Thanks for your assistance regards Ron

Hi does anybody have experience with commercially available cleaning kits for sensors or any recommendations for cleaning the old sensor regards Ron

Sorry! Mannesty must have been a mail problem cause I just have read your last posting. I have already consigned the Jobo 'Bits' to the 'TRASH CAN' unfortunately I am a man of little patience when it comes to things IT. However thanks for your offer and I will keep your expertise in mind...... cause I am bound to need it sometime soon regards Ron

Just a point, I remember this happened to me Stateside 3 years ago and I contacted Jobo there, they sent me a patch (OVER THE NET) which I used and it worked OK.. but not this time, although a slightly different problem, Oh! just to add some more confusion, it will read the Sony cards thru the adaptor (same slot as the SD cards) but still doesn't register the Disc volume other then 0.0Gb......BIN! regards Ron

PS Just purchased the Vosonic VP5500 and will let you know the results

Hi guys thanks for your interest and ideas. I have tried to reformat it in FAT32 but the PC can't read the drive thru the programme from Jobo. Although I still can see it on windows explorer. I'm affraid I no longer have faith in it now, so I guess its 'Bin Time' as the whole idea behind the beast is to provide sure and safe backup for my pics, thanks once again regards Ron

I have a Jobo GIGA one and for some reason it's started to show 0.0 Gb memory space and refuses to read SD cards. Although I can access it from my PC and cut and paste to itand can see the whole 40GB capacity. Is it time to bin it or does anybody have any ideas thanks regards Ron

Gents, thanks for your precise replies, I do appreciate them,and I will return to this subject later, however I do feel I haven't posed my question properly! and will be more accurate later regards Ron

What's the best lense, length, aperture and make? on the market at this time, anybody got experience of a particular beastie! thanks Ron

Hi welcome to the group and I hope you get a lot from the experience, I have! Looking forward to your contributions,regards Ron

Hi Guys and Galls just a wee note from a new member. I really think the quality, composition and general presentation of a lot of the past and recent pictures has been of an outstanding quality and variety, keep up the good work and thanks for sharing your pics with us. best regards Ron

I don't even know if this is the proper platform to publish my thoughts? Ron