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    Recommendation please for a small laptop to run CS4 while on my holidays - Now sorted

    you could consider a 12inch lenovo x series. i think the x201 is the current model. core i5 CPU, 4gb ram, HD graphics..lovely
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    Landscape Locations

    Thought i would start this thread, to try and gather some helpful local advice when visiting lanscape locations - good places to shoot, park, walk etc. Like a mini database Easy one to start with - Glenfinnan Viaduct Take the A82 to fort william, and then the A830 for Mallaig (the road...
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    neg scanner

    just wondering if anyone has come across this product before, from maplin, and how it might compare to the other neg scanners out there http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=228759&source=1
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    teach yourself photoshop ?

    I am coming to the conclusion that to be any kind of decent digital photographer these days that a decent understanding of photoshop is essential. with this is mind i have decided to teach myself.. I am extremely computer and IT literate (20 years in the business), so new software etc holds...
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    35mm neg scanning

    recently got back into film, and shot a roll of FP4 which I took to a local specialist here in the US. Got some prints back, and they all look great. He offered a negative scanning service for an extra few quid, which i took him up on. problem is, the pics on the CD look terrible. an example...
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    Rules on Duty Free purchase

    dixons airport shops are not duty free - they are called 'tax free' but basically just sell discounted goods.
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    Best lens to start with

    it is also quite a heavy lens which balances well with the weight of the 40d.
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    Web Design Courses

    of course you need to make a distinction between what is 'web design' and what is actually 'application development'. If you are going down the route of develping webapps, then this is much more involved than just a bit of html and javascript - you have database design, UI design, functional...
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    canon batteries

    looking at some batteries for my 400d, and there seems to be 3 categories : canon originals which most expensive, about 60 quid other manufacturers , eg calumet, hahnel etc about 30 quid real cheapies - about 10 quid. is there much difference in the quality of these ?
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    Review Hardback photo-book from Apple

    i got a photobook printed from kodak, and the picture quality was faultless. even better was the incredible turnaround time - i created the book on their website at 11pm last wednesday night, and the postman delivered them at 10am on the friday (less than two days)
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    nottingham

    thanks for the suggestions. i will let you know where i end up
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    nottingham

    as luck would have it (ha) I am going to be around nottingham at the weekend with quite a lot of time to kill. i will have my car, so would be interested in hearing of any interesting landscape locations within about a half hour drive....
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    ISO3200 and spot metering on 400D (Hack)

    i am suprised the majority of the talk is about the high ISO, when IMHO the main feature of this hack is being able to enable spot metering
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    Rome holiday lens upgrade..

    in my opinion (not worth much) then would seriously think about whether you will use the long end of this lens very much - i am thinking that on holiday it will be more likely people shots and wide(ie landscape) work. the reason I say this, is that these type of 'super zoom' lenses will...
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    travel tripods

    whats the opinion on travel/lightweight tripods ? looking for one that I can 'throw into my case' on my us trip. hopefully it would fit my redsnapper ball head. also havent got much money to spend :)
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