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    Beginner back up on the go

    Bought the transcend otg reader..just swapped files back and forth between a sd card and usb stick..works a treat..could be best £9 ive spent in a while Thanks for the tip Just need to get a bigger usb stick and im all set up
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    Beginner back up on the go

    Can i transfer from sd card to usb stick using this? If so it might be a winner
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    Beginner back up on the go

    Im wanting something that i can back up my jpegs and raw files whilst im travelling Dont want to take a laptop/netbook, ideally some form of small battery powered hard drive The product im most interested in is the sandisk media drive as it seems to offer me the option to insert my sd card into...
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    time for a new pc?

    My current desktop is about 5yrs old now and i'm debating whether its time for a new one My main useage is Photoshop elements with other basic computing tasks My current set up had a core i5-750 6gb ram and a 500gb hd Im looking at possibly a i5-6400 with 16gb ram a 120gb ssd and 500gb...
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    pictures in bathroom

    thinking of putting some pictures on the wall in my bathroom worried a bit about condensation any tips on what format works best in this environment - canvas/frames prints ?? THANKS
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    Recommend me a book

    i was in a similar position 6 months ago and can give a big thumbs up for 'Collins complete photography course' about £10 on Amazon covers all aspects of photography and has projects at the end of each chapter to get you out there and practice have also read 'Digital photography book' by...
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    Sketches Dewsbury

    Just want to give a big thumbs up for Sketches in Dewsbury I wanted to get some canvases printed for xmas presents and decided to try a local store instead of the internet Good price Good quality canvases V helpful staff - the guy even 'photoshopped' my image for me so it fitted the canvas...
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    kata 123 or 3n1

    i believe the 3n1 is an upmarket version of the 123 go does anyone know the differences as i've seen a cheap 321go-30 thanks
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    nd filters and light craft workshop

    i'm tempted by a 10stop b+w filter and a 0.9 as you've mentioned but can't really justify buying both straight away - which would be my best 1st purchase to start experimenting with long daylight exposures
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    nd filters and light craft workshop

    thanks for the link the lightcraft doesn't seem to get that good a rating so can someone give me an idea of what value of fixed ND filter would give what level of shutter time increase cheers
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    nd filters and light craft workshop

    i'm looking at getting some form of ND filter to enable longer shutter speeds in daylight conditions firstly i'm not sure how many 'stops' i would need i'm looking at photographing windmills in daylight/rivers/sea etc so i guess i would like the ability to expose for upto approx 5 secs ...
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    photoshop elements books

    i'm just about to get a copy of photoshop elements(prob latest version 9) and would like to also get a book to help me use it i'm a relative beginner with image editing software, i've messes around with gimp only i've previously used adobe elements for video editing and got pretty efficient...
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    cicular polariser

    i've just got my 1st polarising filter and just wanted to know some basics does rotating the filter have any effect or is it a fixed polarising 'amount'
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    photoshop elements 7 v 8

    as the title asks is there much difference between these versions i'm a total novice and have only played with GIMP briefly before i've seen version 7 cheap or as part of a Bamboo pen+touch deal thanks
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    PENTAX?

    i'd read the recent thread by justa1972 titled 'about to splash £450 on a Pentax K-x..should i?' to summarise; everyone on here has there preferred brand and for the majority of people thats Canon and Nikon who are undeniably the market leaders but if you like the look/feel/value of the K-x...
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