Lilly,

What I intend to do is use the DVD writer to backup the RAW PEF files to DVD. If the mood (and time) gets me I'll use MacGimp to edit a few "on the road" Therefore the answer to your question is "not at all"!

It is pretty (and small!) at 34 cm x 24 cm x 3 cm, but not cheap. I bought a reconditioned one from the apple store at about £800, but I upgraded the memry myself from 1 GB to 2 GB because Apple were charging £110 extra and I could buy the same memory for around £50!

Oh and I'm blogging my Apple-love in at http://www.ammonyte.com/blog

I've been a bit quiet recently, because (a) busy and (b) I've been playing with my new toy, a MacBook. I gave in to the siren voices around here!

I'll mainly use it when traveling, and so will still do most of my PS work on the PC at home. It's first test comes this weekend with the Maryport Blues festival in Cumbria http://www.maryportblues.com/. Shame it is sponsored by Fosters - last year it was Jennings

Check the spelling of a couple of your titles - I always find it a bit off-putting to see a mistake there when care and attention has been lavished on the photos themselves!

To return to the topic some cheaper cards use a rather loose interpretation of their capacity, for instance I've seen cards advertised as "1 GB" that in reality have closer to 800 MB space on them. In the end I have standardised on Sandisk Extreme III 2GB cards, which are blisteringly fast too, even when shooting RAW!

EDIT: Skronk, I get way more than 96 RAW (PEF) images on a 2 GB sandisk ex III ! (up to 186!) at 10 megapixles!

Are you trying to change the date/time as reported by Windows or the date/time as shown in the Exif data?

If the former, try http://www.attributemagic.com/touch.html, if the latter, i think http://www.irfanview.com/ can do it.

Red Kite at Watlington Hill

Hello Marshy,

If you use the forum "search" facility you'll come across plenty of threads on macro photography, and also plenty of tips on controlling flash and other light sources resulting in some pretty amazing images.

There are plenty of clever smudgers on here who will be only too happy to share their secrets!

Have you tried leaving the battery out of the camera for several hours? As the manual says on Page 157:-

"Very occasionally, static electricity may cause malfunction of the
camera. In this case, remove the battery and install it again. If the
camera works properly, the camera is in its normal condition and you can
continue to use it."

Yes, it now gets four Ammonites!

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I really like the Heron, but I might have given him a bit more space on the right-hand side to gaze into.