[Gerry Kerr]

August 1, 2013 at 10:37 pm

Dropbox and similar services are not really a backup option, you are probably better off with a backup service like Carbonite or Mozy. Carbonite offer unlimited storage for about €60 per year – but they do throttle bandwidth on upload

Gerry

[Gerry Kerr]

July 31, 2013 at 8:41 pm

Just checked their site – they have extended the offer till August 31st…. Maybe they are weakening :-)

[Gerry Kerr]

July 30, 2013 at 9:17 pm

Another nice one,

Gerry

[Gerry Kerr]

July 30, 2013 at 9:15 pm

Very nice Aidan, you got some very nice images from that trip….

[Gerry Kerr]

July 30, 2013 at 8:57 pm

So I guess anyone with an upgrade option has until tomorrow night to decide

[Gerry Kerr]

July 27, 2013 at 11:32 am

I would add my voice to support Conns as well. I can’t speak for Berminghams only because I’ve never bought there. My experience with online retailers is largely limited to pixmania and 7dayshop. Both are fine as long as their are no problems. I had a faulty DOA lens from 7dayshop and it was an absolute nightmare. The only way to communicate with them was via an online form and I eventually gave up in frustration and rang Canon who eventually sorted it out.

Since then, I’ve bought in Conns and would echo what others have said – their customer service is excellent and well worth the extra few euro (IMHO)

Gerry

[Gerry Kerr]

June 24, 2013 at 9:14 pm

I believe a new club has started in Naas. One contact for the club is barbrahackettgmail.com

Gerry

[Gerry Kerr]

August 15, 2011 at 1:13 pm

Hi,

There is a club in Celbridge – will be starting formal meetings again first Monday in September at 8:00 pm in the slip hall in Celbridge (just inside the Castletown gates on the right hand side. For the summer months people meet up at 7:30 sharp and head out somewhere with cameras – feel free to come along – just be sure to be there before 7:30 as we tend tel leave on the dot of 7:30

Gerry

[Gerry Kerr]

September 20, 2010 at 4:59 pm

I would always be a little wary of a site that does not publish its physical address……

[Gerry Kerr]

September 20, 2010 at 4:03 pm

One thing to consider if you are seriously considering the 2880 (and it is a fine printer capable of outstanding output)….

The drawback ( and this applies to all the A3+ printers, not just Epson) is the size of the ink catridges at 13ml they are relatively expensive (‘m sure that Braker and Sheldon can supply comparitive pricing here!). If you do a lot of printing, it might be worth considering the Epson 3880 – its an A2 printer thats usually round 1100 or 1200 euro but the ink catridges are 80ml each and you get 9 of them with the printer – probably worth €450 to €500, The printer itself is surprisingly small ( not much bigger than the 2880).

Maybe someone from Sheldon of Barker can post the cost of the 2 printers plus the cost o fthe inks for the 2 printers

Gerry

[Gerry Kerr]

February 24, 2010 at 8:52 pm

Hi Ritchie

I’m usually not a big fan of this type of photography (mainly as a result of someone who spoke in celbridge camera club a few years ago – they had complete distain for all other sorts of photography :lol: ) but, you have a couple of nice images here – particularly #1 and #4 with #1 being my favourite.

I have to admit that when I started taking people shots I was really bad about approaching people or even being seen sneaking a shot, but I soon got over that and half the enjoyment I get now is the conversation I have with the miriad of people I’ve photographed over the years. All I would say now though is for me I prefer the direct engagement (and my prefered lens is a 24mm) and the craic with people as I am taking the shots.

Well done and I would say you are well on the way to perfecting your technique!!

Regards

Gerry

[Gerry Kerr]

November 27, 2008 at 1:49 pm

Sirvad,

Can you tell me a little bit about your capture process – what camera, do you shoot in raw or jpg? The 72 dpi is probably coming from your raw converter (either in-camera or saoftware). In any event, it should not really matter, ijust watch the dimensions in cm/inches on the print dialog box and make sure it fits!

Printing an image to the fullest extent of an A3 page is possible, but your image better be super sharp to start with. THe bigger you print, the more you will show up waeknesses in your images. An it goes without saying that if you cropped the original, them the image quality can get worse

Gerry

[Gerry Kerr]

November 12, 2008 at 10:12 pm

The specialist housings are really expensive and unless you are planning on diving they are not really worth it. You are limited on the lenses you can use and if you change the camera to a different model, the housing is useless.

I have the KATA kit that peter reccomends and would add my reccomendation to that.

Gerry

[Gerry Kerr]

November 8, 2008 at 3:46 pm

First off, you’ve made a good choice on the model of printer to buy. The 2400 ( and its replacement the 2880) is a great printer. One of the nice things about the printer is that each one is individually calibrated at the factory so that you do not need custom profiles.

There are a great selection of papers to use. Some of the ones I like are

-Epson Premium Luster
-Epson ultrasmooth fine art
-Epson premium Semi-gloss
-Hahnemuhle photo rag
-Hahnemuhle photo rag pearl
-Permajet Fibre based Gloss

Because of the type of inks (pigment as opposed to dye) in the 2400 printers you will not get great results on any of the glossy papers. I’m sure that sheldon photographic (one of the sponsors on this site) will be able to supply you with the epson papers. I saw hahnemule in Conns cameras and Image supply systems supply permajet (http://www.imagesupplysystems.com)

Gerry

[Gerry Kerr]

October 29, 2008 at 2:06 pm

Mark,

Are there any of straps left – I would take 2 if you have them

Gerry