Oggy

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A while back I was in the process of buying a 12-24 off an ex member here. I had agreed to his asking price after he lowered it voluntarily. I was on the point of sending him a cheque when another member pointed out that he had been posting on other forums to the effect that he thought he was being ripped off. This set alarm bells ringing and I PMed him asking for a serial number. I got no repluy so I PMed him twice more and still got no response.

I wonder If I had a lucky escape.

Comment by Oggy posted on eBay and serial numbers at 07/01/2010 - 13:03

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Bob - you mention different file names - do you mean something that will actually look at the picture and find similar ones? I've got an idea there is something that does but you might need one of these to run it. A couple of suggestions though. When I produce multiple versions of a picture I name them with a suffix eg IMGP1234, IMGP1234a. If you do this, then arranging icons by name will find them. If you show the pictures as thumbnails and arrange by file size this will also highlight some duplications. Neither method is perfect though.

Comment by Oggy posted on Duplicate finder? at 06/01/2010 - 20:17

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Google the name Jaco. The results are very varied.

Comment by Oggy posted on Simply Electronic at 06/01/2010 - 12:03

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Unfortunately the amount of wildlife programs is going to have to be reduced due to the loss of wildlife. Scientists believe it is due to some bloke watching them on a plasma tv.

Comment by Oggy posted on YOUR CHOICE ? at 05/01/2010 - 13:15

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That definitely looks interesting. I'd be cagey about downloading intrusive software, but that's got to be worth a try.

Thanks.

Comment by Oggy posted on Debug mode on K20D - works nicely at 04/01/2010 - 23:18

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I'd be interested in knowing a bit more about it Andy. Do you have to download software from somewhere or is it a key press sequence thing?

Comment by Oggy posted on Debug mode on K20D - works nicely at 04/01/2010 - 23:04

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I have heard mixed reports of the Simply Electronics customer experience. Worth a Google.

Comment by Oggy posted on Pentax 70mm F2.4 limited for £344 at 03/01/2010 - 21:39

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Is that the new WR by any chance?

Comment by Oggy posted on 100 macro at 03/01/2010 - 21:28

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If however you rely on the forum software to re-size your pictures, the IQ may suffer. Most commonly you would get aliasing (near vertical or horizontal lines develop a staircase appearance). It is better to use your own software to reduce your pictures to 800 pixels or less wide.

Comment by Oggy posted on save for the web at 03/01/2010 - 21:26

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Greytop wrote:
Not wanting to start a debate about LCD-v-Plasma but to my eye a good quality Plasma (Panasonic / Pioneer) has a much more natural look and still handles black levels and motion better than an LCD screen. LCDs are certainly getting better though.

I think Mike meant that a 'Plasma' screen physically is tougher than LCD
OTOH, most use a lot more power.

Comment by Oggy posted on YOUR CHOICE ? at 03/01/2010 - 11:39

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