Monthly Archives: February 2008

Nikkor 50mm f1.8 lens on a Nikon D200

Posted on 23 February, 2008 by Hal

I recently found myself searching eBay for a 50mm prime lens and wandered across a seller with several lots of the Nikkor 50mm f1.8 lens. Having read reasonably positive reviews of this particular piece of glass I decided it was … Continue reading →

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Combining PDF files using Mac OSX

Posted on 21 February, 2008 by Hal

Every now and then I get the urge to start Adobe Acrobat when I’m using my Mac. I don’t like doing this, because Acrobat is a bit of a beast and I’ve had more failures with it than successes. It’s … Continue reading →

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Nikon Camera Control Pro Software version 2

Posted on 20 February, 2008 by Hal

Earlier this month I wrote in fairly scathing terms about the previous version of this software, which to all intents and purposes seemed prematurely released. It was slow, clunky, didn’t run well on a Mac (I understand Windows users were … Continue reading →

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Firefox Search Bar tricks, changing the default Firefox search from US to UK

Posted on 18 February, 2008 by Hal

I’m a bit of a Firefox fan, despite the fact the browser seems to render colours with less saturation. One of the very nice things I like is the search bar at the top right, which contains links through to … Continue reading →

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Multimap and pop ups

Posted on 14 February, 2008 by Hal

I am getting fed up with Multimap as a site. It used to be excellent, but they have tarnished themselves in my opinion by introducing unsolicited windows that appear in the background when you search for an address. Why? It … Continue reading →

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