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It's happened several times, when no one is in the house or people are asleep and I return late at night. The volume level always seems to be very low.

If I ask Alexa what track is playing, it doesn't respond, so I swapped in an echo spot for my usual echo dot. This is what I saw (see image).

I don't really know what to call the tracks it plays, it's not whale music, maybe new age would be a better description. Ask your Alexa to play it and decide for yourself

Never heard of this artist, and certainly wouldn't have selected anything similar.

Maybe the dog has his own playlist....

Many thanks to those who helped me correctly extract and format the .KDC files from my Kodak DC120.

Not the most exciting picture to start off with, but fitting that this vintage camera captured some good old vintage retro pottery, from the Hornsea factory.

Thanks again.

As I've been walking the dog around sunrise, I thought I'd take the 5D out for a spin at the same time.

I've had to resize this image, as I've had problems uploading portrait images, but otherwise this is as it was taken.

Still learning what this camera can do Vs the A2 I normally use. I will say that A mount lenses seem very cheap and mostly still in good condition.

Went to Winchcombe and found loads of DNUA. I know some of these have been posted before but maybe not all of them.

IYKYK, UK.

Picked one of these up, complete with a Palm V. The battery in the host machine is not good, and the repair looks tricky to do.

I used to have a big collection of Palm devices, but sold them off during COVID, so I may need to see if I can do the battery replacement.

Not sure if this is a legitimate DNUA, but I'll post it and remove it if it doesn't meet the criteria.

Like the song goes, 'a wheel within a wheel', this is a door within an arch.

Regardless, this is quite an amazing Abbey. It's clearly been butchered over the past 1,000 years and altered. The flying buttresses are quite the biggest I've ever seen. The arch is huge and the resulting door is tiny.

I like this one because the premises has two doors, not used anymore, but for entirely different reasons.

Soft Sandstone Foundations: The town of Bridgnorth is built largely on weak, red Permian sandstone.

Over centuries, both natural formations and hand-carved chambers were hollowed out of the cliffs to form unique cliffside residences.

Habitation by the Poor: These subterranean spaces were occupied for centuries by hermits, the homeless, and the town's poorest working-class families.

The Cartway Dwellings: The rock houses were fully bricked up in the mid-19th century after being cleared under public health and sanitation initiatives.

Location: The intersection of Postern Gate and Listley Street, at the southern end of Bridgnorth High Street.

Architecture: Designed by local architect Robert Griffiths of Quatford, the polychromatic brick building features distinctive round-arched openings and decorative stonework.

Current Status: The structure was featured on the Victorian Society’s top 10 endangered buildings list due to prolonged vacancy and disuse of parts of the historic hall.

Picked up a 5D, with 50mm prime, 75-300mm and 28-70mm, for £80.

It seems the A mount lenses are very reasonable second hand, and I've bought another couple of lenses for £35.

I also own a DiMAGE A2, so the 5D is a logical progression. These are a few early images from the 5D.

There were actually two shop fronts merged into one, with two doors replaced in the same style. Parked cars prevented being able to take that picture.

Quite a decent conversion from door to window. The lower brickwork gives it away.

I've been buying various types of digital cameras for about 3 years. DSLRs, compact point and shoot, bridge and the venerable Mavica.

My most expensive Mavica was a FD95, from a second hand shop, so it had a warranty (money back if it broke during the next 12 months). That was £25. I've paid as low as £5. Most have been around the £10-15 range.

Recently I'm seeing £30, £40 and even £50 for very average looking models. Clearly some people selling them have no idea what they are. No batteries, charger or disks.

Some of these cameras with sky high price tags aren't even tested. I've omitted the ridiculously priced £400, boxed camera.

I bought a 6MP DSLR with 3 lenses for the same price as one of these. I love my Mavicas, but they aren't in the same territory as DSLRs and bridge cameras. They should be fun and affordable.

I was introduced to the KM brand by buying the DiMAGE A2 bridge camera. It's a fantastic camera, just so easy to use.

I was interested in why Minolta sold up and exited the camera market, and what were their last models.

Meet the Dynax 5D (Maxxum in other markets).

I bought one, in used but nice shape, with 3 lenses, for well under the £100.

It's a different beast to the A2, but I'm starting to love it just as much.

Just some quick snaps from last night.

Not a collector, so I didn't buy this. I don't specifically remember this model as a child, but it was in very decent condition.

I've posted some images from this building before, as it transitions from a department store to living accommodation. Its pace of development has been glacial, with the Debenhams store on the opposite side of the road only having recently started its parallel transformation.

This grade 2 listed building (gained in 2021) shut its doors to the public in 2019. During this time it has had a number of different 'graffiti' make overs. These look to be planned/authorised, as they are images rather than tags.

Whilst old buildings sometimes succumb to spontaneous combustion, this one will probably become living accommodation, but I am sure that the existing doors will be unlikely to be restored to their former purpose.

If anything, it's a record of urban development that we all seem to find fascinating, when we come across what would have been called mundane high street images, from the recent past.

I just recently purchased a F401, and then a couple of days later ran across someone selling a whole host of cameras, one of which was this F450.

He assured me it worked, which I've been told before, but the camera looked good. I was also trying to negotiate a Konica Minolta Dynax 5D into the price as well, but was short on cash. 😭

Long story short, this dinky little camera really is very cute. I do worry that the triple barrel extending lens is just waiting to get jammed or knocked, rendering the camera useless. It did take me a while to find the power button, which of course is the finger grip on the front of the camera. A neat touch.

The controls are a little fiddly, if you have fat fingers. I would imagine the target audience for this camera was a young girl/woman, who had dexterous fingers, with a light touch, and could pop the camera into a small pocket or bag when they weren't using it.

Initial shots look interesting.