Volvo fire on Flinders St tonight

[Ric]

I entered the city via the Exhibition St extension tonight, and saw a big plume of smoke on Flinders St as I crossed the railyards.
Here's what I saw when I got there...

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[THERB3]

Ric great shots.

You should be on channel nine news mate. You have my vote.

[tenrat]

good photos mate, gj

[AndySTi]

Crikey, i wonder what caused that

[Arith]

Great photo journalism Ric! Is that a camera phone or do you always carry around a digital in your pocket?

[THERB3]

LOL yeah Ric what is going on there. Do you carry it around all the time.

You are as bad as me carrying a camera everywhere soo I can take endless photos of the kids.

[tenrat]

speaking of cameras i am thinking of getting a decent one any recomendations and price etc???

[THERB3]

Come on Nathan you know Clarence is your man in that field.

I am sure he can lead you in the right direction.

[smythie]

what do you want to do with it? what is your budget?

[tenrat]

just a camera that takes good photos, just for multipurpose not full on for like pros just a everyday one thats decent quality

[smythie]

High end point & shoot's like my Canon G10 will cost you around $700 or so (depending where you buy). It's a pretty good camera if you aren't looking to get too technical with your photography. It struggles in low light and I haven't tried shooting sports (car/bike racing or field sports) but reckon it will require a lot of practice to get around the shutter lag. It's a bit bulky for putting in your pocket too. The new Canon S90 (may not be in shops just yet) looks to provide most of the new G11's abilities in a smaller form factor.

Competitors to the G10/G11/S90 are the Panasonic LX3 and Nikon P6000. I almost got the LX3 but went with the Canon because I liked the feel in the hand a bit better.

[Adrian2627]

How's the chick, Shot 1..."oh that car's on fire!" Shot 2... "ah just a shitty Volvo, that's all good."

[tenrat]

How's the chick, Shot 1..."oh that car's on fire!" Shot 2... "ah just a shitty Volvo, that's all good."

hahah true that she coudnt care less, thanks for the info smythie i may look into it in the next weeks

[Ric]

Great photo journalism Ric! Is that a camera phone or do you always carry around a digital in your pocket?

I keep an 8MP point & shoot camera in the supermarket bag I use as a briefcase to take shit to work. It was sitting on the back seat of the car. The smoke plume gave me plenty of warning to reach behind and grab it, and I stopped at the red light on that intersection. The last two photos were taken right in the middle of the intersection, coz I had to stop and let the fire truck through.

It's a Canon A720is. ("is" => image stabilisation)

[tenrat]

wat something like that set me back ric?