Mannesty

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Mannesty
It's the responsibility of all of us to stop this virus, nobody is going to stop it for us. Even if the administrators of your camera club don't close their doors, it would be grossly irresponsible to turn up. You may remember the phrase "Leave means leave." from recent events, well here in Spain it's been replaced by "Lockdown means lockdown". We are only allowed on the roads to go to/from food shops, hospitals, doctors, garages, and tobacconists . All bars, restaurants, golf clubs, cinemas, theatres, etc. have been ordered to close for 15 days.

Now, is reviewing a few photos worth the potential risk of losing your life? Of course not.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Camera Clubs and Coronavirus at 15/03/2020 - 16:00

Mannesty
C'mon, who are you trying to kid. We all know that Pentax gear is no good for action photography

Excellent images. Your panning technique shows these off very well.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Raging Bull at 01/03/2020 - 17:32

Mannesty
You could contact the publisher http://www.arcsoft.com/support/download-patch.html to see if they can supply a copy.

Comment by Mannesty posted on pentax i-10 and Windows 10 at 15/02/2020 - 16:30

Mannesty
Could you send each of them wrapped in a K-1 to me in Spain please. I promise to return the cameras

Comment by Mannesty posted on FS: 3x Pentax D-Ll90 Batteries - Pickup Only at 04/02/2020 - 12:03

Mannesty
Anstonian wrote:
I guess it really is a case of trial and error. Hopefully I have enough time left to experiment before I have to learn on the job in the field, as it were. I am still curious regarding the focusing question though..
Regards
Andrew
I know nothing about Astrotracer or astronomy but it seems to me that, since our nearest star is several light-years away from earth, focussing at infinity should do the job. Your lens, however, may not be focussing at infinity even though the focus ring might indicate that it is. Focussing on any bright star should bring them all into focus I think. I'm sure others will shoot me down if I'm wrong.

Comment by Mannesty posted on K3-ll ASTROTRACER at 04/01/2020 - 16:34

Mannesty
Welcome. I'm 3 and a bit hours up the road from you in Totana, Murcia.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Hi from Spain! at 09/12/2019 - 15:32

Mannesty
Are you 100% certain that the 'lost' images were on this card? I'd check any others you have too.

Comment by Mannesty posted on Stupid, stupid, stupid! at 25/11/2019 - 09:35

Mannesty
The images will be recoverable as long as you haven't saved any more images to the card.

https://www.techradar.com/best/best-free-file-recovery-software

Comment by Mannesty posted on Stupid, stupid, stupid! at 24/11/2019 - 14:56

Mannesty
redbusa99 wrote:
paint mod carried out
I haven't seen this mentioned in years. Possibly my only claim to fame from around 13 years ago when I was more active here.

Comment by Mannesty posted on a Macro/ Close up Package plus Sigma 10-20 f4-5.6 and Pentax AF 360FGZ flash at 21/11/2019 - 19:30

Mannesty
McBrian wrote:

The free upgrade is long gone:
Not true.

If you create installation media using Microsoft's Media Creation Tool you can then install Windows 10. If you have a Microsoft Account and a Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 Home or Professional or Ultimate product key you can use that to activate Windows 10. It will then be activated with a digital licence associated with your Microsoft account. It works, I've done it as recently as a week ago.

I was given an old Asus laptop, did as I have written above, no problem. I've also, within the last 3 months, upgraded a Windows 10 Home licence to Windows 10 Pro using a Windows 8.1 Professional product key.

The main thing to remember is that Windows 10 is more resource hungry than any previous version. If you hardware is not up to it you may not have a pleasant experience, especially if you have Intel 3000 series graphics. I think the latest version you can use for some Intel 3000 graphics is 1603 (I think).

The media creation tool is available from https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

Comment by Mannesty posted on Windows 10 Stuff, questions & advice at 20/11/2019 - 14:51

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