Skatecam 2

The Flip HD camera has started to play up a bit so I jumped at the chance of picking this up a tenner in the sale at work.

Yup £10 for a 720 HD video camera, does stills too. 

A bit light and plasticky feeling but has a tripod bush and seems to work ok. 

K-30

Well the plan was to sell the k20d and upgrade but it didn't sell on ebay after 2 weeks with over 20 watchers, tight gits!

Anyway, noticed that Curry's had the K-30 on offer at £429 and £50 cashback offer from Pentax so bit the bullet.

Weatherproof so could have done with it at Hog Hill last Saturday...

K20d with grip still for sale...

P30n

Popped over to see my parents today, went out for a nice spot of lunch and then back to theirs.

Dad gave me this...

A Pentax P30n from circa 1988, he bought a job lot of cameras at a car boot sale that use to belong to a university and have had identifying marks burnt into them with soldering iron.

Not a bad little camera, 35-80mm f4 lens.

Looking forward to running a film through it and luckily being a Pentax I have a few other lenses to fit it including my fish eye hopefully.

In other news I weighed in at 204lbs (14 stone 8lbs)  today, I started at 223 lbs (15 stone 13lbs).

I bought some running gear to celebrate.

Braderie de Lille (Day Un)

Got back from the Braderie De Lille yesterday.

We went over on Friday morning on the Eurotunnel from Folkestone to Calais and then drove up to Dunkirk turned right and then about an hours drive down to Lille.

We stayed in the Ibis hotel in Villeneuve D'Ascq a suburb on the south-eastern edge of Lille again this year as it's really handy for the Metro and the V2 shopping centre which has eating places.
We walked there on Friday evening and had a great Italian meal, a nice couple on the next table acted as translators between us and the waitress.

Up Saturday morning and straight to the Metro for a long queue at the ticket machines and then 7 stops later crammed onto the small train (not much fun with a claustrophobic wife) we arrived in Lille.

The streets were heaving already.

We walked almost non stop for over 6 hours only pausing to look at goods on sale and stopping to queue for some frites with mayo and a beer.
Only one skateboard spotted, a 1980's Toys R Us type complete, loads of rollerblades and a Snakeboard.

Loads of cameras though, some looked as though they'd been dredged up from the bottom of canals at times though.

Above is a Zenith Photosniper kit that the seller wanted 100€ for, although that was open to negotiation. I didn't negotiate.

There were also a load of Velo Solexes (Solexi?) and various other assorted motorbikes and mopeds, including a nice looking Peugeot.

Back on the Metro early evening which was quieter, a rest, and then into the V2 Centre for dinner at a nice Belgian themed restaurant.

More tomorrow in Part Deux

I Want One

Wanted one of these for a while now after reading about it in a camera magazine.

The Kalimar Action Shot 16.

16 lenses take 16 small pictures on 2 frames of 35mm film over a 2 second period, originally designed and marketed for golfers to analyze their swing.

I've had a search on ebay going, I was excited when I saw one pop up, until I saw the price.
Action Shot 16 on ebay


A bit like my Lomo Action Sampler but with 4 times as many lenses.

Latest Camera

Did a deal with Dad, I bought him a lens in exchange for this, Pentax K20d with battery grip.
Does all my K100d did and then some.
Took it for a spin at Goodwood and Silverstone, happy with the results.