Thread: Travel Snaps

Originally Posted by Allan at Wallan

What - $41.17 for two cappuccinos. They must have seen you arrive
wearing a tartan suit and sporting an open cheque book.

Next time travel across the Nullabor and come to Wallan where the two
cappuccinos can be purchased for $40.00 and you don't have to put up
with any annoying music.

By the way, really enjoyed your photos - keep 'em coming.

Allan

I've been to the Wallan cafe 4 cups of tea 2 lots of toast and tomato $80 better put a check in the mail.

Nice Bob, particularly like the 83 pic in the second set.



Cheers Fred

Remember this?

Originally Posted by BobL

. . . Principal (EFS Canon 17 -85 mm) DSLR lens nobbled on the second last day otherwise would have taken more.

Took the camera into the repairers for a butchers and the verdict (consistent with some web investigations) was the iris diapgham was wearing/sticky - fix cost was $230 (). They could have cleaned it for a little less but there's no guarantee it won't play up again soon.

Here's a pic of the itty-bitty part. Its a bit bigger than a 50c piece.

This problem has starting to happen with a number of these lenses, especially if they get dirty and/or wet/damp. Like most cheap DSLR lenses they are not well sealed against dirt and damp and this one in particular is notorious for pump dust onto the CCD. That's another good reason for buying pro-grade lenses which don't do this.