The solution is to use a card reader.

G

What? And let the wine get warm? Not sure this idea will be popular.

G

I think it will depend a great deal on how the flashguns are positioned. If the Optex is pointing at the Vivitar, it probably will cause under-exposure, and if the Vivitar is not close to the axis of the camera there is also likely to be a problem,

Get a little digi to try out the lighting with!

G

Damnit, JR.

I go to the trouble of DLing a manual to explain how to do this, then find you've beaten me to it!

G

You need to set the white balance for tungsten light.

Look at page 67 of the manual to see how to do this. The icon which looks like a light bulb is the one you want.

G

The automatic log-in seems to have gone on the blink. By "view-finders"
in the post above I meant view-cameras, but I can't edit it.
G

I can vouch for what Matt says. It seems a major problem at first, but it quickly becomes second nature - and quick.

And it's well worth while. Shots that one might once have thrown away become viable. This is especially true of over-exposed images. If you shoot JPEGs, over-exposure is death. If you shoot RAW, you can usually recover much or all of what at first sight seemed completely blown highlights.

G

Working late again, Matt?

G

Golly, Mac, I'm still just a novice. I know somebody with seven LX bodies, and I've seen him with four round his neck at the same time. Of course, he was travelling, and had been obliged to leave three at home.

But thank you for the kind words. I don't suppose I'm quite so popular with Mrs Mac.

G

Mac,

I hope to get it on Monday, and will report back. From the pictures I have seen taken with this lens, it looks pretty good, but perhaps not great. It's also a lot of money (compared to the many lenses I have bought on Ebay). Even my 31 Ltd cost less (not much, but still less).

But, this is the price of the digital crop factor. My long lenses are much longer; which is great, but the wides are now narrow. (I know a lot of women who would love to go digital. In fact, looking in the mirror, perhaps I should go digital myself.)

So I've dug deep into the piggy bank, and resolved to buy no more lenses this year. Of course, if either of the two SMCP-FA 200mm lenses come on the market at a good price, I have a dispensation. (It's convenient to be able to grant one's own dispensations.)

Also, I don't count real bargains which one has a duty to take advantage of. After all, who would be so unwise, or ungrateful, as to cock a snook at Fate?

It helps, too, that by "year", I mean the Chinese year. This, incidentally, ends on 28 January 2006.

G