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ISSUE SIX
JULY 2013
Camera Club
chairman
KEITH WRIGHT
poses the question
IS IT time to take a
fresh look at the
operation of the Camera
Clubs Bi-Monthly print
competition?
Its a question which arose
during a recent meeting when
Barrie Allington compared the
merits of different types of
cameras.
Barrie looked at DSLRs (digital
single lens reflex), BRIDGE
cameras (in-between cameras
usually with a fixed zoom lens)
and COMPACTs (very often
referred to as the point and
shoot camera).
After extolling the virtues of the
different cameras, Barrie went
on to show that good pictures
can be obtained with each and
every camera.
During the discussion which
followed David Brindley pointed
out, its the person behind the
camera that sees and takes the
picture, not the camera.
But is that necessarily the case
each and every time?
Clearly not everyone feels that,
for the point was made that the
photographers regularly gaining
the top marks in the Bi-Monthly
competition seemed to be the
ones with the better cameras
and lenses.
Entries from the last Bi-Monthly competition from Gillian Chater (left)
and Jean Shepherd.
In the lively discussion which
followed, there was clearly a
feeling amongst many members
that the Bi-Monthly competition
format is now in need of a make
over but just how do we go
about it? What options are open
to us?
The question was then asked as
to whether it would be possible
for the Bi-Monthly competition to
have two sections - an
advanced section for those
photographers who are in the
top of the leader board and
another for those who are in the
lower part of the leader board.
Barrie came up with the idea
that instead of the competition
being open any photograph
of any subject and taken
anywhere there could be a
different set subject for each
competition.
This suggested change from an
open competition to a set
subject created quite a
response from members with
Were taking
a summer
break
FOR the first time, the
Computer and Camera
Group is taking a summer
break.
The decision by the
committee means that
there will be no formal
programme for the month
of August, although the
meeting room will remain
available to members who
wish to come along to
chat and discuss matters
of mutual interest.
Formal meetings resume
on September 4th when
Roy and Ray will be
judging the latest BiMonthly competition.
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INSIDE: The birds and the bees Meet our monki Member Profiles
Welcome...
HELLO ... Is there anyone out
there?
This is my second edition of
Bytes & Pics and in this issue
youll find some interesting
articles from several members.
But they represent only a tiny
fraction of our total membership
of over 100!
For example, to date only eight
members have provided their
information for the member
profile page.
If you want a
regular newsletter,
you need to play
your part. I need
your help to keep it
going. Im sure you
have interesting
stories to tell,
helpful tips you can
pass on to other members.
Dont be shy. Let me have them
at iamdavid@primehome.com
- DAVID WHINYATES
ISSUE 6
JULY 2013
The colours in a
persons life are part
of them. To throw away
part of that information
is to throw away part of
that person.
JULY 2013
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Optimising Windows 8
IN Windows 8, the names of a lot of features which you
may have grown used to in Windows 7 have been
changed. For example, Windows Anytime Upgrade is
now called Add Features to Windows 8.
Disk Defragmenter has now been changed to Optimize Drives. Not really
sure why the name changes were necessary, but if youre looking for
something in Windows 8 and cant find it, its probably because the name
has changed.
In Windows 8, you can open the Charms bar and search for Optimize
Drives.
TECH TALK
Luckily, you can also still search disk defragmenter and it will load the
correct feature. (See Fig 1).
You can also get to the Optimize Drives feature by going to My Computer,
selecting a drive, clicking on the Manage tab and then clicking on the
Optimize button.
This will bring up the Optimize Drives dialog box where you will see a list of
your drives and their current status (% fragmented). (See Fig 2).
In Windows 8, the drives are automatically scheduled for optimization on a
weekly basis. You can manually optimize or defragment a drive in Windows
8 by selecting it and then clicking on the Optimize button. (See Fig 3).
This will start the defrag process manually and youll see that Windows 8
does two passes to relocate fragmented data on the hard drive.
You can also click the Analyze button to quickly update the percent
fragmented value. If you want to change the automatic optimize schedule,
click on Change settings. (See Fig 4).
You can either remove the schedule so that automatic defragmentation is
turned off or you can change it from weekly to daily or monthly. You can
also choose all drives or a specific drive to change the schedule for.
Lastly, if you click the Choose button, you can change whether you want
new drives to automatically be scheduled for optimization also or not. (See
Fig 5).
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Liz
Watson
Partner:
Partner:
Ken Watson.
Lesley Allington.
Home Village:
Home Village:
Peyia.
Peyia.
Birthplace:
Birthplace:
Glasgow, Scotland.
Previous Occupation:
PA/ Office manager AKA general dogsbody.
Previous occupation:
Staff Photographer for Cyprus mail and Redcactuspost.
Retired Chief Inspector Dorset Police previously Army
Photographer.
Hobbies/Interests:
Playing the guitar and computers and photography. I also
enjoy cooking.
Hobbies / Interests:
Photography, dressmaking, travel, eating out with friends
and family, swimming, keep fit.
MEMBER PROFILES
Roy
Calver
David
Whinyates
Partner:
Partner:
Margaret (Maggie).
Pauline.
Home Village:
Home Village:
Peyia.
Mandria.
Birthplace:
Birthplace:
Prescot, near Liverpool.
London.
Previous occupation:
Previous occupation:
Photographer/
Camera engineer.
Spent all my working life as a journalist, starting as a cubreporter and working up to assistant editor of a major
regional daily in the North-east of England. I specialised
as a motoring writer and ultimately managed a motoring
editorial syndication service for the UKs biggest regional
newspaper group writing for an audience in excess of
nine million. I was fortunate to be able to travel all over
the world with my work and to drive many of the most
desirable cars in exotic locations.
Hobbies/Interests:
Hobbies/Interests:
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JULY 2013
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Monki business
The Computer and Camera Group has invested in a piece of kit which
can help members get better prints from their photographs. Called the
Colormunki, it calibrates your monitor with your printer to provide truer
colours in your final print. ROY CALVER explains how it works.
WE have a monki
to look after but,
dont worry: it wont
bite. This monki is, in
fact, a complete system
for profiling monitor and
printer and Group members
can rent it for a small fee.
Colour management is an important topic
and ensures that the image we see in our
camera matches the one we see on our
monitor and that we eventually see on a sheet
of A4 paper.
Because all three devices use different
methods of interpreting the information of an
image, making that translation between them
can sometimes be like a game of Chinese
Whispers.
Each stage of the process produces
something slightly different from the one
before, with the end result sometimes a far
cry from the original version.
It is vital to have an accurate monitor. If
youre trying to correct a colour cast, and the
fault is with the monitor not with the image,
then youre going to end up going in circles
and produce an image that looks ten times
worse on another monitor or print.
TUTORIAL:
The opening screen gives you the option to
calibrate the monitor, printer or both as well
as a digital projector. Like other monitor
calibrators, the Colormunki dangles from the
top of the monitor and measures a series of
software-generated colour patches on the
screen.
Lets Facebook up to it
HAVE you signed up to
our new Facebook page
yet?
So far, 18 of our members
have joined our on-line
community ... and the more
the merrier!
its a closed group which
means that non-members
can see the group but
cannot see who the groups
members are and cannot see
posts.
If youre not already a
Facebook user youll need to
create an account at
www.facebook.com
Once you have your own
account you can ask to join
our Group by going to our
page at www.facebook. com/
groups/ 357922107 662161/
and requesting membership.
Any member of the UKCA
Computer and Camera
Group, past or present is
welcome to join.
Aug-Dec
FOR SALE
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