Recent content by bolide

I mentioned the requirement for a FAT / NTFS format for a specific reason: if you want to dump a lot of files to a NAS in one easy hit it'd be nice to be able to plug it in directly and make the copy. That won't work if your files are on a Macintosh-formatted drive Nick Froome

Thanks for that. I found a Manfrotto kit up at Park Cameras that didn't break the bank. The Avenger is a Manfrotto part as well Anyone looking for camera mounts using suction cups should have a look at the DogCamSport website - they have a good selection Nick Froome

None of the NAS drives I've seen support this. The USB port is usually to attach external FAT-formatted drives IMHO a NAS is a poor solution for a setup with one computer Nick Froome

I've seen dozens of failed La Cie drives, but most were power supply failures on the old metal-cased Firewire drives. Bottom line is that all drives fail, you just need to keep backups and replace drives when the warranty expires I bought some Buffalo USB2 drives earlier in the year. They were...

If you use one Mac to work on files I'd use an external drive for your work files. I have traditionally always used Firewire, because it's fast and the drives can be daisy-chained, but have moved to USB 3 Using an external drive means you can forget about iSCSI, AFP, SMB, Ethernet & everything...

I have a couple of Avenger suction cups with the fixed 5/8" pin. I want to use one to attach a camera inside a car. I've tried using a superclamp to grab the pin but it tends to rotate round it. The pin is not the right shape for the socket on the super clamp Any suggestions on the simplest...

Sorry, I didn't read & understand your post completely. Using Apple-I works in Preview but the image needs to be on your machine In Safari it's easiest to drag the image to your desktop, double-click it to open it in Preview and hit Apple-I. You can also right-click it and use Save As to save...

Buy another D300. I have two D300S Nikons and love the way I can pick up either body and they're just the same. It also means you can carry two cameras and swop between them without having to think Nick Froome

Open the image in Preview and hit Apple-I to Get Info. This will show the EXIF data in a More Info window Nick Froome

I had the same with the Argus in Brighton. I emailed a photo to the picture editor who asked whether "He could assume it was free to use?" When I said no I got no reply I was very tempted to email him to tell him not to go into work next week as the paper had found someone to do his job for...

I'd keep the Ashtray till it breaks expensively. Bangernomics is where it's at nowadays - pay as little as possible and throw it away when it's done Cars rarely, if ever, return any money so why borrow to finance depreciation? Nick Froome

It has all those - but I don't know what a patch tool is. It's similar to an older version of PS without CMYK and without extensive scripting functions I think it's worth every penny Nick Froome

The 17-55 will be perfect for paddock / pits but maybe a tad short for the hairpin unless you can get in close. It's still what I'd choose anyway as it's so flexible and it focusses so fast Nick Froome