Recent content by John Marshall

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    Hip Arthoscopy/severe labral tear

    Hi, My sympathy. My wife has had a total knee replacement 9 months ago and cannot sleep more than 2 hours a night. We have tried many different pain killers / sleeping pills all of which cause more trouble than not using them. At the moment she is suffering cold turkey coming off tramadol. She...
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    5DmkII another price drop - whats happening?

    This will show you how to check the age of your lens John http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Lenses/Canon-Lens-Aging.aspx
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    Which macro lens for Canon 400D

    The magazine "photoplus" canon edition has an article on 16 macro lenses in the July issue John
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    Elements 8 Layers

    Hi, Do you mean the layers pallet? To move it around the screen I left mouse click on the grey bar at the side of the word Layers and drag it to the position I want. John
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    HELP... kill me for stupidity

    Hi Can you do a system restore, this will put the PC back to an time before the software ran out John
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    what's this 'ere hole for then..?

    I think the strap has a screw that fits there and the other end hooks around the feet John
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    A question from a novice

    Hi, Your camera has a built in flash as you will have seen. This is fine for a bit of fill in light when shooting in bright contrasty light. It may give you flat lighting if you use it as your only light though. A lot depends on your subject, you will be able to take good photographs by...
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    How do i create several differing exposures from the same RAW file?

    Hi, Try this. Open image with camera raw move the exposure slider to the left to darken open image, this takes you to Elements file save as, call it "dark" Open image with camera raw move the exposure slider to the right to lighen open image, this takes you to Elements file save as...
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    complete beginner please help !!!

    Hi Photoshop 5 Cropped, levels, new layer with oval select and white fill. Let me know what you think. John
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    Canon 50d

    Hi, Try this site http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/cat1.html John
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    What do you recommend?

    Hi, Have a good look at this review. http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/nikon-coolpix-p90/4505-6501_7-33520041.html?tag=txt%3bpage My worry about this type of camera is the delay between pressing the shutter button and the camera shutter opening. My old P&S camera took so long...
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    What do you recommend?

    Hi, Try a seconhand Canon 300d http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Canon-EOS-300D-Camera-Body-EF-18-55mm-f-3-5-4-5-Lens_W0QQitemZ180442843644QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CamerasPhoto_DigitalCameras_DigitalCameras_JN?hash=item2a033b49fc or...
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    White Backdrop - flash is always to bright or too dark

    Hi, Have a look through this site, it should help. John http://www.lumitouch.com/benstudiotutorial/
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    auto cropping in photoshop to get correct size?

    Hi, When you select the crop tool the options box is visible at the top. Select one of the preset sizes or type new ones in the boxes. To swap the sizes 8"x10" to 10"x8" click the double arrows John
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    Help a Technically Challenged Photographer?

    Hi Do you want to go digital? Is there a digital body that will take the lenes that you already have? John
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