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    Thunderbird / Gmail / widows issue

    my googling found a few threads with the same issue. The solution appears to be to enable cookies. eg: View: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbird/comments/15tgopz/trouble_with_thunderbird_with_gmail_accounts/ or https://support.mozilla.org/bm/questions/1421490 That said, I use thunderbird...
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    Printer for B&W?

    I had assumed that my printer only used dithering to get greyscales (when set to "greyscale printing" in the driver). This was re-inforced by the fact the driver has a manual colour balance option in colour mode but only allows brightness and contrast is greyscale mode. So no way of adjusting...
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    Printer for B&W?

    If you think about the white issue, it is the same with a colour printer. ie none of the CMY colours combine to make white, only black ;) White is the absence of ink on nearly all printers I think. From what I understand (and I am also far from an expert) printers having grey inks is just so...
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    Printer for B&W?

    Don't the cheaper Canon printers allow use of black ink only? I think my ip3600 has both a pigmented and dye black ink and has a "grayscale" option in the driver. I have not tried it for b&w photos though.
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    Is it worth moving from Fuji to Olympus just for Macro Photography?

    Yes to all that. There are plenty on youtube using the em1mk2+60mm+V350o flash to very good effect. eg https://www.youtube.com/@JamieSpensley
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    Is it worth moving from Fuji to Olympus just for Macro Photography?

    Yes. I cannot be sure about every camera system but, based on how it all works, I believe that is correct.
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    Is it worth moving from Fuji to Olympus just for Macro Photography?

    To be clear, you can manually focus bracket with any lens. However you cannot use the in camera bracketting (or stacking) unless it is an auto focus lens. On the olympus I had a feeling in camera stacking requires specific lenses as well although I could be wrong about that.
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    Is it worth moving from Fuji to Olympus just for Macro Photography?

    btw. If you want to see what can be done with a very basic camera setup then have a look at Thomas Shahan's flikr page https://www.flickr.com/photos/opoterser/ and the video he did.... View: https://youtu.be/qmMcCjEU68Y?si=XNO8rGy5yhG8KIha
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    Is it worth moving from Fuji to Olympus just for Macro Photography?

    I would count myself as a beginner to macro work. However I would say learning to do basic macro stuff (ie single shot, not stacked) is the same regardless of camera. I am not sure I see how the Oly setup would really make it easier. Yes, you will get more depth of field but initially you want...
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    Is it worth moving from Fuji to Olympus just for Macro Photography?

    fwiw, I have a em1mk2. Coming from older nikons I do find the menu system a bit of a pain. Not complicated but there are so many settings it takes a while to remember where everything is. I would say it is worth persevering though as, once you have it set up how you want you are unlikely to need...
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    M1mk2 manual mode exposure compensation?

    I am still trying to get to grips with my EM1mk2 and it's controls. Something I have not sussed yet is how to set it up to be able to quickly do exposure compension when in manual mode (with auto ISO). Front and rear dials are for aperture and shutter so how best to get to exposure compensation...
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    Any dog experts?

    If the ears thing is only when your wife is around then I would say it is behavioural. I am no expert (although do have a cocker with similar issues) but I think the dog is stressed when your wife is around because it does not have clear boundaries. Our cocker does similar things. Relaxed and...
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    Beginner Looking for my first DLSR

    I disagree quite strongly with that first bit. I have a D300, a D700 and D7100. Since I got a micro 4/3 for when I want something lightweight I have not used the D7100. If MP was important it would have been the D300 sitting in the drawer. Don't get me wrong, I would not have got this picture...
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    Burglars and human rights

    So what your suggesting is thieves should also be fair, reasonable people who uphold proper social values? :LOL:
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    Folling on from the Crufts German Shepherd thread

    By that I take it you mean I have no experience of a "real" GSD or seen one at a show? You are wrong. still, I have had my say and you don't appear to want to respond to the points I (or anyone else) made so I'll bow out of this thread now before things get too personal.
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