*An Arab Sheik was admitted to Hospital for heart surgery, but prior to the
Surgery, the doctors needed to build up a stock of his blood type for
Transfusion. As the gentleman had a rare type of blood and it couldn't be
Found locally, the call went out globally.Finally a Scotsman was located
Who had the same blood type. The Scot willingly donated his blood for the
Arab.After the surgery, the Arab sent the Scotsman as appreciation for
Giving his blood, a new BMW 5 series, a diamond encrusted Rolex and
£50000.A couple of days later, the Arab had to go through a corrective
Surgery. His doctor telephoned the Scotsman who was more than happy to
Donate his blood again.After the second surgery, the Arab sent the Scotsman
A thank-you card and a box of Quality Street chocolates. The Scotsman was
Shocked that the Arab did not reciprocate his kind gesture as he had
Anticipated.He phoned the Arab and asked him: "I thought you would be
Generous again, that you would give me fabulous gifts and loads of money,
But you only gave me a thank-you card and a box of Quality Street."To this
The Arab replied: "Aye laddie, but I now have Scottish blood in ma veins". *

Last few times I used Cnet i ended up with loads of C**p on my computer - from spurious web browsers to dubious programmes. Now I steer clear when I can.

I also used CCleaner - only gripe is that it cleans all auto passwords too. It has a good Root cleaner which is rare in freeware.

If its windows then MS has a basic cleaning programme free. Can't say that it speeds much up when I used it.

Ram is fairly cheap now....or look at how your memory allocation is weighted. That might work for you.

Hello all. I am new to this forum. I have a dillema. I own 4 great lenses from an old pentax 35mm that I really don't want to part with. They are screw mount. Is it at all possible to get adapters for screw mount to bayonet mount so I can use my lenses with the purchase of a new digital camera body? Would my lenses even work with digital cameras? Would I be losing any camera functionality in keeping my old lenses or would they work with the new technology? I have not seen any new cameras with a screw mount so am assuming they don't exist.

The Little Red Hen (version 2014)

"Who will help me plant my wheat?" asked the little red hen.

"Not I," said the cow.

"Not I," said the duck.

"Not I," said the pig.

"Not I," said the goose.

"Then I will do it by myself." She planted her crop and the wheat grew and ripened.

"Who will help me reap my wheat?" asked the little red hen.

"Not I," said the duck.

"Out of my classification," said the pig.

"I'd lose my seniority," said the cow.

"I'd lose my unemployment compensation," said the goose.

"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen, and so she did.

"Who will help me bake the bread?" asked the little red hen.

"That would be overtime for me," said the cow.

"I'd lose my welfare benefits," said the duck.

"I'm a dropout and never learned how," said the pig.

"If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination," said the goose.

"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen.

She baked five loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see. They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share but the little red hen said, "No, I shall eat all five loaves."

"Excess profits!" cried the cow. (Nancy Pelosi)

"Capitalist leech!" screamed the duck. (Barbara Boxer)

"I demand equal rights!" yelled the goose. (Jesse Jackson)

The pig just grunted in disdain. (Harry Reid)

And they all painted 'Unfair!' picket signs and marched around and around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.

Then the farmer (Obama) came He said to the little red hen, "You must not be so greedy."

"But I earned the bread," said the little red hen.

"Exactly," said Barack the farmer. "That is what makes our free enterprise system so wonderful. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and idle."

And they all lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, "I am grateful, for now I truly understand."

But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her. She never again baked bread because she joined the 'party' and got her bread free. And all the Democrats smiled. 'Fairness' had been established.

Individual initiative had died but nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared so long as there was free bread that 'the rich' were paying for.

EPILOGUE

Bill Clinton is getting $12 million for his memoirs.

Hillary got $8 million for hers.

That's $20 million for the memories from two people, who were "broke" when they left the White House and who for eight years repeatedly testified, under oath, that they couldn't remember anything.


IS THIS A GREAT BARNYARD story OR WHAT?

Can't opine for "best" but be aware IR does not focus on the same plane as visible light. This makes correct focusing awkward with a DLSR. One solution is to use a mirrorless camera. This could be micro 4/3 or a "bridge" camera (looks like a DLSR but isn't). Another solution is a DLSR that has Live View capability and then use the live view at all times even if you have throw a jacket or dark towel over your head to see the LCD in bright sunlight. A third option is to use a DLSR but being aware of the problem stop down to get more DoF. The first option is the ideal one and third the least ideal.

I had never heard of Raw until joining UHH. Always jpeg and satisfied with it. I received an Olympus EM-1 for Christmas and after reading about Raw on here I installed Lightroom 5 on my computer. Unhh! So much to learn --- both with the camera and the software. My question is this (I am sure there will be more): When I go to a picture on the computer that is jpeg I can see what it is before opening it. When I go to Raw it shows a picture of a camera so I have to open it to see what the picture is. Am I missing something or do all Raw files have to be opened on the computer before you can see what they are?