Had mine approx 3 years Alan, no issues so far, touch wood. I do agree DSCL are very good for large prints and not expensive.

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David

I also use DS Colour Labs, but don't have the need for many images to be printed large, so my printer does get used. I must say I haven't really had many issues with inks clogging, despite the printer being idle sometimes for a month or more. It's an Epson PX720WD.

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David

People should 'vote with their feet' and boycott manufacturers who behave like this. 'Genuine Inks' are a huge rip-off and I personally never use them. I have an Epson printer which lives on ink supplied by 'Signal Inks' on ebay, with refillable cartridges that never get removed from my printer. These cost a tiny fraction of the Epson inks and are indistinguishable in terms of the printed output they produce. I have images on my walls at home which were printed several years ago using the Signal Inks and they have not faded or degraded at all.

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David

Lovely set, particularly from No.4 onwards. The concrete barge shot is my favourite.

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David

Wow, what a great set. 5, 6 and 12 are stupendous. If you ever fancy a companion on your landscape shoots, please let me know!

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David

It's not too difficult to acquire tubes with the aperture contacts, they come up sometimes on here and also on ebay. Expect to pay around £50 for a decent set in good condition. I would have a look on ebay and if you can find some your DFA 2.8 macro will work just fine with them, with the exception of 'no AF', but that isn't a factor with macro photography.

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David

I don't think Guinness is strong enough. What about a bottle of nice Bourbon Whisky, something like Maker's Mark?

Sorry to hear about your woes Gareth, hope you are better soon.

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David

A lovely set and more proof (if needed) of what a great little camera the Mx-1 is. My favourite is 'Silver Seas'.

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David

Number 2 is the pick of this bunch for me as it just has something a little different and I like the warm colours reflecting from the water's surface.

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David

I've only just seen this post, yes I did use it whilst on a shoot in Sheffield, but I actually stumbled across it accidentally in the first place. I haven't used it since, as I've not been in a location where I needed it, but Steve's image above (which is a stunner BTW) has made me think about it again.

Hope you get some good results from it Naim, look forward to seeing your shots.

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David