Just had some good news..my winning entry into the Trinity House 2010 Calendar Competition has been chosen as "Best overall winning entry", it's on the December 2010 calendar page as well as the front cover, to make it even better I get a free 3 night stay in a Trinity House property. Really pleased with the news as it's one of the first competitions I've entered. Here's the winning shot...

Simon

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With SD cards so cheap now it's certainly possible to use them as backup - I play double safe & carry several 4GB cards which I backup to the Netbook and then leave the images on the SD card too, only deleting them once they're on my PC

Simon

Good point...only just realised my location was completed too, must admit I thought it had been displayed ???

Simon

I've visited Newark on Trent many times to see relatives...I'm pretty certain it won't be seen as "poncy"

Simon

I've tried several different solutions over the past year or two....

Portable DVD burner, Portable storage device and now a Lenovo Netbook

For me the Netbook is by far the best solution, not only does it provide a large amount of backup capacity, it also runs Photoshop and with a mobile broadband USB stick allows access to email and the WWW whilst away, great for researching tourist attractions/places to visit or anything else you might want info on.

Simon

Terrific reflections and great sky in shot 2 especially - very nice series

simon

The bodies are slightly different, mainly around the grip - Cedric prefers the Pentax but personally I much preferred the Samsung so it's useful to try them both if you get the chance - if not this is a minor thing and isn't a deal breaker anyway

With the menu systems you'll get used to either one very quickly

simon

Fair enough Matt, I see your point...I was thinking more about the OPs printer though, the px700w - this has dedicated ICC profiles so probably the best approach would be to set-up the profiles through Photoshop and turn off printer management - I don't think this model would benefit from Argb. I own a Canon all-in-one (MP540)and initially tried Argb but wasn't happy with the results, a switch to Srgb definitely improved print quality.

Unfortunately colour management isn't the simplest thing to understand/set-up and the virtues of Srgb vs Argb etc seem to be under constant debate. Argb it seems has advantages for high-end/pro printing but if not used correctly can have obviously negative effects on prints - it just seems to me for "normal" use it's simpler & safer to go with Srgb

Simon

Me either...very useful

thanks

Simon

Hi Caz,

I've just bought the same lens for my K20D..very good it is too.

BTW - generally you're best keeping the SR turned ON

simon