Or is it an unfortunate by-product of the resizing procedure?

That would be my experience. I usually make a couple of different sizes for use on my website (744×446) and my monitor (1280×768) and the monitor copy always need to be sharpened when brought down from the original dimensions, and then again when brought down to 744..

I usually add some sharpening on the picture as a whole, just to counteract that effect. Be careful though, if you go overboard using the “unsharp mask” tool you will also change the contrast levels.

You can always play around with a second copy of the original, simply use the copy tool in XP (or whatever OS you use) and paste it into another directory to avoid accidentally deleting or modifying the original. Sorry if that sounds like teaching you to suck eggs, but you’d be surprised how many people learn to improve their skills, but then can’t do anything about older images, because they’ve been changed.

CS2 is a version of Adobe Photoshop. it is now available as CS3. There are loads of reviews, simply do a search using Google or something.

I think they’re very efficient these days, film makers.

Christian Slater’s movie Churchill, The Hollywood Years, was filmed at my then next door neighbours – Plymouth’s Royal William Yard.

The site was seen extensively throughout the movie, and they were only there for 2 days.

Really? Which Nikon models are you talking about?

I was wondering if a Nikon D40x dSLR

Per chance I was in the London Camera Exchange, Plymouth branch today, and that is roughly what the salesperson said to me. Like I said, I could be wrong.

I appreciate you may not have seen my edit before taking your quote though.

Completely agree with everything you say.

It would probably be better to consider modern built and designed replicas of some of these aircraft. But the investment required probably wouldn’t give a high enough return.

However, I do wonder if someone like Martin Baker or Inflight Refueling might consider taking on Jaguars to try and preserve what remains of their current fleets.

What would it take to convert a Jaguar into an ejection seat tester?

There is the potential, next year, that we could be seeing a complete V force in the same part of the sky: –

Vulcan
Vampire
Venom
&, with luck, Vixen

(Plus any other “V”s that I might be missing.)

All right, so it’s not the original “V” bomber force, but still one that excites me. I’m just praying it can all be pulled together by some enterprising airshow team(s).

Now add a “Virgin” to that, and what a fabulous promotion team would that be! Red Bull would have some serious wings, too. And how about the Brietling V Force!

A dream cannot be achieved, unless it is dreamt.