Recent content by welshwizard645

I assume you are talking about PDIs rather than prints... Our club rules are max 1600 width 1200 height, but if your image is 3:ratio you have an image that is 1600X1067 landscape or 1200x800 portrait. Although my PC profile is Adobe RGB, club specifies sRGB. Image quality is max 12. ppi...

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Completely new process for entry into India now, my eVisa was less than £10. Sailed through the airport immigration.... It's a good idea when flying to Bhutan, enter via Kolkata. Your first experience of Bhutan is a very short stop in Gelephu - 'Mindfulness City' another one of the King's...

Driving behind a very nice black BMW M840i into Bracknell this morning. Aftermarket BMW roundel on bootlid - red and black rather than white and blue - that did not affect me, but it was not level, not quite 1 degree out but enough to trigger OCD. Just like C H E R Y badges on Tiggo8s. Not...

I keep buying rolls of Velvia, Provia and E100 at £28-30 each to store in my fridge thinking they are a bargain (while I can still get them). Then I think £30!! but then I factor in how much other prices have risen (plus wages) and the £4-5 per roll I paid when I was a struggling student...

Free RawShooter was called 'Essentials', it was software I used religiously when it was free, prior to LightRoom. Will be interesting to see how Topaz apps get assimilated into Adobe, I did but a one-off licence for denoise (which I still use) but resisted going for the subscription model of...

Definitely not in the hold luggage, should be carry on only. Some airlines are limiting how many batteries you can take on board (how they enforce that I don't know), latest directive I've heard is that you are not allowed to use your lithium power banks on board aircraft.

I always buy region specific power cords from Amazon before I travel, so I have a selection at home for Europe (which covers most of the globe) UK/Ireland and N&S America... no need for adaptors....

I use it a lot too, but not always infallable - it didn't recognise my Yellow-breasted Bunting in Bhutan, Bird ID did. I guess because I put the location as Thimphu it just didn't compute as I had registered only the second ever sighting of the bird in the country. Google is usually quite good...

I had a bit of a lucky escape with my Z8 plus 80-400G... Been using it on and off at the weekends and so it was left on the floor of my study until Sunday when I put the camera and lens safely away. Monday, our roofers arrive to replace our tiles and they start at the back of the house, no...

I'd probably go further back than that given in a recent camera club competition one of the winning entries was taken on a Pentax *istD (all 6MP of it).

I have a crop sensor D500, and 2 full-frame Nikons - D850 and Z8. Plus a Pentax K-1. If you do action or wildlife stick with crop; despite my 3 full-frames the D500 gets most use. If you are into anything needing wide-angle or to pixel peep landscape, architecture or portraits for example...

In my opinion no. My other half couldn't get on with hers and has resorted to a 2nd hand EF 100-400 EF Mk2.

Entry into India is so much easier now in 2026 than it was in 2025 with the new e-Visa, we sailed through Immigration in Dehli, whereas in Hyderabad it was quite an ordeal...

When I was learning to dive in the mid-80s my diving instructor always left her keys in the ignition of her car, unlocked, in the middle of Peterborough city..... She was desperate to get rid of her Lada. As for keyless cars, my opinion is that if you park your car, which has the feature, on...