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I have no problems with it at all on Windows 7. In car driving is between 30-50 FPS and the graphics all look good to me at 1920x1200. Running an ATI 4870 1GB card with an i5 running stock speed. Have you installed the latest patches? They really improve performance.

Constructive criticism... I would steer clear of ISO1600. Long exposures give noise anyway, and ISO1600 on the D40 is also pushing it (IMHO). The exposure is not balanced, you have blown out the lights, and have hardly any surroundings exposed. Avoid shooting into bright light directly...

Not at the minute, no. The writer of Blackra1n has said that he might work on it, but does not seem to be doing much at the minute. People slating him and being generally unappreciative of everything he has done so far is not much of an incentive... so I think he just wants to put across a big...

That 24-70 wasn't faulty then?

I was just going by various news reports. It was stated that the photographer and driver/co-driver only suffered light injuries.

I hope. Lucky photographer too! http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/744171/c8f0188b/zeau.._even_een_foto_maken.html

Snow/ winter tyres are your best bet. You would be amazed at the difference that they make. I have blasted through really deep snow just with winter tyres with a fair amount of grip, and only needed to use chains once when I lived in the Alps, and that was to get through an avalanche. Chains...

Some cracking shots in here. Revels, the strawberry shot of yours is probably my favourite, but it is not in the thread! :( I quite liked some of my landscapes this year. Entry Others

Use 7zip instead. It's free and does everything you will need and more.

^^ +1. Really nice selection.

Domke.

I'm on 50Mb, with 80/120 on the way for Q1 next year.

I had exactly the same issue with a belkin router. I spent ages on forums and google but could not find a way to solve it. In the end I took it back to the shop and got a second one to try but that had the same issue. I swapped for a Cisco/ Linksys router and the problem was solved.

That means that you get clobbered with import tax too then probably. It suddenly stops being such a bargain after that!

By internet, you don't mean downloading I take it? I have to use N or else I can't make full use of my bandwidth. Just browsing would not make an ounce of difference though, I agree.

from AVforums, it looks like they send out cameras without chargers/ cards etc too. Stear well clear.

From an online review

It was a test drive IIRC.

You are then doing CTRL-V to paste it into a word document or paint afterwards aren't you?

I love Paris. Your shots are stunning too.

The landscapes are a bit hazy and have lost some contrast but you could bring that back easily enough in Photoshop or Lightroom. I had to google Dumbarton Rock, it looks like a nice part of the world. Your car is definitely a contender for the dirty car comp!!

Sigma 30 f1.4? It's an awesome lens for a crop.

Lovely composition!

Depends on the camera. Most tripods and heads have a weight rating. Make sure that the head and legs can both support the weight of the body and lenses combined. I was recently looking around and settled for Manfrotto 055PROB legs and a 804RC2 head. It is solid enough for my 40D/5D and can be...

Just in case anybody is thinking of buying an invisishield or cover. http://www.zagg.com/

50D high ISO is not that much better than the 40 from what I have seen. If you have some cash saved, you can always buy a pricey second hand one and sell it off again when you get back. If you buy well, it shouldn't cost you a penny. Do you use 17mm much? Although 24mm is only a few mm...

I have a set of these. They are supposed to be 5.1 dolby but I can't really tell if they are working properly TBH. Sound quality is awesome though.

Looks nice and clean. You'll look back one day and think "WTF was I doing?". But as long as you are happy now, it doesn't really matter. Its not permanent either so no harm done.

I use a screen shot app called Hypersnap. It can automatically capture a full window. There are probably some free apps which can do it too.

is this just like qik?