Recent content by lexidium

Reminds me of the spiral in the golden ratio. Nice.

Thunderbird is great. I've been using it for years.

"Digital cameras have no personality." Neither, unfortunately, do many photographers! :p

In this day and age of Photoshop et al, you can just get everything in and then de-focus the BG as much or as little as you want in a very short time. It mattered in the film days but things are different now.

You don't really need an i7 processor for photoshop but you do need plenty of ram and a decent graphics card. Forget stuff used for gaming! You only need two fans in a case: one to blow the air in at the front and one to take it out at the back. Having umpteen fans is a waste of time.

I foolishly promised I could put her on a motorbike I didn't have . . . . .

Thank you. I will check those out

Any recommendations for an online print service with dedicated monochrome printers for fine art monochrome portraits etc.

Sorry, I left gaps between the questions and the answers but the thread justified them

Does it work using the test button. yes Fresh batteries always fresh batteries Clean...

With no flash I get a pic (60th F8) albeit very dim so whether the flashes fire or not (which they do) it shouldn't be black. I'm having to suspect a camera trigger malfunction.

Both flashes are up to scratch and firing off ok when I press the test button or shoot with the camera.

I bought 2 new triggers in case it was faulty and still the same. The flash fires off and even if it didn't, I would have thought (at 60th F8) I would have got something from normal lighting but out of 12 shots maybe 3 or 4 will be black.

I have a neewer flash trigger firing off two external flashes. Camera is set on manual, 60th second at f8 Some of the shots come out black while others are fine ( not just a black band but completely black) I bought another trigger in case that was at fault but made no difference. Any suggestions?