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  1. simon

    Kingfisher sets British Record?

    Incredible migration of a Polish Kingfisher http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/orford_kingfisher_from_poland_may_have_set_uk_migrating_record_1_1106408
  2. simon

    4 to iD please

    not up to speed with many butterflies so could some one ID these please
  3. simon

    500 F4 Focusing Issues

    My 500 f4 seems to have developed a focusing issue:C Quite regularly when i half press the shutter on both my 7D and 40D the focusing mechanism seems to freeze if it is well out of focus and i have to move the lens until i find a point were it is in or nearly in focus then it will start to...
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  4. simon

    ID please

    Just been sent this photo for Id, my guess is juv yellowhammer ? anyone able to conferm or correct this plse:t:
  5. simon

    Butterfly Id Please

    Photographed in Thetford Forest along with numerous Gatekeepers and Painted Ladies is it a Large Skipper?
  6. simon

    AAAARGH Error 06 on 40D

    Updated my firmware on my 40D this morning from version 1.08 to 1.1.1 All went fine with the update but now when i turn the camerA on i get ERROR 06 "SELF CLEANING SENSOR UNIT MALFUNCTION CONTACT A CANON SERVICE CENTER" come up on the screen for approx 20 secs then clears and the camera works...
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    • Forum: Canon
  7. simon

    Camera Insurance/rising prices

    Word of warning/advice, Check your insurance policies. Canon prices have risen by a staggering amount virtually overnight this week,. Your 500mm f4 which your better half lovingly gave you for christmas just 1 month ago has risen from £4000 to £5500 overnight, yes you immediately contacted your...
  8. simon

    Canon ip4500 software prob

    Help Please.My father has recently purchased a canon ip4500 printer to run on his pc running windows XP. The problem is when he tried to instal the software supplied for some reason it defaulted to German. He contacted PC world and was told to go into the setup and change the language or...
  9. simon

    Time to upgrade- Apple or Pc?

    I've decided it's time to upgrade my PC and having spent an hour or so in PC world this afternoon looking i am tempted to change camps and defect to Apple Looking for a unit predominantly for photo work the apples i looked at today seemed to outshine the PC in image quality etc. So my questions...
  10. simon

    Which Camera Bag/ Case?

    I have finally decided to splash out on a 500mm f4 thus rendering my trusty old Cullman backpack U/S. The question is what to replace it with? As i am taking my gear to Poland later this year i need to be able to either take the lens etc onboard as hand luggage with its size restrictions or put...
  11. simon

    Which Macro

    Having persuaded the wife to buy me a macro lens the main question has to be is the Canon ef180 l usm f3.5 really worth approx £600 more than the canon 100 f2.8 usm or is the Sigma 150 f2.8 af dg apo or the sigma 180 af dg a happy medium ? I understand that the extra length (180/100) would mean...
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    • Forum: Canon
  12. simon

    Skua?

    Could someone Id this bird for me please. Picture was taken at Cley last week the bird appeared behind a Marsh Harrier that was being photographed out of Daukes hide. I suspect some form of Skua but cannot seem to find one with so much white on the underwing
  13. simon

    Green Sandpiper?

    Am i correct in believing this is a Green Sand?
  14. simon

    Where Are My Emails ?

    Has anyone any idea where my emails have gone? I logged onto my email this evening to find my Inbox was empty! Last night i had over 100 emails in it ! I for use Thunderbird for emails and have checked everything i can think off. The only emails i now have are the new ones that have arrived...
  15. simon

    Buying Camera gear from America

    Help please. I am trying to get a lens, teleconverter and flashgun from the states. I emailed Adorama telling them want i wanted to order and to check that they would ship to an APO address and they accepted. The order was placed and paid for at the end of October. As i had recieved nothing i...
  16. simon

    Yet another battery recall

    This time for Toshiba users, copy email just recieved from Toshiba with the link to check if you think you may be affected. Toshiba Recalls Batteries Toshiba has identified a potential charging or discharging issue with certain Toshiba battery packs. Potentially affected battery packs may not...
  17. simon

    Help Please- Insufficient Bandwidth

    I regularly get the following error message when i am on line WARNING INSUFFICIENT BANDWIDTH Other applications currently occupy the USB bandwidth Please close all other applications then remove other USB devices Click OK to Continue This comes up even though i have nothing else (xcept mouse...
  18. simon

    Warning latest Ebay Hoax

    Received today an email supposedly from ebay as follows Ebay bid Cancelled Dear eBay Member, The bid that has been entered in error for the item ( 8272977146 ) has been cancelled. Regards, eBay Apart from the obvious "dear ebay member" and not my user name the item number is a link which i...
  19. simon

    Crake Id help please

    This picture was sent to me today for Id, not sure so i thought i'd ask the Experts! :bounce:
  20. simon

    DVD Drive probs

    Help please my D drive for some reason will not see DVD's or CD-roms yet it will play Audio cd's! I have tried uninstalling the driver then restarting the computer and the new hardware bubble comes up identifying it as a Sony Dvd rom DDU 1612 but every time i put a DVD or CD-Rom into the drive...
  21. simon

    Duck Id Please

    A friend sent me this pic to ID, i presume he photographed it in a collection somewhere, the nearest i can think of is a fulvious whistling duck, could someone please confirm / correct me thanks
  22. simon

    West Coast of Greece in October

    I am going on a family hol at the end of October to Paleros on the west coast of the greek mainland and am hopeing to retain my sanity by getting out for a day or so birding reasonably local. Has anyone got any info on this area please ? Is it any good for birding ? Any local reserves etc...
  23. simon

    Stoat Kill

    Watching wildlife is great, but made exceptional when you just happen to be in the right place at the right time and with a camera to boot! thats what happened to me at lunchtime today sitting in the mess room when the silence was broken by a shrill squealing of pain, jumping up we were greeted...
  24. simon

    Fox cub killed !

    A friend at work has had 3 fox cubs coming into his garden nightly for the last couple of months sometimes with the parents but more than often on their own. Last saturday he fed them as usual and filmed them around 11 oclock then at around 4 oclock was awoken by in his words " something...
  25. simon

    Speyside 05

    Speyside 2005 Just over a year ago I was somehow volunteered to organise a group holiday to Speyside. So in the early hours of Saturday morning, and still cursing the fact that I had decided to drive up on Bank holiday weekend, 13 of us left sunny Suffolk for the long drive north eventually...
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