Today's charity shop bargain...

Was one of these for £2.50

http://www.supertoys.co.uk/Bouw%20en%20constructie-c-1274/meccano/Meccano-3710-design-advanced-2-model-set-p-11600.html

It's complete and boxed, appears to have been opened but never used, and will go to eldest grand-nephew for Xmas, I think.

Now I feel like an idiot...

Months ago I tried using my Fuji S5700 bridge camera with my old infra-red filter and the results were so poor that I thought it wasn't sensitive enough to be useful. I tried it again this morning with the 720nm filter I got for the Sony and the results are at least as good as the Sony, were in (red) colour, and I could see what I was doing for viewfinding etc., an improvement on the Nikon. Here's one I converted to B&W; as usual white things probably reflect a lot of infra-red.

( big photo )

I think that this is probably going to be my camera of choice for any future infra-red work. It may not necessarily give better results than the Nikon, but it's a LOT easier to use for this purpose.

Curious lack of Dr. Who Reaction Posts...

...so I may as well start the ball rolling.

( Big spoilers! )

There will probably be more spoilers in comments if any.