20th February
Tough is the name of my new camera.
The camera shop is hidden in the middle of an industrial estate on the way into Olhao. I hadn't found any camera shops online when I looked, so not sure how they do their business. But again, incredibly helpful guy in there speaking perfect English. He explained that they would have to send the camera away, so that was no good. He asked if I had taken the camera to the beach which of course I had and felt that some sand had got into the zoom casing. Yep, probably, but that camera has been everywhere and I've never had a problem. Anyway, they sell the new Panasonic Lumix 30 x zoom etc. But I am wondering if I really want that now. I am going to use it on the beach whatever. I looked at the other cameras there and came across this one.
Olympus Tough TG 360. Waterproof, shockproof, dustproof, sandproof, frostproof. Amazing. It has wifi so can send pics to computer or ipad easily. It has GPS so you know where pics are taken and you can also tell where you are, and I think it has GPS tracking, but haven't tried that yet.
So, the downside is that it only has a small digital zoom so can't get any detail pics of any birds at a distance, but hopefully I will get the Panasonic mended in the UK for that.
The Belgians who rented the house just along from us left last week and a couple from Manchester have moved in for a week. We have invited them over for a drink. Quel Horreur. JC only has one bottle of red left. I say no worries, we have gin and lots of white. But what happens if they want red and I don't have any left for later.
They are coming at 6.30. It is now 5.15, and he disappears out of the door saying he was going for a bike ride anyway. Oh God, the nearest shop is miles away.
He returns at 6.15 with 2 bottles of red. And all is well. Sara is a phychiatrist and Danny lectures sport. They are both really nice, easy company and interesting. They stayed till 9.00 and drank 1.5 bottles of red!
Tough is the name of my new camera.
The camera shop is hidden in the middle of an industrial estate on the way into Olhao. I hadn't found any camera shops online when I looked, so not sure how they do their business. But again, incredibly helpful guy in there speaking perfect English. He explained that they would have to send the camera away, so that was no good. He asked if I had taken the camera to the beach which of course I had and felt that some sand had got into the zoom casing. Yep, probably, but that camera has been everywhere and I've never had a problem. Anyway, they sell the new Panasonic Lumix 30 x zoom etc. But I am wondering if I really want that now. I am going to use it on the beach whatever. I looked at the other cameras there and came across this one.
Olympus Tough TG 360. Waterproof, shockproof, dustproof, sandproof, frostproof. Amazing. It has wifi so can send pics to computer or ipad easily. It has GPS so you know where pics are taken and you can also tell where you are, and I think it has GPS tracking, but haven't tried that yet.
So, the downside is that it only has a small digital zoom so can't get any detail pics of any birds at a distance, but hopefully I will get the Panasonic mended in the UK for that.
The Belgians who rented the house just along from us left last week and a couple from Manchester have moved in for a week. We have invited them over for a drink. Quel Horreur. JC only has one bottle of red left. I say no worries, we have gin and lots of white. But what happens if they want red and I don't have any left for later.
They are coming at 6.30. It is now 5.15, and he disappears out of the door saying he was going for a bike ride anyway. Oh God, the nearest shop is miles away.
He returns at 6.15 with 2 bottles of red. And all is well. Sara is a phychiatrist and Danny lectures sport. They are both really nice, easy company and interesting. They stayed till 9.00 and drank 1.5 bottles of red!
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