Recent content by Craig Dodd

Wow, awesome photos! Thanks for sharing your trip. Many years ago I read a book called "The Man Who Walked Through Time." Where, if I remember correctly, the author hiked the length of the Grand Canyon only coming up near the rim to access one of his caches... I was last there after a...

+1 on this approach! I did the same thing and got my FX-120i scale this last Tuesday! I am expecting the V4 in June. When you get the FX-120i you will find the 100-gram check weight in the bottom of the box wrapped in bubble-wrap. it is easy to miss, so don't get in a hurry disposing of the...

Roy, Good to hear from you. I retired this last September and have spent the winter reading issues of Precision Shooting and other various gun magazines and am almost rabid to get out there and shoot some groups, mud or not. Way too soon to shoot chucks but I did hear of one standing out...

Better late than never... Just saw the posting! Idahoan since 1966. Craig in SE Idaho

To achieve consistancy in the closing, I discovered that just raising the barrel and allowing the locking lugs to go into "battery" was the least consistant (in my Encore). I started to close the action by raising the barrel with a little more vigor but not slamming it closed seemed to produce...

BlackSS One thing that has not been mentioned to date is bench technique. The Encore rifle must be removed from the bags/rest each and every shot for reloading. In addition, how you close the action will have a significant affect on your groups. I have an Encore rifle built by Virgin...

Congratulations Kirby! This is one very significant milestone. I have followed your postings and various builds for a number of years and always look forward to what you have to contribute. While I am not yet one of your customers, I am looking to rectify that in 2011. Again...

Merry Christmas to you and a Happy New Year! Wishing you a speedy return to Idaho. Craig

"Enter Me In The US Optics Spotting Scope Contest". Thanks, Craig

"Enter Me In The Olympus/Cameraland Contest".

300, I saw the interviews on channel 3(?), thats really sad. Hopefully the paint jobs you guys did on the rest will make a difference. This kind of behavior makes all of us look bad. I have traveled and enjoyed those "roads" for the past forty years, just wish I had a name to give you...

Too bad you couldn't get a "closeup" photo! I liked the last one best. However, I would need one of them "anti-shake" lenses just to be near that critter. Good photos! Craig Dodd in SE Idaho

Len, Nice bull! You can even take a "Texas Heart Shot" w/o any concern at f11. Thanks for sharing your bull. I hope the fall colors are all that you hoped they would be. I went out this weekend (also in the rain) and drove part way to Jackson, Wyoming. Lots of red maples but the aspen...

Thanks one and all for your advise. It looks like it's unanimous in the vote for Photoshop CS (version 2 or 3), its what the big dogs use. My current Photoshot Elements 3.0 can't even open a Nikon RAW file, to say nothing about editing it. Does anyone know anything about Nikon Capture NX for...

From the number of threads and views, it would seem that we have a number of folks that are interested in digital photograhy. How many of you use software to edit your photos and if so what do you use/recommend? I am in the market to update my old software (Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0) and...