From this thread..

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5446

Hi Prieni,

You posted a picture of the surf rolling in on the stickied image linking thread, so rather than use that one, I'll say it here..

That's one hell of a photo..

Cheers

Liam

Hi George,

the middle one, certainly, takes AAA batteries, (and CF cards) but I know what you mean. I think the cheaper ones will probably take AAs or AAAs simply because it keeps production costs down, and negates the need to develop proprietry batteries for what in reality are probably very short production runs in comparison to the more expensive branded models.

Cheers

Liam

Hi John,

if you get no joy, they can be picked up for around £10 (in P&P) on ebay (even new). Here's a couple after a quick flick through.. just search in the photography category with the string 1.3.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CHE-EZ-FOXZ-1-3-MP-SLIM-DIGITAL-CAMERA-WITH-FLASH-BLUE_W0Q...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lelite-1-3-Digital-Camera_W0QQitemZ160151941142QQihZ006QQc...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Olympus-C-840L-1-3-m-Pixels-2x-8mb-Smart-Cards_W0QQitemZ11...

HTH

Cheers

Liam

Hey, I got a new word..

It's rare to come across a word I haven't heard before, and although obvious from the context I had to look it up.

That's 62 words I know now.

Cheers

Liam

Good on you Rae for being firm. It's only fair that you should get a new replacement after that short period of time.

Cheers

Liam

Hi Jim,

shoot RAW. The two most crucial adjustments that you will get a lot more leeway on are white balance and exposure. Even if you only use those two (if necessary of course) before converting to jpeg, you'll save plenty of shots that you may have thrown away. All the apps listed will give you a simple slider that you can drag left or right whilst watching the effect in real time.

The biggest advantage is that you'll have a digital negative, so as you get better at using whichever app you choose, you can go back and have another go. As new apps become available with more tools etc, you can again go back.

Take RAW, and however stuck you get with processing, there's plenty of people here that'll talk you through it.

http://www.photo-freeware.net/raw-shooter-essentials.php

The above is what I use, although there won't be support for any of the K series DSLRs (ASAIK).

Cheers

Liam

Hi,

I use GIMP rather than PS, but when I'm building multiple images, I always "Open as Layer" then move it into position, scaling as/if necessary. I'm sure someone will put me right, but if the images are sized correctly, and so is the corresponding background, then File | Open as Layer for both, and then just move them into position. Just have to increase the display size to 400% to double check you've got them lined up pixel for pixel.

HTH

Cheers

Liam

Agree absolutely.. being a contributor also. Is it possible though John/Matt, to just delete the contentious posts from a thread. When you get people such as Don contributig to a thread, you'll always see that there's more to learn, and if that particular subject doesn't crop up again very soon, we might miss that knowledge completely..

Again, I'll never disagree with a mod.. mainly because I am one (on the very rare occasions that I bother to turn up) on a big tech site, with sometimes dozens of mod decisions a week. Don't envy you one little bit John..

Cheers

Liam

30 minutes + it took to type a reply in it.. 30 minutes I tell ya'

What happened to Pete's last post? I went to reply to it and it was gone.

Pete,

PM me the link to download the originals (jpg) and I'll have a go at them in the morning for you sometime.

Cheers

Liam