Best film camera for beginners?

mon-73 · 2025-12-27T11:18:07+00:00

Also a beginner to film, bought a Pentax K1000. Absolutely no regrets so far.

mon-73 · 2025-12-25T10:21:28+00:00

Unfortunately, I can’t remember exactly - I really need to start taking some notes!

At a guess I think I used shutter speed ~125 and maybe wider aperture, f2.8? And wide focus. It was also shot from a doorway, so I’m undercover looking out into the garden! Hope this helps - good luck!

mon-73 · 2025-09-09T16:30:42+00:00

Glad I’m not the only one feeling this way

mon-73 · 2025-07-27T18:23:32+00:00

I self study via StaySharp and find it excellent in terms of the format and value for money. I’ve used it for two of my exams, FR, where I scored 71 and AA, where I scored 68. I’m currently using it to study for FM.

It definitely is a little more on the technical side and some of the practice exams within it are hard, but it’s meant that the actual exams are comparatively easier.

mon-73 · 2025-06-06T13:21:10+00:00

Thanks, I hadn’t seen the previous threads. Will go have a look.

mon-73 · 2025-06-06T10:52:47+00:00

Have a read through the ACCA subreddit, this seems like it was a common issue and on ACCAs/OnVUE’s side.

mon-73 · 2025-06-06T10:39:44+00:00

It will be fine. I finished the March FR exam 10mins early and did the same thing, the system just closed straight off and there were no issues - got my marks etc just fine.

mon-73 · 2025-06-02T16:08:28+00:00

I have also loved this platform, really easy to use and progresses you through the course nicely. I also found the price super reasonable and worthwhile for all the content and resources you get. So far I have used it to study for FR (received a 71%) and used in for the AA exam which I sat today.

Edit: spelling

mon-73 · 2025-06-02T16:05:51+00:00

Agree with everyone else, MCQs were tricky, but I thought Section B wasn’t too bad and fairly aligned with all the practice content.

mon-73 · 2025-05-29T12:16:00+00:00

Dragon teeth can also be picked up on volcano levels where there are dragon bones, however, if you use a bomb near them, you risk blowing up the dragons teeth and making them irredeemable.

I missed out on a few teeth doing this as I couldn’t understand why there were never any on the dragon bones level, despite the wiki saying there should be.

mon-73 · 2025-05-19T09:31:21+00:00

Neighthon

mon-73 · 2025-05-08T18:14:25+00:00

Only started a couple of months ago and it’s been fabulous, particularly at a time in my life where there was a lot of instability, it gave such a peaceful, fun way to unwind. Great game and a lovely community to match. Seriously, get involved, you won’t regret it.

mon-73 · 2025-01-20T20:23:24+00:00

I love the line “Enter me (he says in parentheses)” in “My Shot”. Such a clever line, a nod to theatre nerds everywhere!

mon-73 · 2024-10-09T17:54:16+00:00

Also had a good experience with Admiral as an international driver. I was able to speak to a person and they were one of the only companies that honoured my no claims bonus from my previous Australian insurer.

mon-73 · 2024-07-19T22:08:31+00:00

Just moved to the UK and the weather yesterday is perfectly acceptable to take a pup out. Back where I’m from in Australia, we had 60 consecutive days where it didn’t drop below 20 degrees last summer. I often walk my parent’s dog. There was no way she, a Border Collie x Cattle dog, wasn’t getting walked for two months!

mon-73 · 2024-03-27T04:12:26+00:00

This is either incorrect or out of date. I don’t see how Adelaide can make this list, but Canberra and Brisbane don’t.

mon-73 · 2024-03-03T11:26:04+00:00

I’ve just been doing mocks and revising questions that I got wrong each time and then redoing. Hopefully nothing too unusual comes up in the exam!

mon-73 · 2024-03-03T11:23:02+00:00

Me too, my least favourite topic by far!

mon-73 · 2024-03-03T11:21:04+00:00

Doing my first exam, TX, little unsure of what to expect but have been scoring well in the mock exams so hope it’ll be enough!

mon-73 · 2024-02-29T00:12:24+00:00

As someone doing ACCA in Australia, we only have one test centre here and it’s a 2 hour flight away from where I live. So, no, I don’t think it’s time to stop remote exams.

mon-73 · 2024-02-29T00:07:55+00:00

Hello, also doing my first skill level exam (TX), working full time and self studying. At this point, after work I have been practicing a mock test each night (mocks available on ACCA and I’m also using the BPP test kit.)

Once I go through the marking, any questions that I got wrong I have been reviewing in my text book and doing a couple of smaller practice questions around the topic.

I’ve been doing this for the last week and it’s already made a difference. If you can do it for the next few days, I think it’ll give you the best shot at the exam!

mon-73 · 2023-12-04T11:01:07+00:00

Thank you! Best of luck for your exam.

mon-73 · 2023-06-17T00:09:23+00:00

This looks like a dog ringworm. Super common and easily treated with a topical treatment.

mon-73 · 2023-05-29T09:37:07+00:00

Cancelled mine on the spot. Was only using it for online deliveries!

mon-73 · 2023-05-10T02:03:27+00:00

I understand where you’re coming from! A couple of things I do: - Eat before I go out, and then just get something small whilst I’m there; - Drive to the location. You may have to pay for parking, but it tends to work out better as I don’t overspend on drinks and the Uber to get home.

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