JohnRNixon

On a recent road trip I was treated to being a passenger. My wife drove all the way home. I took some dreadful shots as we went along, but as we crossed over the Pennines in to Lancashire the sun was going down and I was happy to get some more interesting images. Here is one. I hope you like it.

PS. There is a tint from the windscreen glass and I have left that, as is. I am happy with the colours, as they are as I recall them.

I have a P7800 that has a power zoom. Does anyone have experience of the lens hood system that is available for this camera? It looks a bit cumbersome and I not sure how it attaches. I would be happier having some first hand knowledge before investing in one. They are only £17, but if they are not much good, I would prefer not to waste the money.

One issue I have with my P7800 is the lack of a lens hood. With these two shots I was using my left hand to shade the lens.

Three shots from different locations showing the ongoing construction of the new bridge across the River Mersey from Runcorn in Cheshire to Widnes in Mersyeside (nee Lancashire). The weather was not bright to say the least! I was also enjoying the flexibility of my P7800.

Hi. I never know how to title the first topic post, but when I saw that Yorkshire title I had no other option.

I'm 61 years old and live in Blackburn with my wife Andrea. I have been an avid photographer since 1972 when I got my first SLR. I took up cycling the next year and swapped the bulky Practika for a compact Konica (I was on a budget being in my teens). The Konica lasted a long time, despite being dropped and having the filter ring skewed and the rangefinder no longer working. Next was one of those tiny Olympus XA2 jobs with a tiny bolt on flash unit. Fantastic for putting in a pocket when cycling. I hated the electric shutter switch though.

By the end of the Eighties I got back in to SLR work with a Yashica. That stayed with me until 1992 when it got stolen from the house in a burglary, along with a Pentax compact with zoom that ate batteries for fun!

I replaced that lot with secondhand stuff. A Pentax K1000, ME Super and a variety of lenses plus bits. They stayed until I went digital (and after, till I could bear to part with them).

First digital was a funny little Casio thing that had a fully articulated lens. Tiny resolution, but fun. Next a Sony F717. I liked the articulation. The sensor packed up on that and rather than get it replaced I saw a Sony V3 and got that.

First digital SLR was a Canon 20D. Swapped that for a Canon 50D. Feeling limited by the Sony V3 as my compact, I got a Nikon P7800 and that I was I am here!

I also had a hankering for a Fuji X100 so I have one of those too.

I eventually got up the guts to replace the sensor in the F717 so I have a working one of those again.