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Thanks for looking China. I'll keep checking the UK sites, the postage and other charges add a fair bit to the purchase price :-)
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You're welcome. With a high priced item it is better to purchase from a reputable supplier. There are a lot of fakes in China that are good enough to deceive most people. But if anybody wants anything we usually have friends returning to the UK who will post things when they get back.
Just out of interest, I once looked at something to do with Stanley's metal work when he mentioned the price of an item, but I have already experienced tools that weren't fit for purpose so I wouldn't trust them to be reliable.
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I'm sure one will turn up at the right price. I'm following a couple of used ones on EBay at the moment, starting price of £120 and UK postage...
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You're right about workshop tools and machinery China. There is a lot of rubbish out there but some surprising bargains if you know where to look.
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Big Kev wrote: 11 Feb 2019, 16:39 I'm sure one will turn up at the right price. I'm following a couple of used ones on EBay at the moment, starting price of £120 and UK postage...
Colin has ordered a couple of items recently from sellers supposedly in the UK but the items arrive from China.
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Wendyf wrote: 12 Feb 2019, 07:13
Big Kev wrote: 11 Feb 2019, 16:39 I'm sure one will turn up at the right price. I'm following a couple of used ones on EBay at the moment, starting price of £120 and UK postage...
Colin has ordered a couple of items recently from sellers supposedly in the UK but the items arrive from China.
I've ordered bits and pieces in the past from Chinese sellers and they've had warehouses in the UK. EBay is a strange place :-)
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I've heard that comment frequently Wendy......
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If you look closely on the despatch bits of Ebay it tells you where the goods are shipped from, a legal requirement I believe. I am expecting my flexible water bottle to arrive around now made in China but coming from Nuneaton I think it was, free post 3 -5 days so it has to be in the UK.
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Much of what we buy on the High Street or in supermarkets comes from China anyway!
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My Olympus camera and the majority of the lenses are all made in China which is what prompted my original question :-)
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I had a problem, I couldn't open .orf files from my mate's camera but I have cracked it without downloading a special app. I opened it in Shotwell.

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.orf (Olympus Raw Format) have been around for a while so most image manipulation software should open them. You may find you'll need to sharpen them up a bit and up the saturation a bit as Olympus raw files are a bit 'flat' straight out of the camera :-)
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I noticed that Kev, this is the only one I have opened so far..... I'll bear it in mind.....
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A bit of scanning and Photoshop work today after a request from son no1.
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Excellent Kev :good:
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Cheers Ian, offspring was pleased with it. Hopefully his mother-in-law likes it :-)
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Thank you, the software makes it a lot easier :-)
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The really worrying thing is that everyone who sees it says that the central image captures me perfectly...

I took Mrs Nikon out yesterday and did a few snaps. I couldn't do it with Jack on a lead. I shall do more.
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Stanley wrote: 25 Aug 2020, 03:32 The really worrying thing is that everyone who sees it says that the central image captures me perfectly...
You were in full oratic flow, I thought it captured you quite well too :-)
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Why does it make me think of Pope Stanley 1 ? :smile:
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plaques wrote: 25 Aug 2020, 07:56 Why does it make me think of Pope Stanley 1 ? :smile:
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I feel flattered.... Actually I agree and quite like it. :biggrin2:
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Lots of pics of old cameras!...
`The man who owned 3,000 cameras' LINK
`One of the largest camera collections in the world is hidden away in a village hall in a Fife coastal town - but hardly anybody knows it is there. At least 3,000 cameras, including some dating back well over a century, belonged to the late Neville "Jim" Matthew. He retired to the picturesque East Neuk village of St Monans after a career that took him around the world. He took over the former Salvation Army hall to store his treasured collection. Inside the hall, row after row of cameras, accessories and memorabilia fill the shelves. They include stereoscopic and 3D cameras as well as East European models, including many that were rare in the West...'.
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Tizer wrote: 11 Sep 2020, 08:34 Lots of pics of old cameras!...
`The man who owned 3,000 cameras' LINK
`One of the largest camera collections in the world is hidden away in a village hall in a Fife coastal town - but hardly anybody knows it is there. At least 3,000 cameras, including some dating back well over a century, belonged to the late Neville "Jim" Matthew. He retired to the picturesque East Neuk village of St Monans after a career that took him around the world. He took over the former Salvation Army hall to store his treasured collection. Inside the hall, row after row of cameras, accessories and memorabilia fill the shelves. They include stereoscopic and 3D cameras as well as East European models, including many that were rare in the West...'.
That's a bit of a collection.
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