Topic: HOW TO DO ANYTHING PHOTOGRAPHIC

[Clive]

This site has plenty of practical advice. The technique section, in particular, is worthwhile reading for amateur photographers.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech.htm

[Lona]

can't get that page to load, Clive.  :?:

[Simon]

Works OK for me, but there is a pop up, which might cause some browsers to block it.

[chorleydave]

Looks an interesting site, and (at first glance) seems to cut through a lot of the bullsh1t about computer and associated hardware/software use.

I have just read "The Megapixel Myth".  How true that so much crap is swallowed by the end user.  I discovered that, when my 1.8GHZ/256MB RAM computer bit the dust and I was forced to drag out the old Celeron 466/128MB Ram.  Unless you are involved in "heavy" computer work such as video editing or playing top games, you don't need anything more than what I am using now.  As I only use Office documents, CD Encyclopedias and use the internet, the Celeron is just as quick.  Office documents open just as quickly, the internet connects and works at the same speed, and my collection of CDs run at the same speed on the machine I am currently using as they did on the so-called faster machine.  That is why I haven't bothered throwing any money away on replacing it yet - I just don't need to.

Computers are like cars.  You can throw all the money in the world at them, but they won't thank you for it.  An East German Trabant might look ancient besides a Porsche, but which one will still be running just as reliably in twenty five years time?  Computer manufacturers have played on numbers, and the user has fallen for it hook, line and sinker.

[Clive]

 Computer manufacturers have played on numbers, and the user has fallen for it hook, line and sinker.

Couldn't agree more with you Dave.  They are in the market for one thing only, and that is to make as much money as possible out of us.