Recent content by Zeffer

Late 80s, an Olympus OM 10.

Ordered a strap at last. Thanks for all the advice. Should save me a lot of time and money. Plus I get to keep the camera with me.

Thanks all. Will try one of these rather than send off my precious camera. I guess if I'd known about these a while back then I wouldn't have a broken eyelet. It also proves that the eyelets can go. I nearly had all my kit smashed on the streets of Mont St Michel!

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I will look into that. Never seen one before!

Another question on my productive first day! After a month of heavy use in France this summer the eyelet on my D200 that supports the strap keyring thingy (technical term) wore through. I managed to catch my camera but it needs repairing ASAP. After googling it is apparently pinned so the...

Wow! Thank you all so much for the responses. I need to re-read a few times but will try to take the advice, I want to improve. Should be able to put up an example image in the next few days once my new monitor arrives. I currently shoot jpeg and always large fine images but sounds like raw...

Sounds like a great idea, I'll give it a go!

I love digital but have not been processing images at all. Don't even own the software (yet) to do it although I am IT literate. Reading on the Ken Rockwell site that he sets his sharpening to 6 on Nikon cameras. Is this recommended or should I be leaving things as they are and sharpening...

Hi all, Been hovering for a while and decided to join. Some fabulous talent on this site and hopefully I can assimilate some of it! My main interest is nature: flying insects and orchids, however, I have limited kit at the moment so looking to expand once I have had some advice and shown...