Fred
Has anyone seen then both in the same place at the same time? i suspect not - the plot thickens.
(Please, no comments on my photo.....)

brian

Mike

With SMF you can set up a non-post based membergroup (for Studio users) and restrict access to a board - say a QStudio section - to that group.

Brian

Jerry
I used my MSI Wind U90 netbook on a recent wedding and it was great for storage and viewing, but you would need a 9 cell battery which will give you 5 - 6 hours. I'm amazed just how fast these netbooks are,and the WiFi has always been perfect. When you think that they cost less than an Epson P3000 or P4000 viewer, there's no contest.

Brian

Hi
I think this is one for Mike - perhaps he could add it to the right-click menu, or to the Menu Cheater

Brian

Ben

The simplest solution is to export from Lightroom as a maximum quality jpeg without image sizing or sharpening into a 'Print' folder. Then print with QI as usual. I believe there are ways of exporting from LR directly to external programs, but as I say the easiest way is to have QI open at the 'Print' folder, then press f5 to refresh the thumbnails after exporting.

Brian

Terry
I used the 100mm for a time, but the problem was that at least 33% of shots were out of focus or had camera shake - you really need a tripod for it, and one is essential for longer lenses. With the 60 hand-held virtually every shot I take is sharp (as long as they stay long enough). I never really get the feeling that I scare the insects into moving - they stay or go in their own time . Don't forget that with a modern DSLR you don't need to fill the frame, 1/2 or even 1/3rd is good enough for the web or an 8x6 print (using QI ), and shots with the beast a mere speck can be good enough for an ID. Here's one I shot recently, although I didn't know I had it until I got home



and another



I've got more on my website but I haven't touched this bit of it for a year and I've just noticed that the  thumbnail page has gone t*ts-up, but if you click on one of them you can click through the large pics.

http://www.secalis.co.uk/CWood/index.html

Brian

Terry
Great shots, the bug is a Sloe Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) . I used close-up filters for years before I bought the wonderful Canon 60mm Macro for my 40D. They always worked better on prime lenses than zooms and I think any lack of sharpness is due to the zoom lens, and would not be improved by the Canon 2 element version. For slightly more money you could get a second-hand 50mm f1.8 lens, which I used to use in the negative days. It's a great lens for portraits as well as macro with a CU filter, and should focus faster than your zoom.
One word of warning - photographing insects is addictive!

Brian

Mike
I turn out 2 or 3 a week - my method doesn't use cutouts:


Set the print size to 45x35mm - I also use a 5mm white border outside and
corner marks to make trimming easy.


In the page editor with 'Rule of Thirds' on the distance between the top of
the frame and the second 'Thirds' line is 30mm - exactly right for the
crown-to-chin measurement, which has to be between 28 and 35 mm - its easy
to do this -see



then all you do is drag the image down



The finished result:



I've saved this as a template and it makes passports really easy. We do
several a week, and without this it would not be worthwhile.

Brian Price

Fred

I'm with you on this one. People who complain about the cost of ink don't value their prints highly enough.

Brian

Hi
I think you have done very well to get five years out of your printer. The only problem Epson printers eventually have are paper feed ones, and once they start it's usually terminal - if you manage to fix this one there will another one along shortly.
Time for a new machine -  my R285 is superb at 6x4s.

Brian