UK South-East "Mike's a Lady" Gossip Thread (4)

0laf wrote in post #8089248
It isn't affecting me! I'm at work and banned from the tinterweb

How did you manage to post that?

The magical filter is turned down at lunchtime!

I think they had to put it on after a couple of people were clocking up 8 hours a work day on Facebook!!!

0laf wrote in post #8089311
The magical filter is turned down at lunchtime!

I think they had to put it on after a couple of people were clocking up 8 hours a work day on Facebook!!!

Phew, at least you get lunchtime. That's actually quite good considering most companies these days.

It's amazing how much money you can spend in a lunchtime online though!!

Got to say what a sorry state of affairs it is when you can't trust people not to abuse a privilege all day long.

Anke wrote in post #8089060
Oh dear. You think you haven't taken many shots on holiday then you realise it's over a thousand. Ooops.

I had almost 5000 from my holiday

Anke wrote in post #8089100
Usually only 15mins for me, was today an exception?

The past 2 days has been 10:30 (the usual backup time) till later. The first time I've seen the 403 errors as well. It's usually only 15 minutes as you said.

souporman wrote in post #8089401
I had almost 5000 from my holiday

Still processing?

Anke wrote in post #8089514
Still processing?

Yes

Most of the normal shots are on facebook by now, just need to get them on my website as well.

I need to sort out a few HDR's and Panoramas I took as well still however. Maybe tonight?

Ok, I have a question for you guys.

What sort of printers are people using (if any) to do at home prints? I'm in the market for something that will do up to A4 sized prints (maybe larger?), budget of around £500 but have a bit of leeway there.

Will be trolling the other sections of the site looking for recomendation as well of course

MkIII owners aware of this?
NEW - ADDITIONAL 1 YEAR WARRANTY ON EOS 1D Mk III and 1Ds Mk III

From 1st June 2009 Canon UK are pleased to announce an additional one-year warranty for its EOS-1D Mark III and EOS-1Ds Mark III camera bodies. This additional warranty will be a one-year extension on top of the standard one-year EWS warranty, under identical terms and conditions and absolutely free of charge. This gives you a total warranty period of two years from date of purchase of your new product. Canon is not only providing this extended warranty on new purchases, but is also making it available to existing owners of the EOS-1D Mark III and EOS-1Ds Mark III bodies. The extended warranty is currently only available on purchases made in the UK and Ireland.

Swaffs wrote in post #8089956
MkIII owners aware of this?
NEW - ADDITIONAL 1 YEAR WARRANTY ON EOS 1D Mk III and 1Ds Mk III

From 1st June 2009 Canon UK are pleased to announce an additional one-year warranty for its EOS-1D Mark III and EOS-1Ds Mark III camera bodies. This additional warranty will be a one-year extension on top of the standard one-year EWS warranty, under identical terms and conditions and absolutely free of charge. This gives you a total warranty period of two years from date of purchase of your new product. Canon is not only providing this extended warranty on new purchases, but is also making it available to existing owners of the EOS-1D Mark III and EOS-1Ds Mark III bodies. The extended warranty is currently only available on purchases made in the UK and Ireland.

Nice!

That'll be the second time my warranty has been extended by a year. 3 years warranty for the price of 1 is a-ok in my books

Swaffs wrote in post #8089956
MkIII owners aware of this?
NEW - ADDITIONAL 1 YEAR WARRANTY ON EOS 1D Mk III and 1Ds Mk III

From 1st June 2009 Canon UK are pleased to announce an additional one-year warranty for its EOS-1D Mark III and EOS-1Ds Mark III camera bodies. This additional warranty will be a one-year extension on top of the standard one-year EWS warranty, under identical terms and conditions and absolutely free of charge. This gives you a total warranty period of two years from date of purchase of your new product. Canon is not only providing this extended warranty on new purchases, but is also making it available to existing owners of the EOS-1D Mark III and EOS-1Ds Mark III bodies. The extended warranty is currently only available on purchases made in the UK and Ireland.

Cool. Although it does beg the question why. Is there yet another recall waiting in the wings behind this announcement?

souporman wrote in post #8089954
Ok, I have a question for you guys.

What sort of printers are people using (if any) to do at home prints? I'm in the market for something that will do up to A4 sized prints (maybe larger?), budget of around £500 but have a bit of leeway there.

Will be trolling the other sections of the site looking for recomendation as well of course

If you want the ability to got to A3 the i would go for an Epson 1400. Epson printers are market leaders and these models have 6 ink cartrideges to get better colour gradation.
http://www.trustedrevi​ews.com …pson-Stylus-Photo-1400/p1
Costs around £270.

If you are prepared to spend up to £500 then the Epson R1900 is excellent and that has 8 inks which includes a second matt black and orange i think.
These cost around £400 but im sure you can do better with a bit of searching

A little while back i was researching into printers quite heavily and these two came top of the list.

However if it is just A4 you want to print at, printers such as the Canon Pixma ip4500 are pretty good and only cost around £70. It uses 5 inks which is the usual CMYK plus a photo black for better shadow details.

Hope that helps a bit?

It does, thanks Rob.

I was looking at the 1400 and then the 2880 (which is ~£600, but has a £100 cashback from epson atm).

Still lots of researching to do I think

souporman wrote in post #8090198
It does, thanks Rob.

I was looking at the 1400 and then the 2880 (which is ~£600, but has a £100 cashback from epson atm).

Still lots of researching to do I think

The 2880 is the daddy,especially for B&W prints - but for £600-ish i would hope that you are planning to print ALLOT. When you look at the price of consumables + printer, Lab prints become very very good value.

Id be weary of Epsom however,

Had 4 products die aged 12 1/2 months.

I vowed I'd never buy one of their scanners or printers again