Recent content by lazaroonie

you could consider a 12inch lenovo x series. i think the x201 is the current model. core i5 CPU, 4gb ram, HD graphics..lovely

Thought i would start this thread, to try and gather some helpful local advice when visiting lanscape locations - good places to shoot, park, walk etc. Like a mini database Easy one to start with - Glenfinnan Viaduct Take the A82 to fort william, and then the A830 for Mallaig (the road...

i love advice like this. i often go out in the car and drive around 'scenic' places looking for somewhere to stop and take some shots. and quite often fail. maybe im just lazy, but its great when you can get exact details of specific spots. maybe we could maintain a thread of such locations

just wondering if anyone has come across this product before, from maplin, and how it might compare to the other neg scanners out there http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=228759&source=1

I am coming to the conclusion that to be any kind of decent digital photographer these days that a decent understanding of photoshop is essential. with this is mind i have decided to teach myself.. I am extremely computer and IT literate (20 years in the business), so new software etc holds...

recently got back into film, and shot a roll of FP4 which I took to a local specialist here in the US. Got some prints back, and they all look great. He offered a negative scanning service for an extra few quid, which i took him up on. problem is, the pics on the CD look terrible. an example...

dixons airport shops are not duty free - they are called 'tax free' but basically just sell discounted goods.

it is also quite a heavy lens which balances well with the weight of the 40d.

of course you need to make a distinction between what is 'web design' and what is actually 'application development'. If you are going down the route of develping webapps, then this is much more involved than just a bit of html and javascript - you have database design, UI design, functional...

looking at some batteries for my 400d, and there seems to be 3 categories : canon originals which most expensive, about 60 quid other manufacturers , eg calumet, hahnel etc about 30 quid real cheapies - about 10 quid. is there much difference in the quality of these ?

i got a photobook printed from kodak, and the picture quality was faultless. even better was the incredible turnaround time - i created the book on their website at 11pm last wednesday night, and the postman delivered them at 10am on the friday (less than two days)

thanks for the suggestions. i will let you know where i end up

as luck would have it (ha) I am going to be around nottingham at the weekend with quite a lot of time to kill. i will have my car, so would be interested in hearing of any interesting landscape locations within about a half hour drive....

i am suprised the majority of the talk is about the high ISO, when IMHO the main feature of this hack is being able to enable spot metering

in my opinion (not worth much) then would seriously think about whether you will use the long end of this lens very much - i am thinking that on holiday it will be more likely people shots and wide(ie landscape) work. the reason I say this, is that these type of 'super zoom' lenses will...