I found this link on the internet. It allows the viewer to zoom right in on any one of about 60,000 individuals who attended last Wednesday's Celtic v's Barcelona game - with amazing clarity!! It made me wonder how close (or far away) we are to seeing a camera available to the mass market that offers this level of detail.

PS: for anyone still wondering how Celtic pulled off a 2-1 scoreline, it may have something to do with having 2 Victor Wanyama's on the pitch!! (he's the Kenyan guy with number 67 on his shirt!!)

I'd better not let the wife see this particular thread, otherwise it will be festooned with photos of Thai food!! Every time she cooks me a meal, I'm not allowed to eat it until she practically fills a 64Gb memory card!!

I've tried explaining the Western tradition of simply saying Grace, but since she's a Buddhist, it probably goes right over her head!!

I've never shot food myself, but i've seen tips such as lightly spraying a freshly-cut BLT sandwich with fine droplets of water, so as to make it more appealing. Certainly, we've come a long way since the 70's, when the Woolworths cafeteria had light-faded picures of fish and chips with some kind of herb tucked in neatly on the plate, and the obligatory slice of lemon balanced on top of the fish!!

I'd need to have a serious dig through all my files!! If I can find the cd's, I might re-visit the best photos, and do some PP on them. Whilst it's freezing outside during the winter months, I'll have something to occupy my time, although I dare say my wife won't be best pleased that I'm being a bit neglectful!!

Quite a few years ago, a "friend" asked me to take his wedding photos. He was made aware that I was (and still am) an enthusiastic amateur, so not to expect anything that was even remotely on a level with a pro photographer, and we proceeded on that basis. Since he and his prospective wife were on a tight budget, I was only too happy to take the photos as my wedding gift to them both. I thought I'd done not too bad a job with my Pentax SFX 35mm, and had ran off a few rolls of Kodak's Ektar film, and Fuji Velvia for the portraits of the bride, groom, and the bridesmaids. When I showed them the photos, my so-called "friend" went off on one about the quality of the work - I think if he'd got Patrick Lichfield to take them, he'd have picked fault. That severely dented my self-confidence, and questioned my own abilities with a camera, so it's fair to say that I will not be in any hurry to repeat the experience! I can only take my hat off to the guys that do wedding photography for a living - some of the demands upon them can be quite scary!!

Having said that - when I moved away from living in Maidenhead, the cheeky so-and-so's asked me to "give" them the cd-roms of the photos!! In response, they got an abridged quotation from the Holy Bible - you know the one, about "go forth and multiply".. I think you get the idea!

I'll stick to trying my hand at landscape and architecture - at least buildings don't complain although, according to Windsor Davies and Don Estelle, grass has a tendency to whisper quite a bit!

Quite simply, when you save a file on a pc (I have no experience of Mac's), the file is suffixed according to the file type, so if you manipulate a file then save it, the file type should remain " as is" unless you are offered an option to " save as". When you use this function, you are usually presented with compatible file types - images will be offered up as " save as" jpeg, tiff,dng,png, etcetera. Usually, some piece of software will be involved in the conversion process.

If not, maybe Vic can sell you some that makes you look like Rosemary Clooney?!!

I might be proved wrong, Horst... But, although a computer recognises the camera as a "mass storage device" when it is cable-connected, all the pair "sees" is the memory card, and any images stored on the camera's internal memory. The settings will be hidden to avoid people "experimenting" on the fly, and rewriting any amended data back to the camera in case it buggers the whole thing up. That's not to say it can't be done, but my guess is that only Pentax engineers (or others authorised to conduct Pentax repairs) will have access to a specialised piece of software that "unhides" these settings.

I feel that it's always worthwhile upgrading firmware to the most current version. These updates are designed to eliminate any "faults" that were inherent in the original firmware, much like the updates that Microsoft, etc release to patch security flaws, improve program speed, memory issues, etc.

Generally, these firmware upgrades are cumulative, so the latest version will not only have GPS performance improvements, but the other firmware updates too.

This image suggests to me that it's probably intended to represent aspects of the legal profession, perhaps a publicity shot for a firm of solicitors, to use in promotional literature.

The encyclopaedias imply a "fountain of knowledge", whilst the skull (the upper cranium) implies a readily-accessible "storage medium" for that knowledge, The gavel, pure and simple, implies the connection with the legal profession.

Slightly off-topic... I'd never heard of ENELOOPS before, until now. I had a look on Amazon for the batteries and charger, and was struck dumb (if that's possible!! ) by the price variance!! One site listed 4 Sanyo AA's plus charger at around £42, but I've just placed an order for precisely the same item for £12.69!!!