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George Lazarette wrote:
.... I think the absence of lots of rules is good, though personally I would like to see people mention the camera and lens, and perhaps the exposure details too.

G
Can't you get this from the exif info?
That depends on all the steps in the processing preserving the EXIF information. Frequently not the case, unfortunately.

Comment by lenscape posted on Weekly Competition No 8 - "Reflection" at 04/09/2007 - 08:57

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Congratulations, Lilly. Your winning is somewhat overdue, I think.

And well done to the other notables.

Comment by lenscape posted on Weekly Competition No 8 - "Reflection" at 04/09/2007 - 00:54

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Comment by lenscape posted on Weekly Competition No 8 - "Reflection" at 26/08/2007 - 00:18

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I needed to read pictures from an SD card from my daughters Casio camera earlier, and my laptop, which is all I had available, refused to recognise the card. In desperation, I put the card in my K10D and hooked it up with the USB lead. Bingo! We could read all the pictures off the card onto the laptop with ease.

Not only that, but to my surprise, the K10D would also browse the pictures on its own display. Given that the Casio's folder organisation is different to the K10D's, this was remarkable and worth knowing for emergencies.

Comment by lenscape posted on K10D as emergency card reader at 20/08/2007 - 21:06

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Frames, at least as in framesets, are annoying and should be avoided. They make it difficult to bookmark pages and pass links to people.

Iframes are a possibility but you really need a template-based approach where you create your links as a separate template which you can embed into any page that needs them.

Comment by lenscape posted on Web Design at 15/08/2007 - 22:26

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I'm doing the same but only have the most basic of sites up as I've not had time to spend on it yet.

I'm avoiding packages and other off-the-shelf fluff because I want to keep complete control over how it works so I'm building it using Zope. However, this is a programmers tool and not for the feint-hearted.

Also, my company - which is in the web business - has a server farm where I plan to host it when it is more advanced. Currently it's running off one of my broadband connections.

I'd be happy to discuss your intentions and offer any help I can - but I'm of limited use with Windows, these days.

As for Nvu, it hasn't had much attention recently and lacks real power. You might find Quanta Plus a better bet. However, I've taken to doing page design in Inkscape which is much nicer to work with for realising design ideas. I then convert that into HTML using Vim and Gimp.

I use these to create a few 'page templates' around which real pages are dynamically built at request time. This makes the need for WYSIWYG page design somewhat redundant.

Comment by lenscape posted on Web Design at 15/08/2007 - 16:32

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I believe these guys may be able to beat that:

www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk

But I don't think their latest prices are on their web page.

They are well known here and I've had good service from them.

Comment by lenscape posted on K10D for £ 362.99 ? at 15/08/2007 - 14:11

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Excellent news.
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Great news! Will there be a special edition to celebrate this?
Peter
Oh God! I hope not.

I could run to a nice commemorative neck strap, though.

Comment by lenscape posted on K10D wins EISA European Camera of the Year 2007-2008 at 15/08/2007 - 13:03

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Also, ignoring the quality of the photography for a moment, the subject matter was weaponry; things designed to kill, maim and destroy.

I wonder what the reaction would have been had someone posted half a dozen pictures of machine guns and grenades - all lovingly captured.

Just a thought.

Comment by lenscape posted on Next competition subject? at 15/08/2007 - 09:51

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They are adverts masquerading as articles that the advertiser doesn't have to write themselves but expects a very favourable story.

I had to write a few some years ago and they're nauseating.

Comment by lenscape posted on Using the K10D at 14/08/2007 - 21:36

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