I bet you never thought all those years ago that you'd be a flasher by the time you reached 40, Mark??!!..

Happy birthday anyway!!

I'm assuming all's well now, Chris??

Weren't Hoya Corporation taken over by Pentax a few years ago??

An alternative to resizing the canvas would be to open this file in Picasa/Windows Pictures (I'm assuming you mean Windows Live Photo Gallery?), and look for RESIZE in whichever program. You can either:

(A) change the pixel size (from 4000 x 3000 to 600 x 400, for example)
(B) change the canvas size (generally, this "crops" the image)
(C) change the DPI's (if it currently reads 2400dpi, as you suggest, change it to 72/96dpi instead)

Personally, I'd recommend option C.

Me and the missus prefer KY Jelly, Bernard!

BIKER - how big is the file you're trying to open (Mb's)..? Try opening the file in another program (Paint.net, for example), then resize the CANVAS SIZE. Usually, a jpeg measuring 4000 x 3000 pixels will have a canvas size of around 40 inches x 30 inches (or thereabouts) at 72dpi. Typically, a jpeg as I described here would be around 3-4Mb in size, but if it's the dpi in your image that measures 2400 dpi, this would make the file size something like 120-150 Mb!!

Turn both filters onto their edge, then drip some WD40 between to loosen the threads. Once they've been separated, wash in warm soapy water, then dry thoroughly.

At long last, HDNL have delivered my lens from PIXMania! Surprisingly, it wasn't damaged!!

Cheers, guys!!.. I think I'm bedding-in quite nicely here!!

Not a regular subscriber to camera mags, although I tend to buy any decent mag with good photoshop tips and projects. I find that my regular subscriptions to Razzle and Readers Wives helps me to hone my skills in preparation for the day when I'm asked to take some glamour shots of somebody's granny!!.. Cough, cough!!: