Peter has just got me going again, once I gave him my IP address. To find out what yours is, go to:

http://www.whatismyipaddress.com/

G

What did you do to get unbanned? I have refreshed the page, deleted the cookies, and still I'm banned on one computer but not on another.

But I fear that Dan is off for the weekend now, having broken the cardinal rule of not doing upgrades on a Friday.

G

Yes, thanks, but that was several hours ago, and I am still banned on my main computer.

G

Dan,

I like your style. These efforts of yours to stimulate the user experience by banning people have certainly livened things up.

However, although I am assured by the moderators that I have NOT been banned, I am unable to access the forum on my main computer. I just get a page entitled "Critical Information" which says "You have been banned.........". Could you please email me and tell me what to do. Or, if the instructions are general, please post them here.

Thanks

G

Also this:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Spotmatic/

G

Nah, Pete's a sophisticate, not a lager lout.

G

Joke? This was an entirely serious suggestion.

As Pete is allegedly in Spain (last time I heard), I have a mental image of him in a huge, floppy, sombrero, Fino in left hand, camera in right, trying to take a dramatic picture of a charging bull. Unfortunately, his unwieldy mix of Cokin and Lee ND filters keeps getting caught on the sombrero rim, while the setting sun over the snowy peaks of the Sierra Madre is getting in his eyes and playing havoc with the auto-focus.

Will Pete get his pic? Will the bull get Pete? Watch out for the next exciting installment.

G

You say that there is vignetting at the top corners of the picture, but not the bottom. It therefore seems to me that whatever is obscuring the image is not a lens hood, as that would cause vignetting at all four corners.

If you were wearing a wide-brimmed hat while taking the pictures, then that could account for the problem.

But if you weren't, it wouldn't.

G

Change your hat.

G

I volunteer to do it.

Just as soon as Matt does the Silkypix manual.

No guesses as to who we'll get to try it out. And, no, I didn't mean you, Graham.

G