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    Norfolk birding

    In my recent (& not very extensive) experience, Birdguides are not reliable. My latest experience, I reported the Great White Egret in Bowthorpe via my iPad (using their App), which gives an exact grid reference via GPS, when I was actually looking at the bird. Birdguides turned this into an...
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    celestron ultima 80ed

    I have a black 100ed & the Baader made a huge improvement. If you are planning to use the t-thread with a T2/SLR it doesn't work too well, though.
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    Finnmark, Norway 2011

    Very classy report. What a great trip.
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    Pentax Q

    I didn't notice that. 1/1000th sec at iso 200 at that distance is quite something. From comments elsewhere, I think that lens is 30 years old & not well regarded. If the Q produces noisy pictures that would show up on the kit lens?
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    Pentax Q

    Have you seen this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ken_san/6131711833/in/photostream/ Pentax Q +400mm F/4. 35mm equiv a bit less than 2400mm He has some other interesting examples
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    Norfolk birding

    From the Norwich Cathedral webcam it looks like there is now an egg.
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    Pentax Teleconverters

    Or PentaxForum.net or the Pentax SLR section on DPReview.com
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    Broken Zoom vs Mirror - Opinions/advice?

    Hi Joe, sorry to hear about your zoom. I have a Tamron Adaptall F8 500mm mirror lens, about 22 years old I think. They turn up on EBay quite often for approx £100. I think it pretty good. Do a search on Flickr to see what you think. If you have a Nikon or Pentax, you can use catch-in-focus to...
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    Recording software (Mac)

    OpenOffice is a free & pretty good M/soft Office clone. Available for Windows, Mac & Linux. The main worry with a small computer shop is that they might not be there a year later. Do you have direct experience of weeks waiting for repair from a major manufacturer? Just interested.
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    Norfolk birding

    Terrific photo's. Where is Hellesdon Meadow exactly? I can only find Hellesdon Meadow Way on google maps.
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    Topaz InFocus

    Thanks for that. I've just downloaded a Photoshop Elements trial, I'll investigate further.
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    Topaz InFocus

    Can someone tell me what USM is please?
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    Topaz InFocus

    I've tried out. I didn't see much difference really.
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    Confused - need advice on DSLRs

    Hi Sean Have a look at http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmunks/ Catch-in-focus is a menu selection & only works with manual-focus lenses or lenses with a manual/auto switch. When selected, if you press the shutter button, nothing happens until the camera detects something in focus (this depends...
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    Confused - need advice on DSLRs

    These are the purchases I made & how much I use them: Pentax K-x Pentax 18-50mm zoom. Very cheap if bought as a kit. Not for bird photography but so small & light you wont notice it in your pocket - just in case you see a nice view. Pentax 55-300mm - £275. great lens, don't use it much since...
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    Tame adult jackdaw found

    The bird sounds well beyond rehabilitation to me, it must have been raised from a chick (perhaps by someone local). Is there a bird or animal rescue centre in your area?
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    Confused - need advice on DSLRs

    I bought a Pentax K-x last year & have been very pleased with it, so much so that I have just sold my Canon 50D. It has very good high-iso performance (much better than the 50D) & this is very good in poor light because you can still have a fast shutter speed. For me, the in-body IS is a big...
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    Pentax K-r

    The K5 is rumoured to be announced next week. From the leaked(?) spec on pentaxforum it looks very interesting.
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    Pentax K-r

    New Pentax DSLR announced. See DPReview.
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    House Sparrow hanging, bat like, from feeder

    I heard an unfamiliar bird call from my garden this morning, looked out and saw a female house sparrow hanging down, a bit like a bat, from the perch on a peanut feeder but by one leg. At first, I thought it's other foot might be caught in grid of the feeder but it wasn't & after a few minutes...
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    Canon 60D

    I have a 50D & a K-x & the high ISO performance is far superior. In the reviews I have read, the K-x is noted as the equal of any DSLR at any price. I don't know about the 7D. My response to Roy C's post was withdrawn when I realised how it was being interpreted (if you would like to check)...
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    Canon 60D

    To me, the main issue is that the Pentax K-x has shown that a sensor with much better high ISO performance can be used at relatively low cost & Canon have ignored this.
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    Why I hate PC's, help needed

    Your son has a shiny new Macbook Pro & you are struggling to get his aged PC to run properly. If this is to run old applications you might be interested in VMWare Fusion so you can run XP on the Mac. It also has an import facility from PC's
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    Canon 60D

    I didn't mean that. Original comment withdrawn
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    Canon 60D

    Withdrawn
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