Prose from a Poshboy

[jgcblack]

Can't remember off the top of my head mate but a lot of guys at work have the same 'hardcore' waterproof to 10m, shockproof and dropproof cameras and I think they were 12mp and about £110 ..

They absolutely LOVE them and tue underwater pics are epic.

Agree 3x 4gb cards and I personally prefer the 'higher speed' 15mb/ sec transfer rate.  Make sure you get a photo-stitch program so you can take sick panoramics and make sure you take them all portrait style and take an extra one or two (5+ photos) Makes them bigger and much much sexier imo.

[tikay]

Looking at buying a nice digital camera for my trip to Colombia. Any recommendations? I was gonna spend £100-£200 but looking on amazon you can get some incredible specifications for even £50 like this one which I think looks really cool

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nikon-Coolpix-L25-Digital-Camera/dp/B0071L3ITQ/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1343379998&sr=8-12

That sort of thing, 10+MP, big optical zoom, and a big lcd screen. I'm just not sure on the brands these days, who makes the best stuff etc.

Looks fine for your purpose Alex - you do NOT want to lug around a "proper" camera with all the dreaded accessories if you are climbing Colombian mountains, running drugs & stuff.

thanks,  I almost posted the question on your diary in fact, but we're sort of big rivals these days...

We are? News to me, but I'm honoured to be deemed a rival to the Golden Goulder!

PS - Rivals in what - mad poker skills?

Just diaries, sir.

Sigh. I can make moves with 3-2 & shite, you know.

You've got the wrong young gun Tikay. John Black is the chap you're thinking of.

Ha. Can you imagine two young men more different than those two? Life's rich tapestry, & all that.

[jgcblack]

Looking at buying a nice digital camera for my trip to Colombia. Any recommendations? I was gonna spend £100-£200 but looking on amazon you can get some incredible specifications for even £50 like this one which I think looks really cool

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nikon-Coolpix-L25-Digital-Camera/dp/B0071L3ITQ/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1343379998&sr=8-12

That sort of thing, 10+MP, big optical zoom, and a big lcd screen. I'm just not sure on the brands these days, who makes the best stuff etc.

Looks fine for your purpose Alex - you do NOT want to lug around a "proper" camera with all the dreaded accessories if you are climbing Colombian mountains, running drugs & stuff.

thanks,  I almost posted the question on your diary in fact, but we're sort of big rivals these days...

We are? News to me, but I'm honoured to be deemed a rival to the Golden Goulder!

PS - Rivals in what - mad poker skills?

Just diaries, sir.

Sigh. I can make moves with 3-2 & shite, you know.

You've got the wrong young gun Tikay. John Black is the chap you're thinking of.

yeah and there is a 5page explanation why its not sore and actually im the 'new live sicko'...

[jgcblack]

Also, im in no way good enough to be compared to these giants of literary and life expertise.

Im just a monkey with a keyboard...

[cambridgealex]

Gone for that Nikon one. Mainly cos it's red which makes it look cool.

[tikay]

Gone for that Nikon one. Mainly cos it's red which makes it look cool.

No better reason to choose a camera, Alex. It's red.

[jgcblack]

Gone for that Nikon one. Mainly cos it's red which makes it look cool.

No better reason to choose a camera, Alex. It's red.

Oh dear.

[JK]

I saw tikay show down  once from MP! Granted it was 6 max and MP is HJ but still...

[tikay]

Shush.

[kinboshi]

4

U doubled 6 vs a 4 or a 5 then. Many witnesses.

That's a good double if it's vs 4 or 5 mate. Because the banker needed
minimum of 2 cards to made a hand . I am a blackjack pro long time ago till
I have to give up and do Fish & Chips instead. Mehhhhhhhh

Not surprised you had to give up if you think that's a good double . -ev doubling anything <9 whatever the dealer's got. Chance of a dealer busting a 4 is 40%, a 5 is 42%.

wrong:

soft 3, soft 4, soft 5 soft 6, soft 7 and soft 8 are all doubles vs certain dealer cards. I guess thats >9 tho coz its really 13/14/15/16/17/18

Yes, wasn't talking about soft totals at all. You double them as there is a decent chance of finding a winning 18+ on the double even if the dealer doesn't bust. Was only a couple of weeks ago I posted the strategy chart. Don't want to pollute an excellent diary with another blackjack discussion.

Alex - in terms of P+S cameras, I'd be looking at Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Fuji. Given you don't want to be lugging around anything too expensive, the one you linked to looks fine to me. Will do the job. Suggest you get 2-3 memory cards, swap them regularly, and try and work out some kind of backup strategy if possible. Not an Apple person but I think you can connect to Ipad and upload to cloud if you get decent wifi? That way if you lose the camera you won't lose all your photos, given you're out there for quite a while.

Edit: Beaten to that advice by David. NH sir.

Google Drive is a good option if you're not an apple person.  Plenty of free space and very easy to use.

[bobAlike]

4

U doubled 6 vs a 4 or a 5 then. Many witnesses.

That's a good double if it's vs 4 or 5 mate. Because the banker needed
minimum of 2 cards to made a hand . I am a blackjack pro long time ago till
I have to give up and do Fish & Chips instead. Mehhhhhhhh

Not surprised you had to give up if you think that's a good double . -ev doubling anything <9 whatever the dealer's got. Chance of a dealer busting a 4 is 40%, a 5 is 42%.

wrong:

soft 3, soft 4, soft 5 soft 6, soft 7 and soft 8 are all doubles vs certain dealer cards. I guess thats >9 tho coz its really 13/14/15/16/17/18

Yes, wasn't talking about soft totals at all. You double them as there is a decent chance of finding a winning 18+ on the double even if the dealer doesn't bust. Was only a couple of weeks ago I posted the strategy chart. Don't want to pollute an excellent diary with another blackjack discussion.

Alex - in terms of P+S cameras, I'd be looking at Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Fuji. Given you don't want to be lugging around anything too expensive, the one you linked to looks fine to me. Will do the job. Suggest you get 2-3 memory cards, swap them regularly, and try and work out some kind of backup strategy if possible. Not an Apple person but I think you can connect to Ipad and upload to cloud if you get decent wifi? That way if you lose the camera you won't lose all your photos, given you're out there for quite a while.

Edit: Beaten to that advice by David. NH sir.

Google Drive is a good option if you're not an apple person.  Plenty of free space and very easy to use.

Thought you were a Google hater?

[smashedagain]

Just be so careful with all your gadgets on show. You already sound like a likely victim or target and that's before you put on your union jack shorts and 3 lions shirt.

[kinboshi]

4

U doubled 6 vs a 4 or a 5 then. Many witnesses.

That's a good double if it's vs 4 or 5 mate. Because the banker needed
minimum of 2 cards to made a hand . I am a blackjack pro long time ago till
I have to give up and do Fish & Chips instead. Mehhhhhhhh

Not surprised you had to give up if you think that's a good double . -ev doubling anything <9 whatever the dealer's got. Chance of a dealer busting a 4 is 40%, a 5 is 42%.

wrong:

soft 3, soft 4, soft 5 soft 6, soft 7 and soft 8 are all doubles vs certain dealer cards. I guess thats >9 tho coz its really 13/14/15/16/17/18

Yes, wasn't talking about soft totals at all. You double them as there is a decent chance of finding a winning 18+ on the double even if the dealer doesn't bust. Was only a couple of weeks ago I posted the strategy chart. Don't want to pollute an excellent diary with another blackjack discussion.

Alex - in terms of P+S cameras, I'd be looking at Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Fuji. Given you don't want to be lugging around anything too expensive, the one you linked to looks fine to me. Will do the job. Suggest you get 2-3 memory cards, swap them regularly, and try and work out some kind of backup strategy if possible. Not an Apple person but I think you can connect to Ipad and upload to cloud if you get decent wifi? That way if you lose the camera you won't lose all your photos, given you're out there for quite a while.

Edit: Beaten to that advice by David. NH sir.

Google Drive is a good option if you're not an apple person.  Plenty of free space and very easy to use.

Thought you were a Google hater?

[cambridgealex]

I've spent almost 12months total in SAmerica, SEAsia and Africa Herbie, I'm not a travel fish ty

[rex008]

4

U doubled 6 vs a 4 or a 5 then. Many witnesses.

That's a good double if it's vs 4 or 5 mate. Because the banker needed
minimum of 2 cards to made a hand . I am a blackjack pro long time ago till
I have to give up and do Fish & Chips instead. Mehhhhhhhh

Not surprised you had to give up if you think that's a good double . -ev doubling anything <9 whatever the dealer's got. Chance of a dealer busting a 4 is 40%, a 5 is 42%.

wrong:

soft 3, soft 4, soft 5 soft 6, soft 7 and soft 8 are all doubles vs certain dealer cards. I guess thats >9 tho coz its really 13/14/15/16/17/18

Yes, wasn't talking about soft totals at all. You double them as there is a decent chance of finding a winning 18+ on the double even if the dealer doesn't bust. Was only a couple of weeks ago I posted the strategy chart. Don't want to pollute an excellent diary with another blackjack discussion.

Alex - in terms of P+S cameras, I'd be looking at Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Fuji. Given you don't want to be lugging around anything too expensive, the one you linked to looks fine to me. Will do the job. Suggest you get 2-3 memory cards, swap them regularly, and try and work out some kind of backup strategy if possible. Not an Apple person but I think you can connect to Ipad and upload to cloud if you get decent wifi? That way if you lose the camera you won't lose all your photos, given you're out there for quite a while.

Edit: Beaten to that advice by David. NH sir.

Google Drive is a good option if you're not an apple person.  Plenty of free space and very easy to use.

Oh, I'm fine, but thanks. My non-Apple tablet has both a card reader and multiple USB sockets, so I just plug in an external drive and copy photos across. If I wanted to do that on any of the late Mr Jobs' products, either a) I can't or b) I have to buy some ridiculously priced proprietary accessories. And I need no access to a data connection.

I'm an Apple hater. And proud of it.