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I answered No, I look forward to my hard copy through the post. I spend all day looking at a computer screen for work, look at a computer screen to process photos, look at a computer screen viewing this forum, its nice to occasionally have a break from a screen mouse and keyboard. The hard copy magazine fulfils this perfectly, please keep it in its current format.

Comment by pete posted on Pentax User on PDF at 05/03/2010 - 22:58

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You MUST visit Dimbola lodge in Freshwater. A walk to the top of Tennyson Down will give some spectacular views along the coast back toward Compton and Brook. Yarmouth castle is also worth a look. Take the bus tour to the needles that way you wont have to pay the £4 to park and you get dropped off at the old battery. The ticket lasts for 24hrs and is well worth the money. Explore some of the chines too, micro habitats that support wildlife not found in other places.
Two weeks is not enough, oh and another place worth a visit is Ventnor botanical gardens, take the path down to steephill cove for a top Crab sandwich and some great photo opportunities.

Comment by pete posted on IoW recommendations please at 20/02/2010 - 22:14

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Comment by pete posted on Found this online and thought it was unfair at 16/02/2010 - 23:03

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Quote:
I used a DA50-300 at F5.6, ISO 200 at 1/1250
Itried some shots of this but the metering would only give me a max shutter speed of 1/90 sec at f5.6 using a Sigma 55-200. The image prduced was blown out with no detail. How did you get such a fast Shutter speed? and such a crisp image?

Comment by pete posted on Heads Up for Star Gazzers at 31/01/2010 - 22:25

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Thats it exactly, found out they are called macro couplers. About a fiver to buy I think. Will give it a go I think.

Comment by pete posted on Adapter ring at 21/01/2010 - 22:32

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Forgive me if this has been posted before but I seem to recall an adapter ring that you could attach to say the front of a prime lens and then reverse attach another lens to the same adapter. The advantage was that you retained the coupling on the first lens but gained macro by reversing the second lens. Or am I getting mixed up?

Comment by pete posted on Adapter ring at 21/01/2010 - 22:16

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Try this link.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/digitalcameras/?p=137
I think the software they refer to is free, but i haven't used it myself....yet

Comment by pete posted on finding deleated pictures on your HDD at 06/01/2010 - 22:28

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Thank you very much Graham. I will now do some test shots. might even post the results on here

Comment by pete posted on Advice at 05/01/2010 - 21:16

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I have one of these http://www.adaptall-2.com/lenses/103A.html
Now the manual says use it set at F32 for A setting equivalent. So does this mean that i have to enable aperture ring use in the menu or not?
Also I have a Vivitar MC teleconverter 2x PK-A/R-PK. Does the use of this need the aperture ring setting altering too.
Finally does anyone have any experience of using tele converters? Do they have much impact on image quality?
Many Thanks

Comment by pete posted on Advice at 04/01/2010 - 20:56

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