Topeak Super Tourist DX F Disc Rack

Fuji FinePix F70EXR - slimline super-zoom

Advantages: Features, Low-light capability
Disadvantages: A little confusing to master and a little too expensive

the slim-line flash which I found was close enough to the shutter-release button to obscure with my fingers occasionally. Picture quality is easily as good as other cameras in this price range ? better then most for Dynamic Range - and there are a range of resolutions and aspect ratios to choose from, allowing for 3:2 and 16:9 formats as well as the standard 4:3 format. The Mode Dial gives allows the user to shoot in EXR mode (with three enhanced filtering modes), Full Auto, Full Manual and SP, which gives 15 preset Scene modes including Pro Focus for optimum focussing and depth-of-field, and Pro Low-light, which takes up to 4 exposures and merges them to reduce blurring and noise. The F70EXR also provides Dual Image Stabilisation, Continuous Shooting (up to 4.8fps depending on resolution) and a Super Intelligent Flash, and a range ...

rabidbadger 14.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Fujifilm FinePix F70EXR

Tortec Expedition Bicycle Pannier Rack

Advantages: Versatile, durable, good weight capacity, multiple bike fitment
Disadvantages: Black anodising fades

brought one and fitted it first to her 17" mountain bike, and then moved it to her 19" hybrid without any troubles. It does however need top and bottom rack mounting points on the frame of the bike you intend to fit it to - you probably could get away with using p-clips for the top seat stays, but I'm not sure that would work so well for the bottom stays. The rack however is very unlikely to fit if you have rear disc brakes, as the bottom stays are likely to foul the caliper. There are only 2 smallish caveats. The rack is relatively heavy, it does change the way the bike handles and behaves. If you don't have a good pedaling technique - most people rock the bike as they pedal - then it can make the bike seem harder work. I did get used to it quickly, and only notice it now when I take the rack off. The other point concerns the black ...

fred_redwood 18.10.2009 · Read full review
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The Accidental Tourist

Advantages: Beautifully yet honestly written, vivid characters and a quietly compelling story
Disadvantages: No grand plots to speak of, requires your full attention.

Having experienced something of a bad run with good books lately (I'd just read 4 extremely good but very depressing books in a row) I decided that I was in need of a little lighthearted literary 'therapy'. What I wanted was a book that would entice, enchant and entertain me - absorb me with its characters, endue me with wonderment and generally restore my faith in the goodness of humankind. My wife, bless her cotton socks, knew just the book.. And so with much expectation (and perhaps a little trepidation) I began 'The Accidental Tourist'. I mean, with a title like that it's gotta be fairly light hearted right? On page one I'm introduced to our central protagonist, Macon Leary. Macon is a reclusive, insular, anally retentive, emotionally inept, socially incompetent, compulsive worrier who hates traveling and writes travel ...

Spiderkid 19.10.2005 (20.10.2005) · Read full review
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Review of The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler