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October 30, 2002 at 12:42 pm in reply to: Piccies #2102084

philo
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RE: Piccies

Certainly is Leemings gate guard, I took a whole series of it about 7-8 years ago when it had recently been repainted. Can’t say what its like now as I no longer have the access I used to have.

October 18, 2002 at 9:03 pm in reply to: Forum Getogether? #2103288

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RE: Forum Getogether?

Ah well, I was going to offer to bring one of my slide shows along but if we can secure an expert in RR all the better.But if Robert can’t do it then i’m happy to show one of my set shows(without the narration as you all know more than me)
Dates ? Fridays are better for me although I could do alternate Saturdays starting 11th Jan.

Phil

October 14, 2002 at 9:22 pm in reply to: C54s at North Weald #2103920

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RE: C54s at North Weald

Excellent newsworthy pictures, would like to get over there myself if they are around for while.
Poor old JP looks dwarfed !
Phil

October 14, 2002 at 9:20 pm in reply to: Forum Getogether? #2103922

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RE: Forum Getogether?

Sounds like a good plan to me,drinks might be difficult unless someone is putting us all up for the night. Now who lives close………..??? Ashley, Hello.

October 12, 2002 at 2:45 pm in reply to: SWINDON MUSEUMS #2104155

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RE: SWINDON MUSEUMS

You might be lucky and find the science museum open at Wroughton just out side the town.Some nice aircraft in there that a rarely seen.
Its not too far to Kemble as already suggested or to RNAS Yeovilton. Southampton hall of Aviation is only an hour away. Active bases like Lyneham, Fairford and Brize Norton are a relatively short hop, Dalton Barracks (former RAF Abingdon) is just up the A420 if you like Helos.
I have just seen a JP go over probably heading for Kemble so all in all its not too bad an area.

October 8, 2002 at 10:27 am in reply to: If anyones interested #2104538

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RE: Film versus digital

Futurshox
Hard disc- not a problem just burn images to CD and index, its quicker retrieval than a slide box.
Still this is an interesting debate, i note that you had scanned at 4000dpi, why when photopaper is optimised for 300dpi.
I need some tuition in what the optimum resolution ,size and file type should be for printing purposes. I curently scan slides (when my bloody scanner works) at 300dpi and save a largish file as a BMP then save a compressed Jpeg version for web/ e-mailing purposes.
Advise please.

Phil

October 7, 2002 at 3:24 pm in reply to: If anyones interested #2104615

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RE: Film versus digital

Interesting stuff Damien.
I am hoping to change my equipment next spring and was pretty set on the F100 with 80-400VR, somewhere in the region of £2000-2200 I hope.
But having seem your enlarged areas and other digital work I might reconsider, however, does this help or hinder me commercially ?
Phil

October 7, 2002 at 2:08 pm in reply to: If anyones interested #2104625

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RE: If anyones interested

Snapper,
Thats good info thanks.
My current scanner/ printer set-up is nothing short of crap.
I bought, in good faith of course,an Epson 1250 perfection scanner and 895 photo printer last December.This coincided with buying a new high(at the time ) spec 2ghz PC . All the bumph I read said that this was a good mid-rage scanner/ printer combo capable of producing hgh quality A4 prints.
Well, it worked until early last month , although I have never got any high quality prints out of the printer yet !.Now the bloody scanner driver has been chucked out by XP (something called the ‘class installer’), Epson and Microsoft both blame each other, both are waiting for each other to fix it and in the meanwhile I cannot use my scanner, p****d off or what.
One honest techie at Epson told me that I might as well right it off and go get a new model that does work with XP as its unlikely that they will waste their time writing software fixes for old product.
The old ‘it does what is says on the box’ does not apply here, because it clearly said XP compatible.
It stinks.

October 5, 2002 at 8:51 pm in reply to: If anyones interested #2104842

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RE: If anyones interested

Yes you are right Roger, it has got harder, or at least more expensive, to get better pictures. As you know quality 400mm lenses are not cheap and as you say they are not always big enough. There is one exception though, Old Warden, a good 300mm is enough there to get first rate shots, i very rarely used 400mm there.
The other thing, as you say, is digital, will this push out 35mm?. I believe that it will in the print market, conventional 35mm and APS are really up against it now, digital camera resolution is increasing and the price is falling.The high street photo labs must be very worried.
However I’m not so sure about slide, I think that there is still enough pro and serious amateur market to sustain it, or at least i hope there is.
I must admit though, I do scan many of my slides and burning these to CD for presentaion would be a lot easier that carrying boxes of slides around with me, just need to find a CD projector at the right price!.

September 30, 2002 at 9:11 pm in reply to: Save a Sea Vixen #2105509

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RE: Save a Sea Vixen

How could anyone put an aircraft like this out in the cold ??.
The Beautiful ‘Foxy Lady’ performimg at Yeovilton last week.

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September 27, 2002 at 9:20 pm in reply to: Aussie Meatbox #2105793

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RE: Aussie Meatbox

Wombat be assured that if by chance I come across the odd few thousand quid under the mattress tonight I’ll be on a plane straight away…………. to Florida mate.

Having said that I suppose I could come and help our boys carry the Ashes back this winter.

September 27, 2002 at 8:37 pm in reply to: Clipped Wing Invader ? #2105815

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RE: Clipped Wing Invader ?

Re- entry in an Invader !!!, I reckon you would need a bit more that a chute, a bloody medal thats for sure.

September 27, 2002 at 8:31 pm in reply to: Aussie Meatbox #2105817

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RE: Aussie Meatbox

Ant you missed a gem in the 2000 show.
The Noratlas was certainly the main star, particularly as this was the first time I had seen one in the air.It was also great to see the rare Howard 500, a pair of Pembrokes, DC3 DC6 Electra and Convair 440 of course,Flamard and the little Nord whose true indentity always escapes me,Anson, Twinpin, Prentice,Piston Provost, Dove and Heron. But this was nicely mixed with Hunter, Canbera, Meteor F8 ,Gnat and L39.
I know Mike Collett is a piston man( and very nice with it if you ever meet him)and it would a great show to pull off, but I just wonder if no jets at all will appeal to Joe public.
Of course if he can secure the dutch Connie and maybe the Swiss Super Connie (if in Europe by then)and get the Shackleton moving (especially as BAe systems have now relinquished on design), and …. well thats probably enough to draw a good crowd.
Phil

September 27, 2002 at 11:17 am in reply to: Clipped Wing Invader ? #2105903

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RE: Clipped Wing Invader ?

>>>> “”For the initial trials of a braking parachute you would want to test it on the ground first anyway I suspect””.

Umm, I cant quite see a situation where you would need a braking chute anywhere other than on the ground!!!!.

September 27, 2002 at 11:14 am in reply to: Aussie Meatbox #2105907

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RE: Aussie Meatbox

What i also should have said before being too eager with the send button was the Air Atlantique are planning a 50’s show next year but it is to be exclusively prop aircraft……….Why ?. Quite odd as they have a Canbera!!!.

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