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    Searching - how to for example N+2

    How do I search for a phrase such as N+2. I have tried quotes, etc around the phrase but still no luck. Any ideas?

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    Re: Searching - how to for example N+2

    Best read Ansel Adams, The negative, and all will be revealed.

    Look up Zone system as well, N+2 is there.

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    Re: Searching - how to for example N+2

    https://www.google.com/search?q=n%2B...ient=firefox-a
    if searching this forum use the advanced search

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    Re: Searching - how to for example N+2

    Quote Originally Posted by Alan Butcher View Post
    How do I search for a phrase such as N+2. I have tried quotes, etc around the phrase but still no luck. Any ideas?
    What are you wanting to search N+2?

    Perhaps we can help?
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    Re: Searching - how to for example N+2

    I think Alan means the search cannot find anything very short- that is, less than (I believe) four characters long. For example, it will find 'PanF', but not 'HP5' (try it!)
    You probably need to think of a different way to ask the search question. As Light Guru says, what do you need to know in a more general sense??

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    Re: Searching - how to for example N+2

    Quote Originally Posted by Colin Robertson View Post
    I think Alan means the search cannot find anything very short- that is, less than (I believe) four characters long. For example, it will find 'PanF', but not 'HP5' (try it!)?
    That and search engines treat a + to mean the same thing as the & symbol.
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    Re: Searching - how to for example N+2

    Type or paste this in the Google search window:

    site:largeformatphotography.info "N+2"

    It will also find N-2, but there maybe a tighter search argument that will prevent that.

    Rick "finding Google a far more powerful search engine than vBulletin" Denney

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    Re: Searching - how to for example N+2

    It was a general question, but searching with google provides the solution. I thought I was missing some method of searching with vBulletin, but I was not. Thanks for the replies.

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    Re: Searching - how to for example N+2

    Using Firefox as your web browser allows one to have a LF Forum dedicated Google search window. This may be possible through other means but to this digitally impaired user it was the simplest means to avoid the vBulletin search which, as a previous thread stated, sucks. -Chris

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