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    Fake Britain bbc1

    I thought the feature was pretty misleading and obviously biased towards discouraging punters from buying grey imports. If you don't already know the deal with these products, here is a more balanced article from the Guardian...
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    Olympus test and wow - help!

    Thanks: That's a useful link. I've just taken delivery of an E-M1 MKII so hopefully the nice little diagrams explaining the AF settings will help with those elusive birds in flight :)
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    RODE Video Mic Pro

    You can download a 30 day trial here http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegassoftware I downloaded and then bought the Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 Production Suite from Amazon for £34. Some people seem to have issues with it crashing, but it's worked a treat for me and is an absolute...
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    Robin snatched

    Yep, had a Siskin taken clean off our niger feeder yesterday, despite it being right up against dense cover. Our local Sparrowhawk makes a run through our garden a couple of times a day this time of year, the feeding station is a serve yourself buffet for him. Having said that he does miss the...
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    Short Eared Owls at ?????

    It's an interesting topic this. I now hear more and more that Birders are supressing rare bird sightings to try and avoid irresponsible twitchers descending on their local patch. Even more than birding, photographers tend to be more demanding of close up views, and this combined with...
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    Photobox A3 Wall Calendar review

    Well it's the first time I've ordered a wall calendar, so I can't really offer a comparison with other vendors, but I thought I'd post a quick review as I'm very pleased with the calendars I've just received from Photobox. I ordered 5 A3 wall calendars as a gift for various family members and...
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    Aluminium print experience please

    I spent last night comparing options for direct printing on aluminium and came down to whitewall and print lounge. I've ordered from whitewall mainly due to the very large price difference, with whitewall coming in at half the price for their direct print on aluminium 30" x 20" at £75 inc...
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    Phil The Ranger (Cannock Chase)

    I used to bump into him regularly when I was digiscoping at Brocton Coppice some years ago, a real character. RIP
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