I just had a flick through some images in that category, and there is quite
a lot that I reckon I'd be able to improve on with my D90 and a tripod. If
only I had a spare day to go and take photos of tanks :)


On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 5:48 PM, geni <[email protected]> wrote:

> Tog 1 they don't. The only Cavalier tank I'm aware of is one in rather
> poor condition on the isle of weight. They've got a FV4211 turret but not a
> hull. They have got a Rotatrailer.
>
> We have already got a lot of photos from the museum:
>
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tanks_in_the_Bovington_Tank_Museum
>
> So you'd need to be pretty good to improve on what we have. We also have a
> lot of tanks from the likes of United States Army Ordnance Museum.
>
> Lighting isn't the greatest. If we could get a samyang 10mm f/2.8 and
> match it with the chapter's 60D we might be able to get some pretty good
> results.
>
>
>
> On 23 April 2014 17:16, Jonathan Cardy <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Thanks Magnus and Richard, I have added your suggestions to the 
>> wishlist<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Tank_Museum_2014#Requested_photographs>,
>> if anyone else has further suggestions please post them there. though it
>> might be worth checking if the museum has such a vehicle on display.
>>
>> Regards
>>
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>> On 23 April 2014 16:50, Richard Symonds <[email protected]
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>>> Such as:
>>>
>>>    - Tiger 131 (which could be notable by itself)
>>>    - Rotatrailer
>>>    - the Sherman Crab
>>>    - the FV4211 (first vehicle fitted with Chobham armour)
>>>
>>> All a bit niche but very interesting to those of us who are interested
>>> in such things...
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>>> On 23 April 2014 16:35, Magnus Manske <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> FWIW, the only British tanks on en.wikipedia without an image appear to
>>>> be:
>>>> TOG1
>>>> Morris-Martel
>>>> Tank, Cruiser, Mk VII Cavalier (A24) ([[Cavalier tank]])
>>>>
>>>> But then, of course, there may be ones that don't have an article yet!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Magnus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Jonathan Cardy <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Wikimedia UK mailing list,
>>>>>
>>>>> We have been given some free off peak weekday tickets to the tank
>>>>> museum in Dorset.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have already Emailed those of our Wiki Loves Monuments participants
>>>>> who opted in to further events, so apologies if this is a repeat, but if
>>>>> anyone here fancies taking photographs of tanks, send me your snail mail
>>>>> address and I will send you a ticket
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>>
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