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Comment by George Lazarette posted on FS Pentax SMC 55 f1.8 at 11/04/2012 - 15:17
The best prime lenses are better than the best zoom lenses, as well as being smaller, lighter, etc.
I happen to believe that they encourage better composition - by making it less easy, and forcing the photographer to think more. This view is disputed in certain quarters, but those quarters may safely be ignored.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on What is the use of a prime ? at 11/04/2012 - 15:10
Our Aussie cousins in Melbourne will have to submit their pics by 4:00 am their time.
The chaps in Perth have to do it by 2:00 am. After they get back from the pub.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Discussion for Fortnightly competition # 90 : Simplicity at 11/04/2012 - 14:58
Good RAW converters allow you to do quite a bit of tweaking to an image without getting into the area of image manipulation, which is what Photoshop (the still image heart of CS) will enable you to do.
I find that Silkypix (also a RAW converter) does all I need, but I don't try to transform my photos into something else.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Corel editing software at 11/04/2012 - 14:50
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on The Best and the Coolest.... at 11/04/2012 - 14:32
They appear to have achieved the same result at the cost of a phone call as Ken's people did by sending round the heavies.
If a quiet word in the ear is as effective as a clip round the ear, then it is likely to leave less resentment.
Anyway, a happy outcome.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Some advice regarding photographing neighbours garden at 11/04/2012 - 14:20
What I took from this is that the camera has substance, as well as style, which is important. Pentax is in danger of being known more for the appearance of its cameras, rather than for their usefulness as photographic tools.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on The Best and the Coolest.... at 11/04/2012 - 14:12
It's a good exercise though, because you can't just say every picture is wonderful, which some people are prone to do when commenting on pictures in the gallery.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Discussion for Fortnightly competition # 90 : Simplicity at 11/04/2012 - 13:57
If I were planning to return home from work at 17:30 GMT to submit an entry, I should be unhappy to learn that I was too late.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Discussion for Fortnightly competition # 90 : Simplicity at 11/04/2012 - 13:49
They also help with scorpions. Global warming is soon going to make our gardens much more interesting.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on My little helper at 11/04/2012 - 13:42
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