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    Image Quality for presentations

    I'm not sure whether this should be in this section or under the photography threads. I'd be happy to be advised to change it. I have a pretty poor understanding of resolution / ppi / dpi / image quality etc. I deliver a number of presentations using a Macbook or iPad and a pretty cheap Acer...
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    West Midlands UK??

    Hi, Can anybody help me to help a friend? The attached photo shows a bird found in their West Midlands garden 2 days ago, apologies for the small file size. Might it be a leucistic chaffinch, an escapee or …?
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    Laser Printers for Photos?

    Tried to buy an ink cartridge for an old lexmark printer that gets used for odds and s***s. Independent shop owner suggested I buy a new printer - I expected that and almost agree, however ... it was suggested that we ought to buy a colour laser printer especially if we wanted to produce high...
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    Santorini...help!

    The family have decided to have a late summer holiday in Santorini - early September. The only references to birds and wildlife on Santorini that I can find on the web seem to misunderstand my age and interests! o:D Is there any hope or do I have to buy a Kindle and read my week away in an...
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    If I wanted to go there I wouldn't start from here! A Mac query.

    I've got myself into a bit of a mess! I've allowed iPhoto to take over all my downloads and filing of photos. I am still able to remember which 'Event' is likely to contain which image but it's all beginning to get out of control and I'm not really sure where images can be found on the hard...
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    Mac Mail Query.

    I'm looking for advice from Mac users. When I add an attachment to an email, particularly a JPEG, using Mail it embeds itself in the email and opens the image below the text. I am getting responses from the recipient that suggests that they find it hard to open and use the image and could I...
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    New 7D file numbering

    Hi I've finally taken the plunge and bought a new 7D from a high street store. I wanted part exchange of a 450D and they offered to take a whole load of film cameras and lenses in part exchange so the whole deal seemed worth the effort of going shopping rather than buying online. It took...
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    Assistance with hawker id for a beginner please

    THought I'd get started on these beautiful insects this year. Got a copy of Brooks and Lewington's guide and have spent ages dazzled by the artwork! Thought the subject looked pretty straightforward but I seem to have come a cropper with what is probably a very easy insect. I assumed this was...
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    id please? Spanish lizards.

    Feel rather guilty asking - think I ought to buy a book and try and work it out for myself but I'm a bit impatient. Can anyone help with the id of these lizards please? The first two were from N Spain (pre-pyrenees area) The second two were from Andalucia. Any help much appreciated.
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    7d??

    After quite a lengthy period of saving I'm getting close to the point where I could replace my 450D with a 7D. Everybody using the 7D tells me I ought to upgrade and I'm tempted by the better focus performance, better higher ISO performance and HD video. However, how long do you think it will...
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    Advice on Digital Projectors

    I've been used to showing slides in meeting rooms equipped with their own projectors; to widen my range I'm thinking of buying my own. I can't believe how far prices have dropped, projectors with good reviews sell on Amazon for half the price of a bulb a couple of years ago. However can any...
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    Mac users help please!

    Recent convert to Mac and generally very pleased but I am now having some great difficulties with the iMac and Safari. Our phone line will not support anything more than 1Meg so I'd assumed this was the reason why web pages were loading so slowly but now some pages such as BirdForum can take 2...
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    Record keeping on a mac

    Any ideas anyone? I don't want anything complicated - just a simple programme that will list species at different sites and different dates, possibly along with photos and then allow interrogation and production of year, month, site lists etc? Asked at Birdfair and got replies ranging from the...
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    Suggestions for multiple prints

    Not sure if this is the appropriate place to ask but I'd like to use some of my images to produce greetings / message cards with envelopes for sale. I see only a pretty limited market and so don't want to produce 100's of the same image / card. All the google searches I've done suggest very...
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    Internet Access

    I'm currently paying for 2Meg Internet access, my ISP will upgrade to 8Meg for the same price. However we live a long way from the exchange and my best ever speed test showed just under 1Meg. The question is: is there any point in upgrading? Will the 8Meg service give me any improvement at...
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    Avast update

    After recommendations from this forum I changed from the last version of AVG to Avast. I've been very happy so far but now I'm being prompted to upgrade to a new version of Avast. That's where the problems with AVG started, when I upgraded! Any feedback on the new Avast would be very welcome...
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    Binocular Microscope for Owl Pellets

    I've been using a borrowed binocular / stereo microscope to analyse the contents of owl pellets. The owner has to have it back very soon. I'm thinking of buying my own. Can anybody make any suggestions as to what make / model I should look at?
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    Help Please! Swaro DCA connections

    Hoping somebody out there can help me! I've been rather extravagant and decided to upgrade my digiscoping set up. Bought a Swaro 65 ED 'scope using this forum and then Coolpix 6000 and DCA. Left it all rather last minute as we're off on holiday at the end of next week and wanted to get it...
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    Please help! Camera choice - I want to get it right this time!

    I've progressed through a number of digiscoping options. 1. Opticron HR 66 ED (two different eyepieces) Kodak camera and Opticron adjustable mount. Totally frustrating to carry, set up, align etc. 2. Same scope and Samsung Kit. Really so much simpler to carry and use, very happy for some...
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    Help with Canon ip4500

    I use this printer for photos and occasionally for printing word documents etc. I'm quite happy with both but notice that after a longish run with some documents the PGBK cartridge has become seriously depleted. The BK cartridge doesn't seem to have changed even though I've done so much photo...
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    Any one see the future?

    We paid a comparative fortune for a desktop 9 years ago which was far in advance of what we needed - but it has proved to be useable for a long time. It's beginning to groan a bit now and I guess it ought to be retired; it doesn't owe me much! However, I've recently been surprised to see...
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    Who puts up bat boxes in Staffordshire?

    A number of apparently expensive (woodcrete type) boxes have been put up in large trees along the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal on the South Staff / Worcestershire border. Do British Waterways do this? If it's Staffordshire Wildlife Trust have they come into money? Ditto local bat...
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    Using Jeff's data base - help please!

    I feel like I ought to start this post with loads of apologies for being so stupid but I just can't get the program to do anything for me at all. I'm sure I'm missing something really obvious but when I start the programme and click on input and search button and then try to enter any data I...
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    Elements v CS

    For the purposes of bird and general wildlife photography should I go for Elements 6 or save up for CS3? Are there key advantages to CS? If anyone remembers a similar question / thread I'd be glad to read what has been said before but searching the forum has been unproductive so far (CS3 is...
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    Big City Digital? ?

    I'm looking for a 100- 400 zoom. This site (big City Digital) looks very cheap; does anyone have any experience of them?
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