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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Another pointless thread at 11/02/2012 - 12:53
Gwyn wrote:
The mystery of the vanishing coffee cup.
I went to pick up my empty espresso cup to take it into the kitchen, but I dropped it. I heard it fall, and it didn't sound to have broken but it fell behind some junk waiting to be sorted.
So I moved the junk, sorting some as I went. No cup. Crawled on hands and knees to see if it had rolled under something. No cup. Moved furniture. No cup.
It has vanished.
Now I know it is small, and made of glass but still I should be able to see it, but I can't. Very very odd.
Made of glass? Perhaps you are looking right through it!The mystery of the vanishing coffee cup.
I went to pick up my empty espresso cup to take it into the kitchen, but I dropped it. I heard it fall, and it didn't sound to have broken but it fell behind some junk waiting to be sorted.
So I moved the junk, sorting some as I went. No cup. Crawled on hands and knees to see if it had rolled under something. No cup. Moved furniture. No cup.
It has vanished.
Now I know it is small, and made of glass but still I should be able to see it, but I can't. Very very odd.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Another pointless thread at 11/02/2012 - 12:47
SteveEveritt wrote:
They do different jobs, lightroom is an electronic darkroom, all the things that you used to do in it are available in lightroom and then some. Whereas Elements is more of an editing suite.
So what do you do in Lightroom that isn't editing?They do different jobs, lightroom is an electronic darkroom, all the things that you used to do in it are available in lightroom and then some. Whereas Elements is more of an editing suite.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on 50% off Elelements 10 at 11/02/2012 - 12:43
Ricoh has
Ricoh has been out of the serious camera business for many years. They are buying technology (including many patents), a product line, a customer base, and the name.
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greynolds999 wrote:
I think Ricoh paid for the name more than anything else. They know how to make cameras, now they have a known brand.
How many DSLR cameras have they made?I think Ricoh paid for the name more than anything else. They know how to make cameras, now they have a known brand.
Ricoh has been out of the serious camera business for many years. They are buying technology (including many patents), a product line, a customer base, and the name.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Ricoh camera division to fall under Pentax? at 09/02/2012 - 20:32
Anyway, to sum up, the K10D/GX10 is a very good camera with excellent build quality and it produces great images.
Later cameras have better low light performance and more resolution, but the image quality of the K10D is absolutely fine.
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Later cameras have better low light performance and more resolution, but the image quality of the K10D is absolutely fine.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on My kx died, I am skint is a k10d a good idea? at 02/02/2012 - 11:31
Just one word of warning.
The A 50mm 1:1.7 is an excellent lens - I have owned three - but they do have a weakness. The ball bearing in the aperture ring is prone to come adrift. They were one of the very first "A" lenses, so this may be why.
If you do buy one, my suggestion would be to keep it permanently on the "A" setting - which is what you probably would do anyway unless you acquired a taste for film and decided to buy an MX or ME Super.
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The A 50mm 1:1.7 is an excellent lens - I have owned three - but they do have a weakness. The ball bearing in the aperture ring is prone to come adrift. They were one of the very first "A" lenses, so this may be why.
If you do buy one, my suggestion would be to keep it permanently on the "A" setting - which is what you probably would do anyway unless you acquired a taste for film and decided to buy an MX or ME Super.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on F or FA at 31/01/2012 - 21:50
FA lenses have the ability to transfer MTF data to the body, which enables the latter to select the best aperture (if you have told it to do that in the settings menu).
Most F and FA lenses are optically identical, though there might be minute differences in the lens coating. Certainly the 50mm 1:1.7 lenses are considered to be the same.
Given the choice, you might feel that it is worth paying more for an FA, on the basis that it will be a younger lens. Though how much younger will be impossible to know, unless the seller has the original purchase invoice.
Personally, I have the F version, and have never felt the need to replace it with an FA.
Good luck
G
Most F and FA lenses are optically identical, though there might be minute differences in the lens coating. Certainly the 50mm 1:1.7 lenses are considered to be the same.
Given the choice, you might feel that it is worth paying more for an FA, on the basis that it will be a younger lens. Though how much younger will be impossible to know, unless the seller has the original purchase invoice.
Personally, I have the F version, and have never felt the need to replace it with an FA.
Good luck
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on F or FA at 30/01/2012 - 22:22
bento2 wrote:
LR really is a great piece of software. Only thing is for anyone contemplating going to LR 4.0 in March this year - LR 4.0 will only run with Windows 7. Adbe say that XP is now old technology, so it will not be supported. Perhaps the same for new versions of Photoshop???
That's worrying, and complete nonsense given that XP is still used more than Win7 by business.LR really is a great piece of software. Only thing is for anyone contemplating going to LR 4.0 in March this year - LR 4.0 will only run with Windows 7. Adbe say that XP is now old technology, so it will not be supported. Perhaps the same for new versions of Photoshop???
Another sign, I fear, that Adobe and MS are in cahoots.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on OMG 'int LightRoom brilliant :D at 30/01/2012 - 14:27
Irfanview, amongst many other good points, has a superb batch mode that lets you do almost anything, within reason, including adding text and watermarks. Faststone is similar.
I prefer Irfanview for most things, but Faststone is great for quickly previewing images in different folders. Great for finding images when you can't quite remember where you put them.
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I prefer Irfanview for most things, but Faststone is great for quickly previewing images in different folders. Great for finding images when you can't quite remember where you put them.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Batch re-sizing at 30/01/2012 - 14:20
Horst wrote:
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I presume because it's a fundamental redesign, although the baseplates are similar and there are quite a few transitional design points that are obviously related to the ME series.
The ME, Super-A and the Program-A use the ME-II Winder. So how are they different?
Regards, Horst
You are right that they use the same winder, but, if my memory serves correctly, the plates are in fact slightly different.quote
I presume because it's a fundamental redesign, although the baseplates are similar and there are quite a few transitional design points that are obviously related to the ME series.
The ME, Super-A and the Program-A use the ME-II Winder. So how are they different?
Regards, Horst
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on MX & ME base plates compared .... at 30/01/2012 - 14:10
Haggis is an English dish...
That explains why we Scots are so fond of taking our holidays at Blackpool perhaps
We can't say definitively where haggis originated, but the first (known) written recipe provides no evidence at all.
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