October 2015 Lenscope

Lenscope
October 2015
Newsletter of
Peninsula
Camera Club
www.pccqld.org
Club Diary at a Glance
October - Set Subject – Figure Study
2..................................................................... Closed
9............................................................ Print Judging
16.............................................. PDI, All Entries Due
23......................... Education Night, General Meeting
End Of Year entries due
November - End of Year Competitions
6........................... EOY- Judging MC members ONLY
13........................... End of Year Entries Display Night
20.................................. Image Evaluation Discussion
27.....January Entries Due, Annual General Meeting
“Theory Of Everything” by Glenn Rossiter
(Click image to see more.)
From the Desk of the President
ERS & AR/C Trials Outcomes
Welcome to the October Lenscope. Just some
reminders.
Awards Night Dinner
4th December, the Annual Dinner and Awards Night is
to be held at the club rooms.
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Catering by Qld Spit Roast
•
BYO glass and drinks
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Cost $25.00 per person
Please pay Jeanne at the front desk as soon as
possible as we will need to finalise the numbers for
the caterers.
Annual General Meeting
The AGM is on 27th November, when all committee
positions become vacant. Should you wish to be
nominated for a position, or you wish to nominate a
club member, please have a nomination form filled
out and signed and seconded. These will be
available shortly.
The positions are Patron, President,
Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary,
Print Co-Ordinator, PDI Co-Ordinator,
Program Officer, Outings Officer,
Lenscope Editor, and Webmaster.
Entry Records Sticker—Current method has
worked well, with very few issues. The Club will
proceed with full implementation of ERS next year.
Co-ordinators reserve the right to reject submissions
not correctly submitted.
Altered Reality/Creative—The Club will drop AR/C
Prints from 2016, due to low participation. AR/C
Prints can be submitted as Open Prints from January
2016.
2016 Set Subjects
All currently known set subjects for 2016 are listed on
the website and in Lenscope.
Remember Januarys entries are due in no later than
the AGM, 27th November.
Jeanette Robertson
President
December – Set Subject – Rural Life
4........................................... Annual Dinner & Awards
11.................................................................... Closed
18.................................................................... Closed
25................................................................... Closed
Meeting Location: Meetings are held at 7:30 P.M.
in Rothwell Community Hall, Morris Rd, Rothwell
(off Deception Bay Rd).
Membership Fees: $40 per year or $70 per
couple, due each January. Plus $2 per attended
meeting towards hall hire and supper.
Outings: Check the outings page at
www.pccqld.org for up-to-date information on
organised club outings.
New Members: Education Nights are the 4th Friday
of April, July and October.
Latest version of the PCC Constitution - ByLaws and
the Members Handbook available at website
www.pccqld.org
Club Patron Dr. Peter Marendy MBBS FRACGP
AAPS LRPS-Margate
2015 Management Committee:
INTERSTELLAR
I encourage everyone to be at the
AGM, firstly a quorum is required to
ensure the AGM can be held, and
next, it gives every member a say
on issues. Proxy voted MUST be in
writing, and state what the vote is for.
President...............Jeanette Robertson 0432 346 994
Vice President.......................................... Dave Lamb
Treasurer.....................Jeanne Balaam 0415 545 420
Secretary............................................ Grant Gillespie
Print Entry Officer...............Dave Lamb 0424 800 784
PDI Entry Officer...................................Peter O’Brien
Outings Officer....................................... Sandra Rose
Program Officer........................................ Caryn Alner
Digital Co-ordinator...............................Peter O’Brien
WebMaster Email Co-ordinator...........Glenn Rossiter
Lenscope Editor.................................. Grant Gillespie
Any Notice of Motions are to be in
writing with a mover and a seconder
and delivered to the Committee
at least 14 days before the AGM.
Management Committee meets first Wednesday of
the month. Please have all items for General
Meetings to Management Committee before then.
Contact:
His 5-dimensional Tesseract filing system was
of no help in finding his End-Of-Year entries.
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Email: [email protected]
Web: www.pccqld.org
The Secretary, P.O. Box 174, Redcliffe Qld 4020
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Image Quality
overexposing (set the flashing overexposure warning
to show blown highlights). This is known as 'exposing
to the right’. Aim for the histogram on the left, rather
than the one on the right.
By Grant Gillespie
Software can take a terrible image and make it look
better. Truly beautiful results require a sharp, well
exposed image to begin with.
This month we look at image quality in terms of
sharpness, tonal range (often mistakenly referred to
as dynamic range) and a quick introduction to using
the histogram display to improve images at the time
of capture, especially ‘exposing to the right’.
Poorly exposed images may require a lot of
processing to make them look better, and the results,
while improved, often lead to degraded image quality.
Here are some signs you have poorly exposed
images:
• Needing to sharpen to the point of introducing
unwanted noise
• Increasing saturation and producing unbalanced
or unnatural colours
• Lightening shadows to show more detail,
revealing an unacceptable amount of noise,
because little detail was recorded in the first
place
Sharpness
Sharpness is how much contrast there is along
edges and lines. The butterfly wing on the left has
been improved using software (unsharp mask, etc).
cambridgeincolour.com
The make-up of every image is different. See the
many examples in Further Reading at the end.
There are some general guidelines. The wider the
range of the graph, the more contrast your image
will have. If the graph is narrow the image may be
dull and flat.
shortcourses.com
cambridgeincolour.com
Endeavour to avoid peaking/clipping on the right
(loss of detail in highlights) or peaking on the left
(loss of detail in shadows). The right-most windmill
image (right) is a good example of the histogram
displaying peaking highlights.
Exposure Warning
Most cameras have exposure warnings to indicate
which part of the image is overexposed. This
indicates what’s peaking/clipping at the right-hand
end of the Histogram. If you’re ‘exposing to the right’,
use this to back off your exposure so you don’t
overexpose highlights and lose detail.
shortcourses.com
A sharper image in the first place can be achieved by
reducing camera shake—improve your grip to
support and hold the camera more steadily, use a
tripod or increase shutter speed. Motion blur is
another culprit, caused by the shutter speed being
too slow for the action being captured. In both cases,
to get good colours and shadow detail, increasing
shutter speed calls for increasing aperture, which
decreases depth of field. In cases of shallow depth of
field, check focus after taking the shot, to ensure
everything that needs to be in focus, IS in focus.
Exposing To The Right
The human eye and the exposure system of cameras
is based on the logarithmic scale, open up one stop
and double the light hits the sensor. Three stops is 8
times the light and five stops 32 times, etc. This
means that the tones between pure White and one
stop less account for half of the tonal range that can
be captured. Each stop below that halves the
available tones to capture detail.
Lenscope — October 2015
Limitations of the Histogram Display
Typically, digital cameras display a single histogram
when shooting, which only shows the overall
luminance of an image. Many cameras display RedGreen-Blue histograms in review mode. This gives a
better overall picture of how each colour is being
captured e.g. if the image has large areas of
saturated colour which contain important tonal
differences.
The single histogram in
these examples is the
simple case, for easier
understanding.
Not all images have all
digital-photography-school.com
colours.
The red star image would have no midrange at all.
There are not many links below. They provide many
examples of histograms for different kinds of images.
I recommend you read them thoroughly. ■
The range of brightness in an image between pure
white and pure black is called the Tonal Range.
Setting the camera to display the Histogram provides
a visual representation with darker colours on the left,
lighter colours on the right and the height of the
graph indicates how many pixels at each brightness
the image contains.
Highlights—Having half the available levels of tonal
detail in the brightest areas of the image means that
digital cameras can capture astoundingly subtle
highlights, better high-key images than film.
Shadows—Another reason to ‘expose to the
highlights, is that so few tones are available in the
shadows of a digital image, only 128 in the -5th Stop
range. This limits how much shadow detail can be
opened up.
Thanks to Glenn Rossiter and Peter Simmonds for
recommending great articles to research.
Tonal Range
In the viewfinder, a photographer can judge Tonal
Range by eye. Images that use the full tonal range
look rich and crisp, with vibrant colours. Images that
don't use the full range lack contrast, often looking
flat and dull, lacking detail in highlight and shadow, or
the image may just be too dark or light. Using the
camera’s Histogram can help decide how to increase
the tonal range.
naturephotographers.net
In the windmill image, shutter speed is used to
change exposure - at higher shutter speed the image
is darker and the blades are frozen, at lower shutter
speeds, the blades are blurred. Shifting the
histogram to the right, increases the amount of detail
that is captured. Be careful not to peak out the righthand end of the histogram (overexposed highlights).
Further Reading:
Exposing To The Right
http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0705/nr07051.html
naturephotographers.net
If your exposure is only 1 stop out, you will have
missed half of the available tones to cover the
tonal range of the image. Use the histogram to
ensure the exposure uses as much of the tonal range
as possible. The brightest tones should be just
touching the right hand side of the histogram, but not
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Evaluating Images
http://www.shortcourses.com/workflow/workflow1-9.html
Histograms
http://www.shortcourses.com/workflow/workflow1-10.html
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/histograms1.htm
http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-read-and-usehistograms/
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Outings
Words and Photographs by Sandra Rose
Time seems to fly these days…and one outing
merges in with another.
September
September took us up the range to the Carnival of
Flowers in Toowoomba. How amazing was that!
Twenty years in Brisbane and this was the first time I
have been to Toowoomba in September.
August
August saw us go to the Ekka. Most of us dropped
in and saw the photographic display, where several
of our members had entries. We have seen a few
photos in club competition this month.
October
So after such a busy year, the outings are winding
down, with only 2 more official outings to come.
October is a visit to the David Fleay Wildlife Park on
the 10th October. This park belongs to National
Parks and is where native animals that cannot be
rehabilitated to the wild live. I enjoy going here to
photograph the animals. My personal favourite is the
tree kangaroo. First time I have ever seen one, let
alone photograph one.
This was my first visit to the Japanese Gardens
(which I have been told is from Expo 88). It was a
photographer’s dream. And I managed to find a park
that is for waterfowls only.
I have even been charged by a cranky brolga who
was looking after the baby.
Next outing was the Hunt and Shoot Challenge,
which was well attended this year. Judging was last
Friday, with Sharon Smith and Jeannette Zanotto
leading the way. Selecting the subjects, I had in
mind what I would photograph and your interpretation
was very similar. I probably should have taken Dave
Lamb up on the Battle of the Sexes for the Hunt &
Shoot Challenge, because the girls rocked it.
That brings us to Riverfire on the last weekend of
September.
November
November is an opportunity for first or return visits to
Cabarita on 14th and 15th November to photograph
the V8 Jet Boat Racing. We have seen several
photos in competition this year, so this is a chance to
grab your own photos.
Even partners caught the spirit and I have included a
photo by Ronnie Lombard taken on the challenge.
Nothing like being amongst the crowds wrangling a
tripod.
Thanks to everyone for your support with outings this
year. ■
Riverfire photographs
by Grant Gillespie
Photograph by Ronnie Lombard
Welcome to our New Members and Visitors
Please welcome new members and Visitors to the
Peninsula Camera Club. New Members are
especially invited to take part in the special
“Education Nights” where more experienced
members provide a great understanding of
photography and photographic processing with
specific information of how you can gain much more
from your membership within the club ...hints and tips
galore designed especially to help you gain more
from your photography—not to be missed !
Lenscope — October 2015
A special welcome to our visitors. We hope you
enjoy the meetings and develop a love and passion
for photography. One of the aims of our club is to
encourage, foster, develop and advance skills and
promote the enjoyment of photography. If we can
help you in any way or you have any questions,
would like to know more about the club or would like
a membership form please feel free to ask any
member of the club.
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Peninsula Camera Club
Life Members Dr. Peter Marendy, Ken Peters, Brad
King, Lyn King, Peter Edwards, Glenn Rossiter, Dave
Lamb, Peter O’Brien, & John Taylor
Other Club Officers
Catering Convenor - June Hill & Robyn Paul
Raffle Convenor - Sheila Crisp
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Peninsula Camera Club September Gallery—Prints
Retired by Sharon Smith
I'll Put A Spell On You by Peter O'Brien
Spirited by Peter Lombard
Oil Wrestling Is A Dirty Sport by Michael Stefanini
Hang Dog by Sandra Rose
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Peninsula Camera Club September Gallery—PDI
Changing A Tyre, Country Style by Sharon Smith
Temperamental Tractor by Jeff Patterson
Done And Dusted by Peter Lombard
Milkman by Maria Casmenco
Lonely Lock by Patricia Gibson
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Newsletter of Peninsula Camera Club
Peninsula Camera Club Competition Results - September
Apologies to Joan Cheeseman. Last month, Joan Cheeseman's Mono Print “Two Wasps“ actually received an Honour and was shown as a Merit.
September 2015 PDI — Judge: Wendy Geddes
Set Subject (Country Life) and Open
PDI
Title
The Sheares
Blacksmith
Dave Lamb
Jacqui #27
Peter O’Brien
Inside Notre Dame
Looking At You
Stockpiling Feed
Bad Hair Day
Title
Maker
Dave Lamb
M
M
Peter O’Brien
Jeanne Balaam
Jeanne Balaam
John Balaam
Wind Thing
Windy Road
Maker
Steve Crisp
Steve Crisp
M
M
Tempremental Tractor
Jeff Patterson
M
M
M
M
M
Willy Wagtail
Dusty Road Home
Bribie Jetty At Sunset
Milkman
Katy Robertson
Katy Robertson
Maria Casmenco
Maria Casmenco
M
M
M
M
Glenbar IR
Behind The Veil
Rural Roads
Brad King
Jeanne Balaam
John Balaam
M
H
H
John Quixley
H
John Quixley
John Quixley
Peter Simmonds
Grant Gillespie
Grant Gillespie
H
H
H
H
H
Rural Destruction
Fog On Track
John Balaam
Michael Stefanini
Get Thru Jumbuck
Michael Stefanini
M
M
M
Pauline Minnis
M
Loose Cannon #2
Beauty and the Beast
Brisbane City Hall Clock Tower
Lonely Lock
River Crossing
Peter Simmonds
Grant Gillespie
Patricia Gibson
Patricia Gibson
They Follow U 2 The Grave
Patricia Gibson
M
M
M
M
M
The Farrier
Who Are You Looking At
Lets Take a Closeup
Soldier Crabby
Resting
Gerry Allen
M
Don't Look Back
Gerry Allen
H
Jeanette Robertson
M
Cold Morning Defence
Bob Britcher
H
Robyn Paul
M
Coot Fight
Way of Life
Robyn Paul
M
Solitary Tree
Not A Happy Jan
Robyn Paul
M
Sandra Rose
M
Louisa Hancock
Louisa Hancock
Joan Cheeseman
Joan Cheeseman
Joan Cheeseman
Peter Lombard
Jeanete Zanotto
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
Side On
Afternoon River Cruise
Potato Farming Indian Style
Woodchopper
Chewing The Hay
Brisbane At Dusk
Small Wave Surfing
Just One More Step
Fixing The D4D
Everyone Loves a Parade
Calf Wrangle
Working Dog
Set Subjects 2015 PCC Club
Competition
January............................................... Colour Yellow
February................................................... Silhouette
March..................................................... Movie Titles
April............................................................... Horses
May...................................................... Aquatic Birds
June.............................................................. Scapes
July............................................ Street Photography
August.................................................. Photo Travel
September................................................. Rural Life
October................................................. Figure Study
InterClub Competition set subjects are at Lenscope
and News at www.pccqld.org.
Lenscope — October 2015
Sandra Rose
H
Louisa Hancock
H
Done And Dusted
Peter Lombard
H
Lassoed!
Jeanete Zanotto
H
Hi Tec Oils
Zoe
Lakeside Fishing
Hissss
Final Resting Place
Changing a Tyre, Country Style
New Life
Sheila Crisp
Katy Robertson
Katy Robertson
Sharon Smith
Sharon Smith
Sharon Smith
Sharon Smith
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
Guidelines
2016 Set Subjects
Figure Study is a study of a part or the whole of the
male or female figure. The subject may be nude or
lightly draped. The object is to show the femininity or
masculinity of the subject by suitable posing and
lighting.
Simplicity is just that. Simple.
PDIs are 1800x1200 in 2016
January...................................................... Simplicity
February.....................................Under Construction
March......................Advertising Photo for Magazine
April............................................ Facial Expressions
May......................................................... Weathered
June........................................ Smoke and/or Steam
Under Construction does not have to be a building.
Further Set Subjects for 2016 will be advertised as
soon as PSQ and Tewantin subjects are decided by
participating clubs.
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September 2015 PRINTS — Judge: Ralph Brown
Set Subject (Rural Life) and Open
Altered Reality / Creative Prints
Pipe Dreams
Sundancer
I'll Put A Spell On You
Unbroken
John Taylor
Peter Lombard
Peter O’Brien
Peter Lombard
M
M
H
H
Mono Prints
On The Dam
In Bunker
Three Calves
The Boat Shed
Black Power
Another One Bites The Dust
Tenterfield
Chinese Street Vendor
High Tide Venice
Watch Those Sparks
Ghost Ship
Sawed Off Fury
Peter O’Brien
Sandra Rose
Sandra Rose
Sharon Smith
Peter Lombard
Jeanete Zanotto
Peter Lombard
Joan Cheeseman
Joan Cheeseman
Joan Cheeseman
Sharon Smith
Peter Lombard
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
H
H
H
H
H
Colour Prints
Reflected Glory
Oil Wrestling Is A Dirty Sport
You Drink That
Rural Storm
Tessellated Veil
Retired
Teresa 2015
Hang Dog
Spirted
Morning Rush
Rural Reflections
John Taylor
Michael Stefanini
Michael Stefanini
Peter Lombard
Sharon Smith
Sharon Smith
Michael Stefanini
Sandra Rose
Peter Lombard
Sharon Smith
Sharon Smith
M
M
M
M
M
M
H
H
H
H
H
Club News
Neurum Creek Surrounds
Social Camping
Neurum Creek – near Woodford
17th/18th October
You can book for 1 or 2 nights
ncbr.com.au or phone 1300 733 901
Members book individually.
Mention PCC to get plots together.
If required, there are tents for hire.
For Sale
Mint condition Canon EOS 7D with a
Tamron 16mm - 300mm f3.5 to f6.3
$1200 o.n.o. Ph 04 33 944 067
2016-PCC Interclub PDI
These are the subjects to keep in mind for the 2016
Peninsula InterClub competition between Aspley,
Caboolture and Peninsula.
Remember to make PDIs the new resolution
1800 x 1200 (or part thereof, depending on crop).
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People
Nature
Pictorial
Under Construction
Weathered
Smoke and/or Steam
Open Monochrome
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Monthly competition sections:
• Colour Prints
• Mono Prints
• Altered Reality-Creative Prints
• Projected Digital Images (PDI)
All Sections are graded. Altered Reality-Creative Prints
grading is a trial. Progression will be determined upon
trial conclusion, end of 2015.
Members may submit up to 4 images per section, except
Altered Reality-Creative Prints (up to 2).
1 or 2 images may be designated Set Subjects.
Printing: May be home or commercially printed. All
work prior to printing must have been completed by the
image author. Prints must not be altered by any 3rd party
printer.
Size: Requirements to be accepted into competition
Min. size, 8” x 10”; Max. including mount 16” x 20”.
Panoramic prints - minimum 10” longest side.
Entry Records Sticker: Sticker on back of prints must
state Set Subject or Open, Grade, Title, Category and
Member Number (no name).
Title must not change if re-entered.
PDI Entries: Must be XGA Jpeg (*.jpg)
minimum compression, maximum file size
Q12 standard, sRGB tagged
1024 (maximum-H) 768 (maximum-V) pixels
Image files must be named as described in the Member's
Handbook.
Entries to be submitted on a key-tagged USB.
End of Year Competitions:
Graded End-of-year entries should be labelled with their
original filename, as submitted in monthly competition.
Ungraded
End-of-Year Nature entries prefix PCCNat...
End-of-Year Outings entries prefix PCCOut...
Re-entry: Images gaining a Merit or Honour are not
eligible for entry into further monthly competitions in any
section.
Images gaining two Acceptances in a calendar year are
not eligible for further entry in that same year in any
Section, but may be re- entered in a different Section in
the subsequent calendar year.
Re-entered images may have minor Compositional and
Technical alterations allowing for change of Section. Must
have same Title as the original, suffixed with (REV) for
revised Image.
Entry Records Stickers - Prints
Download Print Co-ord - ERS PRINT Stickers SET as an
MSWord page -White Mailing Labels [No 182753 99.1 x
93.1 mm] .doc document on the website Downloads
page.
TITLE enter Grade B or A, O for Open or S for Set, Title
and Member number.
GRADE - Indicate
Grade and
Section.
DATE is Judging
date.
AWARD is
completed after
judging.
Additional Title
and Date are for
re-submission, per By-Laws section 4.
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PENINSULA CAMERA CLUB Inc. PROGRAM for 2015
All meetings held at Rothwell Lions Community Hall starting at 7:30 PM sharp. Note: 1st & 5th Friday Nights are CLOSED unless otherwise advised.
PCC
meets
1st & 5th Friday
CLOSED
January
2
February
6
March
6
Closed
Closed
2nd Friday
Judging PRINTS
09
13
May
3
Closed
EASTER Good Friday
Camp Duckadang
1
10
7
10
September
4
Closed
14
Photo Travel
11
2
Closed
27
9
6
EOY- Judging MC members ONLY
13
December
4
11
Figure Study
End of Year
Entries Display Night
Closed
Don Featherstone
“Dusk till Dawn”
Ted's Cameras Equipment &
Rental options - Richard
24
GM
Education Night
What's in the Bag, RAW vs JPEG
Photoshop This! Judging
22
Street Photography Masterclass
with Peter O'Brien
19
Photoshop This! Winner Demo
26
17
24
Non-Destructive Workflow
with Brad King
Selsdon International 2015
Display
21
28
18
25
Rural Life
November
Annual Dinner & Awards
20
Street Photography
Closed
October
27
15
Scapes
Closed
August
20
17
12
3
23
GM
Les Harden-Highcove & Russell
Brown - Digital Artist Photographer
Aquatic Birds
Closed
July
16
Horses
8
5
4th Friday
PROGRAM Night
+ General Meetings
Movie Title
Closed
June
Silhouette
13
Closed
April
Colour Yellow
3rd Friday
Judging PDI
+ All Entries due
GM
Education Night :
How to file awards & Club
Competition Spreadsheet
PCC 3-Way InterClub Digital
Print Challenge
16
20
23
Image Evaluation Discussion
18
Closed
27
25
General Meeting
Education Night
+ EOY Entries due
PCC AGM
January Entries Due
Closed
Official PCC OUTINGS 2015 — latest information is at www.pccqld.org Website “Outings” page.
December 4th : PCC Annual Dinner and AWARDS is confirmed !
Club Discounts
Harvey Norman Rothwell
15” x 10” prints $3.95 ea
Show your membership card to obtain the discount.
Morayfield Gardens Picture Framing
Mounting boards—uncut or cut to size.
Megan & David Bood 5428 1600
[email protected]
193 Morayfield Rd, Morayfield 4506
Exquisite Picture Framing
Mounting boards on 24 hours notice, don't keep stock.
Darryl Finn 3889 7434, [email protected]
410 Gympie Rd Strathpine 4500
Lenscope — October 2015
Club Resources
See the club website Downloads page for helpful
tutorials compiled by club members, including:
"Glenn Rossiter's [SET of 7] useful PhotoShop and
Image preparation Tutorial sheets".
CLUB Competition SCORESHEET
John Quixley's EXCEL scoresheet template for 2015
personal Club competition records as a ZIP file.
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Peninsula Camera Club
DataColor Spyder4Pro available
for just $10 per week. Enquire at
front desk (members only).
Club Mounting Board & Cutter
The club has a supply of mounting
board, various colours. We also
have a cutter, which is free to use
for club members.
Contact Dave Lamb to arrange a time to use the
cutter or inquire about sheets - 0424 800 784.
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