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Forum: Digital Photography November 15th 14, 10:47 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 14
Views: 1,579
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
Travel Camera

On 11/14/2014 6:55 AM, Trundle wrote:
I'm travelling to Nepal next year to do some trekking and am looking to
whether I should upgrade my Panasonic Lumix TZ10? I would ideally want to
take my...
Forum: Digital Photography May 9th 13, 01:45 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 344
Views: 9,335
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
The disappearance of darkness

On 5/8/2013 5:44 PM, R. Mark Clayton wrote:


I'm not debating the advantages of transistors, only pointing out the sole
true weakness of a class B amplifier v. a tube amplifier,
But that is...
Forum: Digital Photography May 9th 13, 01:30 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 344
Views: 9,335
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
The disappearance of darkness


the film luddites think there's something magical about film. there is
not. all of its characteristics can be modeled digitally, whatever film
it happens to be.

the kodachrome look...
Forum: Digital Photography May 8th 13, 01:11 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 344
Views: 9,335
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
The disappearance of darkness

On 5/7/2013 3:42 PM, Alan Browne wrote:

The sole advantage tube amps have over transistors is the continuous
smooth transition of -ve to +ve voltages through the signal range
whereas...
Forum: Digital Photography April 18th 13, 02:36 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 31
Views: 1,413
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
Perfect lens

On 4/10/2013 2:52 PM, Mark Sieving wrote: On Tuesday, April 2, 2013
4:06:36 AM UTC-5, Neil Ellwood wrote:

The natural plane of focus is spherical and the plane the designer is
aiming...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras March 21st 13, 02:16 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 49
Views: 6,665
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
So how good is 36 megapixels?

On 3/20/2013 6:34 PM, Alan Browne wrote:
The pictures show CONCLUSIVELY that the lens is fully adequate to
resolve adjacent pixels, and that the AA filer is NOT seriously smearing
out the...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras March 20th 13, 11:17 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 49
Views: 6,665
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
So how good is 36 megapixels?

On 3/20/2013 4:33 PM, Alan Browne wrote: On 2013.03.18 20:09 , Doug
McDonald wrote:

I posted this because I was truly amazed at how bad it was. For normal
scenes its a non-issue.

...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras March 19th 13, 12:09 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 49
Views: 6,665
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
So how good is 36 megapixels?

On 3/18/2013 6:56 PM, Alan Browne wrote:
Your moiré effects have absolutely nothing to do with the pass frequency
of the lens and sensor.

Of course it does! If the AA filter blurred bigger...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras March 18th 13, 02:25 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 49
Views: 6,665
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
So how good is 36 megapixels?

On 3/17/2013 8:46 PM, Trevor wrote:
"David Taylor" wrote in message
...
On 16/03/2013 01:18, Doug McDonald wrote:
...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras March 16th 13, 01:18 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 49
Views: 6,665
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
So how good is 36 megapixels?

Lenses are quite the spatial frequency filter somewhere above 20 or so
Mpix on a full frame sensor.



Absurd: I own an 18 mpixel Canon7D, a crop frame camera: and it shows
bad moire on subjects...
Forum: Digital Photography February 3rd 13, 10:40 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 29
Views: 1,912
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
Apple brings the nanny state to the computer world

On 2/2/2013 3:30 AM, Alfred Molon wrote:

Ok. But then what is Java used for typically?



Small programs that need to run in a browser window ans need
computational speed. That's about...
Forum: Digital Photography January 18th 13, 03:18 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 121
Views: 3,433
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
Does any camera come with a laser pointer?

On 1/17/2013 11:12 AM, Savageduck wrote:

If you find a 0.1mW laser (note that the Class IIa pointers are usually
1mW)

You won't find a real one, its too low for diodes to be reliable.
But...
Forum: Digital Photography December 7th 12, 01:29 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 455
Views: 12,544
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
Sony tells DSLR shooters they're idiots

On 12/6/2012 4:51 PM, nospam wrote: In article
, Doug McDonald
wrote:

So I learned something from this discussion, even if it...
Forum: Digital Photography December 3rd 12, 01:37 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 455
Views: 12,544
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
Sony tells DSLR shooters they're idiots

On 12/2/2012 1:28 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:

Most-wanted function to assign to a direct button on my cameras: Figure
out the current shutter speed and aperture in program / matrix mode,...
Forum: Digital Photography December 3rd 12, 01:32 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 455
Views: 12,544
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
Sony tells DSLR shooters they're idiots

On 12/2/2012 12:48 PM, Gary Eickmeier wrote:
no it doesn't. it uses the embedded jpeg.

In any case, you can easily see whether you have blown out the
highlights,

well, yes, BUT ... at...
Forum: Digital SLR Cameras November 14th 12, 02:45 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Replies: 35
Views: 5,447
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
Nikon superzoom a useful piece of kit

On 11/13/2012 3:07 PM, Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote: David J. Littleboy
wrote:

Now all Canon needs to do is cough up a 17-40/4.0 II that's as good
as the
24-70/2.8 II....
Forum: Digital Photography November 3rd 12, 02:49 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 403
Views: 8,731
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
How do I delete photographs from an iPad?

On 11/2/2012 6:51 PM, nospam wrote:

my point is that users want to work with documents, photos, etc., not
trying to remember which file is in which folder or what the actual
file name was or...
Forum: Digital Photography October 26th 12, 11:41 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
Replies: 58
HDR
Views: 1,612
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
HDR

On 10/25/2012 3:20 PM, Savageduck wrote: On 2012-10-25 11:41:05 -0700,
Alfred Molon said:

Just curious - who is using HDR, for instance when a scene has too much
...
Forum: Digital Photography September 30th 12, 03:54 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital,alt.photography
Replies: 36
Views: 4,607
Posted By Doug McDonald[_8_]
EOS-6D - 20 Mpix FF [ WiFi, GPS ]

On 9/29/2012 3:27 PM, Paul J Gans wrote: In rec.photo.digital Bruce
wrote:

[The big news is that Canon abandoned trials of their 34.5 MP sensor
earlier this year...
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