Hi Lilly,
I have the Lacie 500GB EHD and I believe its fan cooled. If so its very quiet, just a low hum. It's far more quiet than the fan cooler in the computer.
david

I too have one and it's excellent, no probs at all. Got, like Steve, in the summer from SRS.
david

I like all of these abstracts very much. Photographic abstracts always appeal to me. I find the first three pictures the most appealing, each has much to contribute.
david

Excellent advice there from Liam. Take all your pictures at the highest resolution and store the original in more than one place. I use an external hard drive and download the originals onto DVD as well. Always work on a copy when editing. I now take everything in RAW. I used to do it all at the highest resolution JPEG but as I got more confident with digital photography I started doing everything in RAW. You soon learn its just as easy to process RAW as JPEG and you have more control over the finished image.
Hope this helps a little, david.

Okay, I give up now. Can't compete with this one.
david

I promise not to bake anyone any cakes, never have, never will.
david
PS I don't have a cat.

Wot's wrong with old people
david(bus pass holder)

I think this picture is a temendous advocate for black and white photography in the big debate on colour vs B+W that has been going on in this forum recently.
The colour picture is fine but for me is just another competent family photo. The black and white, despite the slight green cast referred to by Emily, seems to lift the image onto a higher plane altogether, it becomes more like a work of art.
It's probably my eyes but the mono version actually seems sharper and altogether more clearly defined.
david

Sorry Ben. I was out of it New Year's Eve.
david

I feel I've made many new friends since I joined PU in July . Happy New Year to all of them and best wishes for 2009 with many stunning photos from your cameras.
david