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Ep.1 "Eleven minutes late, staff difficulties, Hampton Wick."
Ep.1 "Eleven minutes late, signal failure at Vauxhall."
Ep.1 "Eleven minutes late, staff shortages, Nine Elms."
Ep.1 "Eleven minutes late, derailment of container truck, Raynes Park."
Ep.1 "Eleven minutes late, seasonal manpower shortages, Clapham Junction."
Ep.2 "Eleven minutes late, defective junction box, New Malden."
Ep.4 "Eleven minutes late, overheated axle at Berrylands."
Ep.4 "Eleven minutes late, defective axle at Wandsworth."
Ep.5 "Eleven minutes late, somebody had stolen the lines at Surbiton."
Ep.6 "Twenty-two minutes late, black ice at Norbiton."
Ep.7 "Twenty-two minutes late, obstacles on the line at Berrylands."
Ep.8 "Twenty-two minutes late, badger ate a junction box at New Malden."
Ep.9 "Twenty-two minutes late, fed up by train delays, came by bike. Slow puncture at Peckham."
Ep.10 "Twenty-two minutes late, escaped puma, Chessington North."

From http://fantasticjournal.blogspot.com/2009/04/fall-and-rise-of-suburbia.html
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Julian

In fact I'm going to watch the entire series again.

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It's a bit odd, but understandable, that sometimes I have to order the USA R1 editions just to get the subtitles on UK TV shows.

By the way, what was the lens you ordered, Bruce?

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stevepa

Even allowing for the Bruce Hyperbole Factor, this is an astonishing piece of glass... I'm blown away.

Here are some shots from Asha's school fair, reduced to 1280px wide with a tad of sharpening, along with a 100% crop of a part of each, which are with NO sharpening, NO filters, NO processing of any kind, and this is HAND-HELD remember, MINIMUM zoom 70mm... and some of them at 1/2000 of a second.

[Update... I've moved them on request, if you want to see them drop me a mail :-]

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There's an 80-200mm f/2.8 that is reputedly just as good but cheaper since it omits the VR feature. Frankly I'd rather have the VR anyway.

Let me know when it arrives so I can come round to your house and mug you and nick it.

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stevepa

VR like totally rocks. I have a Nikon 18-200 VR which is a 'prosumer' lens but it's a casualty of my not so long ago move to a full frame DSLR so it's going on eBay as soon as it comes back from a service at Nikon.

I wish the Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 had VR. It's less important at lower focal lengths, natch, but still would be Most Excellent. I am awaiting an insurance replacement for my Sigma 24-70 f/2.8, which is damn good but not a patch on the Nikon, or even the new Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 HSM. So that's 24-200 covered, and I have a 2x teleconverter, and a 15-30, and a 50mm f/1.4, and a 105mm f/2.8 macro...

Oh no it's turned into a lens-waving session.

Oh for endless wells of cash though eh.

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I also have the 18-200mm. It is a great walk-around lens. I use it on my studio photography course and it works great because it's sharp at the studio apertures which are typically f/8 or f/11.

And my other lens is a 50mm prime f/1.8 which is tremendously light and sharp. That used to be my walkaround lens before I ordered the 18-200mm. I'll likely still use it though.

I really want a Nikon D700 and a 12-24mm lens though. I can see my bank balance
going down to the tune of £3K as a result.

There are rumours that Nikon are working on VR for the 12-24 and 24-70 so all things are possible. But I think VR is more important at the >100mm range as you say.

Have you changed cameras? You had a D2X, right, which wasn't full frame if I recall.

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stevepa

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Unfortunately I won't have the funds to improve my gear until August at the earliest. With Jack and Natasha coming over on my budget and I'm entertaining Natasha for 2 weeks taking her out around the UK and maybe France, I'm a little cash strapped right now.

I wonder how much I could get for a spare lung or kidney?

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stevepa

I've taken some of my best photos on my iPhone :-)

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