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[svn r5845] Corrected some spelling errors

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@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ detail that was never really visible in slide shows.</p>
<p>Quite a bit of "notebook" photography has been done with a video camera
and digitiser card. This is a handy way of getting quick pictures of
entrances and aproach routes (and much cheaper than Photo-CD, if you have the
entrances and approach routes (and much cheaper than Photo-CD, if you have the
equipment), but the quality leaves a certain amount to be desired (it would
be improved by a slightly less cheapo video digitiser). Some pictures are
also here courtesy of video of postcard-sized prints.</p>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ pausing for one or two more attempts. Exit, apparently after total failure.</p>
<p>In fact, the second photographer, who hasn't had his gear out of its ammo
can since his previous expedition photographic trip three years earlier, does
turn out to have a few useable shots.</p>
turn out to have a few usable shots.</p>
<p>This is probably how <b>not</b> to do it, though it does illustrate the
problems. Can anybody write something more positive?</p>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ cavers whose faces appear on the photo.</li>
<li>Do use a tripod - the heavier the better for photography, but worse
for caving with. Tiny pocket tripods are great for allowing cameras
topple off boulders and into the all-prevading mud, but crap for getting
topple off boulders and into the all-pervading mud, but crap for getting
your eye anywhere near the viewfinder.</li>
<li>Do use slaves. I don't mean people who will take orders (though they
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ moving when the flash fires, otherwise they look awkward and off-balance.</li>
<li>Photography rarely combines well with exploration - the trip just gets
slowed up too much with both bolting and photography and everyone gets cold.
However, quick snapshots at pitch heads or at the exits from crawls can
work if the photographer is fairly well practiced. Similarly, photography
work if the photographer is fairly well practised. Similarly, photography
doesn't combine well with surveying, as both activities are slow-moving and
result in lots of people generating great clouds of steam.</li>