I had just got the grad filter aligned and checked the exposure, when we heard the sound of a steam train whistle in the distance. Now, this stretch of railway line runs from Settle to Carlisle and is famous for steam trains being run from time to time, but we are not train buffs, so were not expecting this.
Helen quickly set the aperture and shutter speed, I loaded a sheet into the Quickload and, suddenly realised that we had not yet attached the shutter release cable !!
Fortunately, the shutter doesn't take a lot of effort to trip, so I used the digital release mechanism (a finger

