actually I've just realised there are three fish!

The other one is probably a bream.

I was trying to get the feeling of emptiness that I never remember getting in the UK: there's nothing out there but white for the next 50 kms and then again for another 200.

Bret

I don't know the english names. I never learned them there. I think it's pike (hauki) and the other was claimed to be "abramis balleris", which I also can't translate.

It will get eaten, I know that

Bret

Don't like Win7 for Multitasking one bit. Running more than 3 VMs on the aforementioned test machine becomes treacle, which it shouldn't. It's not even heavy usage, it's just starting them.

Whatever, the XP virtuals are fine and the Vista ones eat even more memory than the '7 ones. : I have 7 at home and much prefer it to XP, even on an old Centrino 1.7 with 1.5GB RAM. It does eat disk space, though.

Bret

please, leave this on forum. Geeky it might be but there are people like me who can follow and would like to do so

Bret

virus? more likely to be a trojan. Sent via a PDF, to the mail address you exposed when you registered, with a prepped 0-day for your Windoze version.

Yes, I do work in the security business and no, there's not much you can do. Except being really paranoid when it comes to files (or links) you weren't expecting.

Keep your passwords strong, use AV and update regularly and you've gone a long way in the right direction IMO.

Bret

huh? It's P-TTL. How much interest has any manufacturer got in ensuring that there is an an eco-system of accessories?

That should answer any and all questions.

It's a flash. A flash has a centre pin which triggers it. Make sure it's flexible enough to vary power and it doesn't matter what happens with P-TTL. I've nearly bought Nikon and Canon fit Sigmas in the past - I use them off cam mostly so who cares what P-TTL does? I certainly don't and I don't like the measurements anyway (they tend to be wrong for me..). Manual FTW.

For me? Overpriced "OEM" kit is not worth it unless it has something very special you wouldn't get otherwise (like the Canon commander capabilities from the 580). That's the only good reason I can think of to buy OEM. And even then - how much are you *really* going to use it?

Bret

yes, it is. but it's not for profit, therefore doesn't count.

Bret

coz it's laiik wikkid importan' man, fo' sho' to noez just, laik, how wikkid da systemz iz. na'at I miin? innit?


I have a T60 for the moment, from work. And that's not really fast enough, but the dual core E8600 with 8GB we have as a test box is nice and rapid with smoothing / smart sharpening.

Bret

... I had tinges and "autocorrected" prints. Which is not what I was looking for.

One vision in Coventry? Will have to look into that.

Photobook: Frick digitaldruck, but it was fully-prepared PDFs.

Bret

why on earth? Nero costs money... DeepBurner does the job for me...

Bret