Recent content by gidge

thanks guys, I appreciate all your replies. The camera goes. Hurrah !

it looks like I'm taking it then guys - thanks for the push. I have normal travel insurance cover. I'll check out what it covers me for but I'm guessing I'll need specialist cover for my equipment. Any advice on that ?

I guess you think I should take my camera Aberal ! If I do take it, I 'd be taking just my 18-200, nothing else. The thing that worries me is I've heard about them actually cutting straps and running off with your gear. I like the idea of wrapping my strap around my wrist though. Thanks for...

D80, same as you.

Hi, I'm off to Barcelona for a few days this week and I'm still deliberating on this. I'd love to take my camera but I've heard so many horror stories, I'm so unsure what to do. Opinions anyone ? Also, any idea if my normal travel insurance would cover me if it was stolen ? thanks...

thanks for the answers. I might try something other than Flickr. Do you have any suggestions ?

Hi, I'm very new here and pretty new to digital photography. I've been lurking for a while but haven't posted much. I've just added in an entry to the POTY competition but I'm confused by the size of the image. The rules say I can upload a photograph of up to 1000 pixels. I saved mine as 1000...

Area : Durham Sex : Male Age : 44 Types of photography : Any (I'm a novice) Photography dislikes : None Short notice? : probably not Weekends or Weekdays : Weekends Day or Night : day Can travel : Yes Has car : Yes

Hi, I'm new to this digital photography lark. I was hoping to mess about in Photoshop with a photograph I took this morning but am getting an error when I try to open up Photoshop - "An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format". It then directs me out of Photoshop. I've...

that's exactly it. Thank you very much.

thanks for the reply but I have mine set to have the full menu's displayed, so I don't think it is that.

Just wondering if anyone can give me the answer on this. I've just bought the Nikon D80 as my first dSLR and was wanting access to the 'Optimize image' menu on the 'Shooting Menu'. However, it's greyed out and when I try to go into it, I get the message 'This option is not available with current...