Recent content by clive

thanks for the help everyone think i might have a look at infinity it sounds a good option.

when i log in to my account it wont let me use my licence key to make the trial version i have downloaded a full version i think it says no longer supported or something like that.

having bought a new pc i cant reinstall the latest version of lightroom because originally i paid a one off price for the software what adobe now charge is too much for me i dont do enough to warant paying all that on a monthly basis. is there something else that would suit my needs for less...

thanks for the replies guys looks like 64 bit it is will try and find someone who can lend me a 64 bit disk.

im getting a new desktop pc a all singing all dancing job with 8gb of ram now i already have the instalation disk for windows 7 premium 32 bit version will this be ok for image editing using lightroom 5 or would there be any benefit in getting the 64 bit one.

my epson r8oo is about knackered im thinking of changing to a canon has im fed up of blocked print nozzles every time i come to use the epson just fetched it back from being serviced and low and behold its still blocked going to speak to the engineer tommorow but to be honest ive had enough of...

how do i find out just how sharp a new lens is ie do i switch in camera sharpening off and shoot in raw/tripod mount just wondered what the best way is to do it before i go playing with my new toy its a tokina 11mm-16mm f2.8 btw.

this was in apperture priority on board flash was down going out today to try again both in manual and apperture mode.

been following this thread with interest and reading the above i to have found on my d300 that the shutter speed will go lower than the minimum i have set can this be put right so the camera only goes as low as the minimum set or should you just switch to manual mode.

for xmas my wife has bought me a sigma 120-400mm lens which im hoping to use for bird photography what i wanted to know is what would be good settings for a starting point ie if selecting apperture priority would i need to select auto for the iso settings or is it better to select shutter...

thanks guys big help that.

when i put an image on the forum it appears soft even though it is sharp enough on my monitor. i am using photobucket and when i upload to there i resize the image to the largest size i canand then save it do i need to sharpen again after resizing im sure someone can put me right. thanks in...

thanks photon will check them out.

im lead to beleive the p series wont work because it causes vignetting if ive spelt it right. hence why you need the pro series which is a lot more money.

since buying a sigma wide angle 10-20mm i have found that i cant buy a cokin standard 82mm ring to fit the filter holder on. you have to buy their pro ring and holder which is about £100. does anyone know of a cheaper alternative.