garethleyland

<p>I get ERR when I only have a card in slot one, with a card in both slots everything works OK.</p>

<p>Great Nikon Wed everyone, my contri is of my 12 year old collie 'Jess' going after all the cats!<br>

D7000 & 70-200 f2.8 vr2.</p><div></div>

<p>I agree with Wouter<br>

A 50mm lens on your D3100 will give you the full frame equivalent of 75mm, which can be quite limiting. I would suggest a 35mm f1.8 afs and if you need to zoom use your feet.</p>

<p>Great shots again as always.<br>

No pies but I did catch this thistle enjoying the sunrise.</p><div></div>

<p>Max aperture on my 18-55 @ 35mm is f4.5.</p>

<p>Jessica, the 35mm gets my vote.</p>

<p>Great images as always everybody. This is my first Wednesday contri, spent a couple of days in London with just my old D60 and 18-55 kit lens.</p><div></div>

<p>Jin, Josh,<br>

Seems to be all OK again now.</p>

<p>As well as the slow speed I have been getting the same page/set of images on the critique forum, the page isn't reloading and has now been going on for 24 hours. I guess this is a server issue, maybe a short message on the homepage explaing any issues would help.</p>

<p>Seems ok now. Thanks Jin.</p>

<p>I have the same problem as Craig.<br>

There seems to have been a few slight changes to PN over the last couple of weeks making for very frustrating sessions</p>

<p>Hi Gill, my copy of PS elements 9 has now arrived although I have yet to install it. I will give it a go over the weekend and see whats what. I have been taking photos on SLR cameras for 25 years, owned my DSLR for 3 and only now am learning not to use 'auto'. I still have to get my head around all this post production stuff, I mean, if the shot is taken right why the need to alter it? Maybe that is a different topic for discussion though. I have seen how photos can be improved(one of mine as an example), so, will knowing this lead me to be less careful when taking the shot. I wonder.</p>

<p>Thanks to eveyone for the advice, I have decided to go with elements so stand by for loads of questions on how to use it! You guys have some stunning images, I have really enjoyed looking.<br>

Keep shooting.</p>

<p>Very best regards,</p>

<p>Gareth.</p>

<p>I stand corrected. Thankyou all for the advice it seems there are two to ivestigate, ps9 and lightroom.</p>

<p>Thanks JC, I am planning to get serious even if it takes time. It would seem I can't go far wrong with elements. I have now worked out there are no editing tools in viewNX!</p>

<p>I am getting good advice, thankyou all. My camera is a D60 (aiming to upgrade to D7000 at the end of the year) and came with NXview. I may be missing something but this software seems very limited, is this the case or am I just useless? Also, can you only edit RAW or can Jpeg be played with too?</p>

<p>Thankyou for the responses, I have a lot to learn. I have spent the last three months getting my camera off 'auto' and over the coming winter plan to work on RAW and post production. All I need for now is a basic fairly simple package and will move on as and when I can. I look at PN at wonder at some of the photos. Thankyou again for taking time to comment.</p>

<p>Please advise on the best beginner software, I am thinking of Photoshop elements 9 but would like expert opinion. I am not looking for anything advanced but would like to be able to sharpen my photos and remove noise. Thanks, Gareth.</p>