Forum: Digital Photography
October 20th 09, 08:15 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 12
Views: 598
A3 Photo Printer choice.
I can only speak from my experience with Epson and Canon printers.
Epsons are indeed prone to head clogging but it is avoidable with regular
use of the printer and the cleaning process. Yes, it...
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
September 2nd 09, 12:08 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 7
Views: 772
Nikon, I do mean adieu
Thirty years of using Nikons (non-pro).
Much Nikon gear sells at a premium compared to competitors and historically
the surcharge has been worth it for the quality provided.
My last two Nikon...
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
August 18th 09, 08:36 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,062
D(isappointing)5000
One reason that all hardware reviews should be read with the proverbial
grain of salt is that the units, camera or lenses, that are provided for
review are likely to be cherry-picked units that may...
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Forum: Digital Photography
August 4th 09, 09:47 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 0
Views: 248
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Forum: 35mm Photo Equipment
July 29th 09, 07:13 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,401
Wide Angle Lens Recommendation
Actually, if its just for the web, I second the stitched panorama
suggestion. Most stitching programs, including the one built into
Photoshop, should give you excellent results with any tripod....
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Forum: Digital Photography
June 1st 09, 10:30 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital,uk.rec.photo.misc
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Replies: 0
Views: 578
RAW file formats and observations
Raw is raw.
However different raw viewers/converters perform different operations on the
data prior to opening so that the first view of a raw image that you get can
vary between raw...
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Forum: Digital Photography
May 12th 09, 08:27 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 3
Views: 802
Printing Photos
It would help to profile your monitor but if you are using an LCD panel you
will probably find prints are too dark because monitor profiling devices
cannot account for the insane brightness levels...
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
April 28th 09, 10:30 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 8
Views: 548
Photo editing software
How much do you want to learn and how far do you want to go?
If you have a D90 and are serious about what you are doing you should learn
to use and process raw images. Ultimately you need to learn...
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
March 25th 09, 09:30 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,504
Nikon lenses: 16-85mm v. 18-105mm
From a user standpoint I would agree with http://www.bythom.com comments
about the 200mm focal length of the 18-200 Nikon not being all that useful
on an everyday basis compared to the...
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Forum: 35mm Photo Equipment
March 17th 09, 08:58 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,200
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Forum: Digital Photography
March 4th 09, 12:33 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,348
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
March 4th 09, 12:31 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 10
Views: 918
Leica S2 at B&H
One would assume this camera is aimed at the small professional segment
using larger than 35mm form factor digital cameras for studio work and not
the Nikon/Canon crowd, although those have muscled...
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Forum: Digital Photography
February 18th 09, 11:28 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 2
Views: 518
How to use bracketing exposures
It sounds like you are trying to exceed the very limited dynamic range of
digital sensors, let alone film.
If you are taking stationary images on a tripod with a fixed aperture and
varied shutter...
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Forum: Digital Photography
February 9th 09, 10:07 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 0
Views: 531
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Forum: Digital Photography
January 7th 09, 05:56 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 1
Views: 784
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Forum: Digital Photography
January 6th 09, 07:30 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,406
Longing 4 Long Lens
For a trek planned next summer, presuming I do not go broke before then, a
very long tele-zoom would be desirable.
I am considering the new Sigma 120-400 OS for use with Nikon APS-c sized...
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
December 17th 08, 06:51 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,450
Capture NX: 1 vs 2
You can download a fully functional trial version and see for yourself.
For how I use NX, as a raw converter with images transferred to Photoshop
for finishing, I could see absolutely no advantage...
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
December 16th 08, 07:41 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 74
Views: 2,589
Why use Lightroom if you already have Photoshop??
If you don't know why you need it then you don't need it.
Lightroom is a specialized version of Bridge/ACR.
You can apply tweaks to large numbers of images simultaneously in Bridge but
the interface...
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 16th 08, 07:41 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 70
Views: 3,835
Why use Lightroom if you already have Photoshop??
If you don't know why you need it then you don't need it.
Lightroom is a specialized version of Bridge/ACR.
You can apply tweaks to large numbers of images simultaneously in Bridge but
the interface...
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 1st 08, 10:22 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 6
Views: 377
sd card error
The Panasonic, I have one, supports only HD cards in sizes larger than 2gbs.
While there are some 4gb non-HD cards still around I do not believe there
are any 8gb cards that are non HD.
I have used...
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Forum: 35mm Photo Equipment
December 1st 08, 10:19 PM Posted to alt.photography,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.equipment.35mm,aus.photo
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,825
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
December 1st 08, 10:19 PM Posted to alt.photography,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.equipment.35mm,aus.photo
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,547
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Forum: Digital Photography
November 17th 08, 05:11 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 3
Views: 458
Using 8MP camera at 5MP resolution
If I understand your post you seem to be implying that the aesthetic quality
of a photographic image is more important than its technical quality.
That is sheer heresy.
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
October 22nd 08, 10:28 PM Posted to alt.graphics.photoshop,comp.graphics.apps.photoshop,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,066
Monitor Calibration/Colour Profiles
The short and curlies:
Monitor calibration/Photoshop color management does only one thing: try to
ensure that your monitor prints as objectively faithful a reproduction of
your monitor image as...
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Forum: 35mm Photo Equipment
October 22nd 08, 10:20 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Replies: 9
Views: 858
Stacking for noise reduction
If you are tripod based you may get the kind of results you are looking for
with HDR processing in a program like Photomatix--the Photoshop version
leaves much to be desired.
It is best to use...
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