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Comment by George Lazarette posted on which remote trigger setup to buy at 23/02/2008 - 11:20
http://www.boatbuilder.co.uk/home.htm
What makes the craftsmanship on a boat special is the need to design not merely for aesthetic pleasure, but also for the peculiar demands made on a boat - stresses in every direction, 90 degree tilting, extremes of temperature, damp, saltiness - together with strength and efficient use of space, which is always at a premium on a boat.
There is enormous pleasure to be gained from merely contemplating a well-built boat.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Local Victorian Cemetary at 25/02/2008 - 23:55
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on I'm very interesting to buy Pentax 20/2.8. at 22/02/2008 - 20:18
Not a great pic, but a very acceptable one.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on mono trees at 21/02/2008 - 19:08
Comment by George Lazarette posted on Don't you wish you had a Canon at 21/02/2008 - 19:04
I'd still shoot RAW and then if space is limited keep the best as RAW and batch convert the others using Silky to JPEG.
I have a load of jpegs from the early days of the *ist D, and I really wish they were RAW.
But in those days RAW conversion was a black art, and very little good software was available. And cards cost a small fortune.
I may be wrong, but I think it cost more to buy a 250MB CF card than it does to buy a 250GB external hard drive today.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on RAW to TIFF at 26/02/2008 - 22:25
But I agree that a computer should be able to do a better job than a camera, although the camera processor is dedicated to that and not much else.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on RAW to TIFF at 21/02/2008 - 19:16
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on RAW to TIFF at 21/02/2008 - 18:59
I've said this before and I'm going to say it yet again......my advice is look for a used Pentax 80-320, the lens is (IMHO) very underated. Even though I now have the Bigma 50-500 I would not dream of parting with the Pentax, and with the K10D I can often get away with shooting at f8 which as we all know is the (alleged) optimum aperture for best results.
Also Ffordes. (Twice the price)
From America, KEH.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Pentax K10D at 28/02/2008 - 11:45
Comment by George Lazarette posted on Pentax K10D at 20/02/2008 - 23:19


Flashes can be triggered by:
light (another flashgun. Some have built-in sensors, most need an external one);
infra-red (the standard studio-flash triggering system);
cable;
wireless (meaning two intelligent flashguns swapping exposure information by small flash bursts, and then firing properly);
studio radio (where a small transmitter is mounted on the hotshoe, and a receiver on the flashgun);
proper radio (which allows outdoor cameras to be triggered from a considerable distance).
Which of these do you want, and what flash units are you using, or do you plan to use?
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