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.