Pugwash

Saturday has been this:

I has a bucket

You'd be surprised. In Merchant City, Glasgow, there are a few purveyors of fancy goods and smash-and-grab isn't a problem. Oh, and I honestly don't think it's Ralph Lauren policy to buy reps for display. One shop doesn't demonstrate a corporate policy.

Nice.

You say this on an internet forum? Are you completely devoid of irony? Remember; social networks don't sexually assault kids, people do. Don't blame the vector, blame the people.

I'm starting the weekend with a utilitarian gen, as it was what was needed, but I'll go team rep tomorrow. Oddly, no wrist shot. Sorry.

Spotted in a Ralph Lauren shop window in Glasgow. It's a nasty Yachtmaster fake.

That depends on the Camera. I don't know your camera but read the manual. You're never going to learn your camera on auto-mode. If all you want to do is take the occasional photo of your kids, keep it on auto and snap away. You'll get adequate photos most of the time. If you want to take perfectly lit photos of watches, you'll need to learn the manual modes.

Jay's Slevin with the rubber strap is $65 more than the Cousteau with the rubber strap. This is because his Slevin is regular priced, but his Cousteau is a fricking bargain.

For Macro pics, if you're semi-serious, you'll be managing it all from the computer anyway. While you don't get live views, you at least get them at decent resolution immediately after taking them and can tweak, reshoot, tweak, reshoot ... An LCD on the back of the camera isn't nearly high enough resolution to see if you got the shot right. Oh, and for those with glasses that are new to the world of SLRs, a DSLR works fine without needing to take your specs off.

Where are you seeing a Cousteau for $100 less than a Slevin? There's a $40 difference on Trusty's site, for instance.

I believe the Canon EOS450D does that, but it's still at 'new camera' prices. As for hints, the more I use my DSLR, the more I realise that it's also a decent point-and-shoot. For watches, use the manual settings and take your time, but for the rest of it, walk around for a weekend just shooting everything on the automatic settings. Learn what the camera does and how it reacts to your pressing the button in different modes. Have fun, enjoy it. See what it can do and what it can't.

I disagree. I've never owned a Macro lens and people tell me my photos are ok. Taken with the stock Canon 18-55mm lens: Taken with a $10 macro reverser: Taken with a 50mm f1.4 portrait lens a friend lent me for the weekend:

I'm wearing this one: ps. trying a different style with the pictures today.

I use 1920x1200 at work and 1280x800 at home. Expect those two as my most common wallpapers

Mine wobbles, and it was Ziggifcated.

Cheers, mate. Nice Yachtie.

What, no wristcheck active? More Top Gun action from me.

These: I've stuck to one per brand.

Eh? He's 48. How do 48-year olds look normally?

If you are not patient, don't waste money on even the most basic of tools. If you've ever used a butter knife to change a plug, don't open any watches you like. If you're learning, learn on your own watches, no matter how much people beg for you to have a go on theirs. If you're patient and methodical, you'll still muck up a watch every now and then, until you're really good. Many of us are still at this stage, myself included.

Right, that'd happen. For a start, all the parties need to be in Germany for German law to apply. Secondly, the owners of the site need to be listed and contactable. Can we spell o-f-f-s-h-o-r-e-h-o-s-t-i-n-g ? Oh, and thirdly, the injured party has to be a dic. Not going to happen.

Thanks, mate. I try. ps. I love my new camera.

... and today, it's time for this one:

Panerai reliability questioned? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1773