It'll be an improvement though.

You can take stuff out, but you can't put it in.

So do I. There's a slight malevolence about that eye that just makes the shot.

I'm an occasional flash user, and I'm finding that I'm using wireless more and more as the default.

I wouldn't be without it now.

It's only a self-portrait for Dan Bridge.

Thank heavens we got a definition to go with the topic.

Hmm. Is it photoshopped at all?

We so need this smiley here: [IMG]http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/chris5gd/Technical/worthy.gif[/IMG]

Have you considered the Samsung version of the AF540?

Amazon sell it for £181, although I had to wait ages for mine.

You might want to wait till they get their pricing mistake sorted out though...
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Edit: Actually, it might not be a mistake... it's one of these third parties they deal with. Chancers, fleecing the ignorant, obviously.

How about the scratch from when I used my fingernail...

... just kidding.

Which model would you recommend? They seem very expensive for a spinning brush - I mean, three or four of 'em and I could buy another camera!

I might not always switch the camera off between lens changes. Or even between SD card removals.

But so far I've disposed of my gum before leaning in there with the rocket blower

I do agree. But just in case the dev team aren't able to code up and test that change in the next few weeks, I do recommend the off-line solution.

We don't need rocket science here - just keep notes in a Word doc. You can flick through the pics and add comments to the document as you go.

Then paste them into the judgement at the end.

This was exactly how I did mine too. I'd never judged a photo competition before, and like K2L, I took on the task with some trepidation.

I found I changed my view of photos quite a lot as the entries came in, and refined the way I articulated what I thought quite a few times.

It's not an easy task, but I think it's tremendously beneficial - especially if, like me, it's an exercise that's new.

If you take the trouble, it forces you to think, and if, like me, you really are keen to learn, that kind of thinking is very helpful.

For heavens sake.

Will you please stop with this ridiculous false modesty.

You've won one of the weekly competitions, so you've earned your right to judge. IIRC, you've posted a few other pictures that have been pretty good.

Do you think someone should win the 100m if they've been training for longer, even if they can't run as fast? Of course not.

Competitions do not discriminate on the grounds of experience, they discriminate on the grounds of ability, which is how it should be.

Whether you think you have the former, you clearly have the latter. So get over it and go out and take some more good pictures.

And if you win another comp, judge that too, and don't hold back so much next time. Remember, we all value hearing why people like or don't like photos, and we value what you might have to say as well.