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    • and it legally informs them of your correct and current address as you must do with all old debts last paid/used in say 7 yrs you dont want backdoor CCJ's. what were the names of these IVA scammers, the one you took it out with, and the one that scammed you to let them take over please? your story is slightly worrying. dx  
    • Incidentally, congratulations on not buying the warranty. That is another Big Motoring World rip-off. See what we have to say about extended warranties and the Big Motoring World attitude to them is particularly unhelpful
    • well that google is from 2019, but the photos are certainly of someone driving on the public highway in/out by an ANP system, though the site of where the camera actually is, is not showing there are anpr cameras up by the low yellow barriers but they wont get from facing shots from there. interesting, needs to be checked if the road IS a public highway but on private land, cause as you say, if the whole area is max 4hrs , how does the hotel work< ?? must have a reg entry system.  now as for taking pictures of cars on a public highway then guessing the are parking ...erm.... i dont thnk thats right nor allowed under GDPR. dx  
    • Under the consumer rights act 2015, if a defect manifests itself within 30 days and you have a right to return the vehicle for a full refund. If any defect manifests itself within the first six months of ownership then you have a right to return the vehicle for a full refund subject to the retailers right to carry out a repair. If the retailer declines to repair or if the repair fails then you have the right to return. The problem here is that you have to assert their right. It's a bit ridiculous – but you have to do let them know preferably in writing that you are asserting your rights under the consumer rights act either the 30 day right or the six month right. I suppose that you haven't done this – which would be quite understandable because most people don't know that these rights exist and that they are subject to these conditions – the condition that the right must be inserted. It is frankly ridiculous. The dealers know it and we have lots of instances of this company delaying appointments et cetera and our strong suspicion is that they are simply trying to run their customers out of time. On the basis that you haven't asserted your rights, we now have to look to ordinary contract law. You are entitled to purchase a vehicle which is of satisfactory condition and which remains that way for a reasonable period of time. Clearly it is in satisfactory. They are blaming you. Has your independent inspection identified the reason for the defect? This will be important because as you have seen BMW are already saying it is down to your driving and you are going to have to produce evidence that it wasn't down to your driving and the you drove it absolutely reasonably and it was simply the condition of the car. Have you been without the car for any period of time. Is it driveable now? If the car was off the road for a substantial amount of time and was still off the road then you would be able to argue that this is a fundamental breach of contract and that you have been deprived of substantially the whole benefit of the contract and therefore you will be entitled to treat the contract as breached by Big Motoring World and insist on cancelling the contract. It may be that you will eventually be obliged to keep the car but have the repairs paid for. Have you had any quotations for the work that needs doing? I asked you questions about the MOT – but you haven't responded.
    • A 'violent left wing mob', comprised of a chap in a red hoody with a damp polystyrene coffee cup and a bit of wet cement, gets nowhere near cowering frightened farage some distance away on top of his double decker bus .. as farages security and support seem to film the incident grinning     Farage bravely flinches, grimaces and seems to almost burst into tears as the 'objects managed to travel a part of the way toward his position on top of his bus. His reactions honed by having a bit of milk splash him at a prior incident allow him to swiftly fall into a protective cower and grimace .. .. Sometime after, once the mob of 1 had been safely bundled away, farage apparently wipes his eyes of tears, and rising from his cowed and frightened pose, bravely shouts “I will not be bullied or cowed by a violent left-wing mob who hate our country.” .. however few they may comprise of.   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/nigel-farage-cement-barnsley-reform-uk-b2560501.html  
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Here on my country estate, Webby Towers, I get a lot of wildlife in my garden which I'm wanting to photograph (this morning I had stoats frolicking in the sun on the lawn).

 

My current digital camera is pretty old - something like 2 mpix resolution, x4 optical zoom - so I've got no chance of getting a close-up of my fury friends,

 

One option would be a camera with a dirty great optical zoom on it, although presumably a higher resolution would help too, as once I'd taken the pictures, I'd be able to zoom in more on the computer without loosing so much image quality.

 

There seems to be a lot of overlap in functionality with digital camcorders too, and often they have much better zoom than a camera, but are a lot cheaper. So that's the first question: would I be better with a camcorder, and just taking stills with it?

 

Standing at the window with a camera all day gets a bit boring though. Maybe I'd be best off with a camera which has a motion sensor built in. I know this feature is available in things like security cameras, but is it also available in digital cameras?

 

Yet another option would be to buy a cheapo digital camera, take the back off, and attached a 30 foot bit of cable so that I could cause it to take pictures from a distance away by closing the circuit.

 

Any suggestions?

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I have a friend who is a photographer and I've picked up a few things talking to him. You seem to have the basics covered, Optical zoom over digital zoom and high megapixels.... one thing he always says is try before you buy, and check the quality that way as some boast high digital zoom and high megapixels but the camera doesn't pick up colours very well and also pictures can look grainy.

 

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Kill two birds with one stone and get a camera phone. This one's pretty cheap:

 

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Often ( most often ) a video camera's digital still capabilities are far inferior to it's moving image abilities. I see your reasoning for a digital camcorder, but they dont really cut it for stills ( boo ) due to resolution and CCD sizing etc.

 

I've never yet seen anything to beat a decent stills camera ( be it digital or film )

 

Panasonic Lumix range are particularly nice at the moment.

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Wotcha Webby, photographing the local wildlife eh? ;)

 

I have a Fuji Finepix S5700 and it is the dogs danglies.

 

I will forward some pics that I took at the eden project last year and you will see what I mean (that is, if I can find your email addy)

Lula

 

Lula v Abbey - Settled

Lula v Abbey (2) - Settled

Lula v Abbey (3) - Stayed

 

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I use the below and LOVE the results:

 

Canon 40D Dslr body

Canon 28-135mm IS lens

Canon 70-200mm F4l L series

 

I have had both the lenses for approx 4 years and they have survived high degrees of humidity, drops in less than padded camera bags and general use. I bought the 40D last August and it is in my eyes the best camera Canon have made, with that said Canon has just released news that the 50D will be out soon.

 

I confess I am a photography geek - but I love it!

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'Which?' magazine happen to have a good 5 page feature on cameras in the issue for this September. They tested 21 digital compact models and 5 DSLR models. Not that means much to me. I will happily scan and email you the report if you aren't able to get hold of the magazine from someone. Or I could photobucket it as well I suppose.

What sort of world do you want your kids to grow up in?

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we have a

Canon Powershot S5 IS

 

specs

 

Technical Specification.

Style

Extended Zoom

Megapixels

8

Resolution

3264 x 2448, 2592 x 1944, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 640 x 480, 3264 x 1832

File Formats

JPEG

Memory Cards

SD/SDHC

Zoom

12x

Focal Length Equivalent

36 - 432mm

Shutter Speed

15 1/3200 seconds

Aperture

f/2.7 - f/3.5

Sensitivity

Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600

White Balance Settings

Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash, Custom

ExposureCompensation

-2EV to +2EV (in 1/3EV steps)

Viewfinder

Electronic

LCD Screen

2.5 inches

Flash Modes

Auto, Manual Flash On / Off, Slow Sync Speed, Red-eye Reduction

Flash Range

5.2m

Shooting Modes

Portrait, Landscape, Night Snapshot, Sports, Stitch Assist, Movie, Indoor, Night Scene, Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Aquarium

Maximum Movie Resolution

640 x 480 pixels

Maximum Movie Frames Per Second

30 fps

Maximum Movie Duration

Up to 4GB or 1 hour

Macro Focus

0cms

Metering

Multi-pattern, centre weighted, spot

ManualControls

Shutter priority, Aperture priority, Manual

Image Stabilisation

Yes

Lens Converters

Yes

Self Timer

10 seconds or 2 seconds

Video Out (TV Playback)

Yes

Computer Connection

Yes

Batteries

AA

Dimensions

117 x 80 x 77.7 mm

Weight

450g

 

takes fantastic photos, but if i knew how to use it :confused: might be easier, then i could get the best from it :D

so i really rely on my fugi finepix A405, and that does me ;)

honey x

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