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[Dan_1981]

Dan_1981 said:

Lowepro stuff on Ebay from China - is it all fake????


I'm after a new bag - something a bit larger than my current one, preferably with a separate section to put my sarnies and maybe my water proof in.

Had seen the Lowe pro rover aw 11 - available for about £35.99 on ebay from china - which to me screams fake but many of the reviews seem to be positive.

Any experience - OR recommendation for a similar bag?

Took a punt on the bag I mentioned above - it arrived in pretty quick time from China marked as a low value gift.

The labels on the bag almost 100% confirm to me its fake but the quality of the bag is seems high - stitching, zips etc all seem good quality.

The bag is also damn good. swallows all my kit with space for some sarnies & a waterproof!

Even has a hidden tripod carrier.

Of course it weighs about the same as an elephant when loaded.

Happy with it though.

[Simpo Two]

I've had a fake Nikon bag for over 10 years (basically a small Lowepro design with a Nikon badge on). It's done all my weddings and been as far as NZ and Canada. Still works fine - and only £25 from eBay. (Better still, it came with a few freebies I didn't want so resold them for about £20!)

[RobDickinson]

Nik effects is free at the moment, get it downloaded...!

https://www.google.com/nikcollection/

[DibblyDobbler]

RobDickinson said:

Nik effects is free at the moment, get it downloaded...!

https://www.google.com/nikcollection/

fk me I paid for that about 2 months ago!

[DibblyDobbler]

Ok I take that back

Google said:

If you purchased the Nik Collection in 2016, you will receive a full refund, which we’ll automatically issue back to you in the coming days.

[DibblyDobbler]

Actually bks it was late last year

[LongQ]

I thought it had been free for some time. Just goes to show how wrong one can be.

I note the compatibility information does not mention Windows 10. Perhaps just an oversight?

It's taking a while to download. Must be popular ...

Edited by LongQ on Friday 25th March 12:04

[DavidY]

DibblyDobbler said:

Actually bks it was late last year

Mike, it looks like this might actually be bought within the last 12 months, so you may be ok.

(I've actually bought it twice, once a boxed version of Silver Efex Pro, a few years ago, and then about 18 monthgs ago, the full Nik suite from Google, neither of which I can claim for!!!)

[silobass]

Great news for me, I was thinking of buying it!

Sorry if you've just missed out on the refund date, that sucks.

[DibblyDobbler]

DavidY said:

Mike, it looks like this might actually be bought within the last 12 months, so you may be ok.

(I've actually bought it twice, once a boxed version of Silver Efex Pro, a few years ago, and then about 18 monthgs ago, the full Nik suite from Google, neither of which I can claim for!!!)

Cheers - hope so! Will wait and see if any refund appears (not holding breath..)

[DibblyDobbler]

This fairly tickled me - shows the zoom range on the new Sony RX10iii. 24mm v 600mm (and still at f4!)

Taken from: http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2016/03/30/hands-on-...





eta - check the detail in this at 600mm Time to throw away the DSLRs ? (it looks better on his website - see link above)

Edited by DibblyDobbler on Thursday 31st March 16:57

[Bring on the clowns]

silobass said:

Great news for me, I was thinking of buying it!

Sorry if you've just missed out on the refund date, that sucks.

I paid the full £95 last September so wrote an email to say how unfair the arbitrary cut off date was. Quick, helpful emails returned promptly and a full refund into the bank account! Job done.

[LongQ]

Bring on the clowns said:

silobass said:

Great news for me, I was thinking of buying it!

Sorry if you've just missed out on the refund date, that sucks.

I paid the full £95 last September so wrote an email to say how unfair the arbitrary cut off date was. Quick, helpful emails returned promptly and a full refund into the bank account! Job done.

Raided the alleged tax slush fund eh?

On the basis that all cut off dates are arbitrary I wonder how far one might co back with any and all compensayshun claims?

[noell35]

Hi guys. Is £40 about right for sensor cleaning? Need to get mine done and this is what the local camera shop charge.

[Bring on the clowns]

LongQ said:

Raided the alleged tax slush fund eh?

On the basis that all cut off dates are arbitrary I wonder how far one might co back with any and all compensayshun claims?

I could care less. At least I got paid.

[DibblyDobbler]

noell35 said:

Hi guys. Is £40 about right for sensor cleaning? Need to get mine done and this is what the local camera shop charge.

Sounds about right but try and make sure they know what they're doing - my local camera place made a right arse of mine...

[noell35]

DibblyDobbler said:

Sounds about right but try and make sure they know what they're doing - my local camera place made a right arse of mine...

Cheers, put it in today anyway. Fingers crossed. TBH thay'd have a job making it worse.

[DibblyDobbler]

DibblyDobbler said:

This fairly tickled me - shows the zoom range on the new Sony RX10iii. 24mm v 600mm (and still at f4!)

Taken from: http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2016/03/30/hands-on-...





eta - check the detail in this at 600mm Time to throw away the DSLRs ? (it looks better on his website - see link above)

Edited by DibblyDobbler on Thursday 31st March 16:57

Hmm - well I only went and bought one

Should arrive in a week or so... will report back in due course

[Bring on the clowns]

He's just done another article, comparing it to the Olympus Pen-F and the new OM 300mm lens. It holds up well at screen size.

http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2016/05/09/quick-com...

[RobDickinson]

Are you going to write about proper cameras too?