The Wheel Inn : Tresillain

29/06/2022
Food

While we had noticed that The Wheel Inn. had reopened recently after being closed for over two years, we thought we would give it a try for lunch….

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First Silage Cut of the Year

23/06/2022
Country Life

It’s that time of year when in the late evenings all is quiet in the countryside except for the chirping of Crickets and the melodic drone of the cutter as farmers do their first silage cut of the year….

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Does the Bronica SQ-Ai have a serious flaw?

16/06/2022
Photography

love my Bronny – it’s my most used medium format camera I have, well any camera I have, apart from the iPhone. But I have now witnessed two instances of the same problem with the Ai body. It’s the battery holder….

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I’m Back – Again

13/06/2022
Photography

There are two reasons why I have not posted anything here for over a year now………

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My Sekonic Light meter is dead :-(

28/04/2022
Photography

Just dug out my Sekonic L-758D Lightmeter out of the storage box only to find that the reflective metering display reads over exposure no matter what the light level. . Read on for a successful conclusion ………

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Imaging Session: Pelican Nebula IC5070

28/06/2020
Astronomy

Session Data Date:  23/06/2020   Time:  23:01 – 23:44 UT Seeing: II Mostly Stable,  Transparency: Clear,  Temp: 13.9C, Air Pressure: 1021mb,  Humidity: 92%,  Dew Point: 12.4C,  Wind Speed: 2mph Scope: TMB 80mm APO Refractor at f/4.8  Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro,  Filter: Ha 35nm, Processing: Dark subtracted and Flat fielded in Pixinsight. NGC7000 ( North American nebula) and IC7070 ( Pelican nebula) – both of which are named for blindingly obvious reasons are both…

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