Motorway Near Coleshill Late Evening

A quick photo of a motorway near Coleshill in late evening. Can't remember the name. At rush hour times, this stretch can be quite bad for traffic jams. But on this day, probably due to it being a bit later on in the evening, it wasn't too bad.

Phone Mast Or Beacon Booster Tower

Is this a phone mast or some other kind of cellphone / beacon tower. It's very different in appearance compared to an average looking phone mast with lots of different signal booster / receivers (or whatever there called) at the top. Take a look at one here. This one only has two square receivers on the top, and is much taller. Is it even for mobile phones.. Could it be something for boosting the digital TV signal. Who knows. Know what its for? Comment below.

Bridge Camera With The Best Zoom?

There are some real great Bridge Cameras out there. Some of the Panasonic's and Canon's have excellent zoom ranges in cameras that are affordable. That zoom range is usually limited a maximum of 60x optical zoom. However, there are some Bridge Cameras out there that far surpass this zoom length. Before we get into that, say hello to my little friend.

Those are, of course, the two big boys, the Nikon P900 and its big brother that's just about to be released (September 6th 2018), The daddy of Zooms, The Nikon Coolpix P1000. Have you seen how far its capable of zooming? Check out the videos below for an example. Close up footage of the Moon is no problem at all with this camera.

Nikon P1000 Extreme Zoom Test Video - Filming Jupiter and Saturn

The zoom range of the 16MP P1000 is the largest ever put inside a Bridge camera @ 125x Optical zoom (3000mm). If the camera itself wasn't so big (it weighs well over 1 KG) it would make one excellent spying device. It's capable of filming someone or something from so far away that the subject being filmed has no idea whatsoever that they are under the lens. But like I said, it is a big camera. With such a massive lens it has no choice but to be big. If you're looking for the furthest zoom ever in a Bridge, then it is well worth it. It'll give your arms a good bit of exercise too!

Nikon P1000 Zoom Example Video - Birding

 

There are a lot of other features built into the P1000. A manual focus ring being one. RAW mode, 2.3 million dot OLED viewfinder, Hot Shoe, a 39 foot flash range, 4K Ultra High Definition video, HDMI Port, external microphone option, USB, Bluetooth, WiFi and a battery life that's capable of taking around 250 shots per charge. Optional extra packages are also available for the P1000, including a bundle offer that comes with a memory card, one with a tripod, and one with a Bluetooth camera remote. Pre ordering is available on Amazon and other outlets online. Expensive but well worth the money.

Picture Of A Yellow Flower

I'm not sure what the name of this flower is, but I just spotted it growing wild in a field (it's hard to miss) so thought I'd take a picture of it. It reminds me a bit of a Sunflower, but it obviously isn't one of those. I bet its a really well-known flower and I'll feel stupid when I find out its name.

Abandoned Land Rover Discovery 1996

I'm always looking around in strange, urban, and sometimes derelict places. I just love to walk and explore, always have. The further away from the city the better. On one of my recent explorations I ended up finding this abandoned dark blue Land Rover Discovery (1996 N Reg) on top of a huge hill. I think its a land fill site. The car itself is definitely a non-runner and looks in pretty bad shape all round. But Discovery's, or Disco's as some people like to call them, are sought after where spare parts are concerned, so I bet there's a lot that could be salvaged from this car. Anyway, that's not my area, and I have no interest in that, I'm just there for the pictures.

Got loads of different images on this day, and quite a few of this car. But I won't bore you or make this post slow to load by embedding a library of images, just a few of my worst ones will do. What camera am I using I hear you ask? Well, I'm still using my trusty little Samsung WB500 as an everyday walk-about camera, which is what these pictures were taken with. Having a good battery life, decent zoom, and being very versatile, it's a good, cheap choice for taking with me on my local travels.

I've been reading more online about the WB500 lately, and what I've come to find out is that its more loved than I first thought it was. People really see this little point and shoot as a really good camera. Reviews are great, even on some of the really picky photography websites it sores highly. And I'm mostly in agreement with their opinions. But you know what its like, once you've owned something like a camera for a while, technology improves, personal needs or wants change, or the novelty wears off a bit and you start looking at other models.

This one never made it out.

This is happening to me at the moment with cameras. I've been looking at the Panasonic Lumix Bridge cameras quite a lot. Mainly the older models. Not sure which one I'd go for, but the FZ38EB, FZ45 and DMC-FZ72 are some of the models I'm considering. And with Panasonic supposedly being one of the most reliable camera brands, it seems like a sensible choice when looking to buy a used camera, rather than new like I am. The image quality is very good also.

Samsung WB500 Delete All Photos

I've seen this question being asked in quite a lot of places. How to delete all the photos from a Samsung WB500 Camera (see some test images here). Surely, this is as simple as just formatting the SD card? If that is the case, and people are actually asking how to remove all the images from a WB500's (HZ10W) memory card - here is how to do that. And it's very easy to achieve.

Yes, I know the picture in this post is not a WB500. But it is an old school classic, and I know you'd rather see that then an up-to-date Samsung that you're most probably holding and looking at already.

How To  Delete All Photos From The Samsung WB500 Camera

• Turn the camera on

• Press the button in the middle of the circular navigational pad called "Menu - OK".

• Choose the last option, which is "settings" and looks like a cog with a spanner at the side.

• Press down on the circular navigational pad and select the first choice, which is Format.

• Click to the right and you will see the two options appear from the drop down format menu - Yes and No.

• Pick yes, for yes you want to format (wipe everything). 

Warning: All pictures will be gone forever, so only click yes if you are sure that you want to delete everything. There's no turning back once this is done. Press OK to wipe everything, give it a second or two to complete the operation, and that's it, all done.