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i'd love to have a G12, but there's no way i'd spend £400 on a compact at this point- it'd go towards probably a new sigma 70-200 f/2.8. that said, if someone doesn't have an SLR to begin with- or does and can afford to drop £400 on a "just in case" companion, it might not be such a bad idea...

a compact that'll do macro? easy. look at the canon powershot series. they're normal compact sized cameras, have semi/fully-manual modes like SLRs, most have a close-focus of 1cm, come in largely under £200- and some under £100- and basically do everything you want. the best one i used was a...

nice exposure, just a little too heavy on the saturation and vignette, i think. i feel my eyes straining to look "through" the vignette. i do want to get out to whitby though at some point before too much longer. always an excellent subject. :D

just don't mistakenly use hemlock if you're anywhere that it grows! looks the same but the branches and needles are arranged differently, i believe. i did that once... no ill effects because i made barely any (what would fit in the torn-off bottom half of a discarded - :twak: - 12oz drinks can)...

did they really? i don't remember that episode, and i've seen them all... i'm going to have to investigate now. thanks. :)

i always have a compact in my pocket, and it's always a canon powershot (i'm a confirmed canon man). i loved my A620 with its 4x zoom, 1cm macro and swivelling LCD screen, but when it died i replaced it with an A4...30, i think, because it was cheap at the time. still has the 1cm macro though...

the can bottom needs polishing. the survival way is chocolate, but metal polish would work. he neglected to mention that, but otherwise, it's a genuine technique. never tried it though. maybe i'll give it a shot in the summer.

:wow1: that post just won my life. true story? goodjob :You_Rock_ goodjob i just finished a cup 5 minutes ago... bags i don't mind, but it has to be yorkshire tea, or something else from taylor's of harrogate. nowt else'll do, haha.

my xbox live gamertag, and now my general internet alias.

made one a year ago in a "i'm bored, let's make something" kitchen raid from a wooden spoon, lamb and beef fat (drained from a couple of dinners' mince) and kitchen roll as a wick. burned bright for 10, maybe 20 minutes- we only used one layer of fatty kitchen roll too. i fancy doing it again...

nice photos. goodjob you seem to like shape/tone/texture, have you tried any black and white stuff yet? with the levels tweaked in photoshop, you can get some amazing images.

not sure how "brave" it is, but it looks like an excellent construction. they said they lit a fire but it filled up with smoke because the chimney wasn't effective enough... don't the inuit use oil lamps or candles to heat/light igloos for that reason? plus a fire would suck up all the oxygen...

it takes pictures of the entire earth- and it's a NASA satellite, not a spy satellite.

good article, i'm definitely going to try to catch the show. i'm starting to become very interested in metalwork myself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzeY1usbiVk is the one i keep looking at... one of these days i'll actually get some flint and steel to try it out. edit: hmm, no video embedding. :( edit2: beaten to it... that's what i get for only skimming the thread.

:lmao::lmao::lmao: i cracked up at that picture. i've only heard "red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky at morning, shepherd's warning." which ties into the rhyme that SOAR posted.

i don't see turboflame mentioned here... my turboflame II lasted 3 years with very poor treatment. at £3 a year, i'd definitely get one again.

ah, i see. maybe not then. good map though. :D i'll have to correct our LH booklet on the subject.

nice. where exactly is this bronze age burial mound? it sounds interesting and i haven't been out in a few days, so...

a) cut the mat down. if you fit inside an army bag and it doesn't, it's not you or the bag that's the wrong size. ;)