tank meant having to fill up on the way.

Not one photo, it's just for anyone who thinks I don't ride LOL

On the way there it was 40mph gusts and shit loads of rain with oncoming headlights blinding me in the dark due to rain on and in my visor, fekin hate that.

Clearer but colder coming back, I haven't been arsed to rig up power for my heated gear, not too cold though, only down to 8 deg C

Here's a random pick of a scooter cos the dirt on mine would give Pete a heart attack

On 19/10/2023 at 09:16, Nute said:

I have a Gerbing heater under jacket thing which actually works pretty well. Keeps body and arms nice and warm although as with any heated kit plugging it in and remembering it’s connected when you get off is a pain in the arse. The only drawback is the size/ volume of the controller and all the cabling and crap that goes with it and having to try to cram it all in a pocket. 

Should have bought Warmnsafe kit, only one cable from the bike to the gear and a wireless controller the size of a matchbox on your dash

Get Warmnsafe from the USA, best kit available right now, any owner will tell you and many of them are ex Keis users

Keis was originally manufactured by a Taiwan guy running a business called Adventureheat, when I met him in Cologne it was vlear they weren't bikers, having a control on both left and right glove as well as visor wipes on both, Keis stuff was just rebranded, they've improved over the years but still not as good or reliable as Warmnsafe

Blowing my trumpet, nobody in the UK knows more about heated gear than me

First retailer of Gerbing gear in the UK, I've used and retailed Gerbing, Biketek, EXO2 and Warmnsafe (dont touch Motolegends with a bargepole), advised on production and pricing of EXO2 and Biketek.

20 plus years using, testing and retailing

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Funking twats