Shoot RAW and do everything else on a calibrated screen, you get the exact result you want.

Yes, sorry about that... A typo of sorts, it should say I'd.

The reason I don't shoot JPEG. I'll keep everything and shoot a lot more without thinking anywhere near as much.

If you have the space to keep all those RAW images it is fine. I have a notebook, all be it with 2 100GB hard disks but the space fills up fast. I've got a 300GB back up drive but always like a total of 3 copies of my data (one on each internal disk and one on the external, which I share with my OH).

I have 400 keepers total and probably 30-50 of which I think are quite good. The other 350 have a few duplicates, nice shots that are not up to scratch and bits that I've done for fun. Oh, and 26 of them are test chart shots when I was testing my 50-200 and other lenses.

To keep it:

Good shot (well composed, good light, good subject)

Snapshot (I don't take many of these)

Personal interest (many are of something I found interesting but are not really that good a shot)

I can see cells!!! Not well resolved, but definitely there. Cells in bulbs tend to be quite large as they store a lot.




The cell walls are only just resolved and rather badly at that but, they are visible. This is a 100% crop. It is actually easier to see the detail at 1/4 resolution.

You are not getting this magnification thing

I've got a whole lot more pics up now...

Two of the same thing:









Something else:








They get harder:








And the last of this lot:








If you get fed up with guessing you can look at the titles in my gallery.

I don't have any duck tape

I don't even have a toolbox!

Just random bits and pieces and some computer tools

If anyone is interested in seeing the macro adapter contraption:










Coupling rings would be so much easier...

I found a ruler, so I can now work out the total magnification

Lets see... The K10D's sensor is 23.5mm x 15.7mm and the picture below is 2mm top to bottom.




15.7/2 = 7.85

7.85x magnification!