Forum: Digital Photography
September 14th 08, 04:25 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 80
Views: 3,304
12mp vs 24mp - so what?
ray wrote:
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:47:12 +1200, missfocus wrote:
Studio shot comparison 12mp vs 24 mp dx/fx comparison here 100% pixel
view.
More pixels is a big deal huh?
zzzzzzz.
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Forum: Digital Photography
September 10th 08, 09:28 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,619
our beautiful granddaughter
Paul Furman wrote:
Robert Coe wrote:
On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 01:53:07 +0100, "eugene" wrote:
: : "Robert Coe" wrote in message :
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Forum: Digital Photography
September 7th 08, 03:19 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,689
Grey card for accurate colours
tony cooper wrote:
Someone may correct me here, but I'm under the impression that using
the gray card, or any other device to set the white balance, makes the
image appear *as the object...
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Forum: Digital Photography
August 27th 08, 05:50 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 0
Views: 687
How to beat the diffraction limit
Well, at least for those telephoto desert shots:
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/08/shimmer-vision-binoculars-see-further.html
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Forum: Digital Photography
August 23rd 08, 07:03 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,241
10 fps versus 5 fps
Mardon wrote:
I noticed another thread where it was suggested that 5 fps is just as good
as 10 fps. The URL below points to a 10 fps sequence of "The Crazy
Canuck" that could probably be...
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Forum: 35mm Photo Equipment
August 21st 08, 07:32 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 10
Views: 801
AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE!
Mark Thomas wrote:
JimKramer wrote:
On Aug 21, 7:08 am, Mark Thomas
wrote:
jimkramer wrote:
"Annika1980" wrote in message
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Forum: Digital Photography
August 21st 08, 07:32 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 10
Views: 892
AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE!
Mark Thomas wrote:
JimKramer wrote:
On Aug 21, 7:08 am, Mark Thomas
wrote:
jimkramer wrote:
"Annika1980" wrote in message
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Forum: Digital Photography
August 10th 08, 04:37 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 10
Views: 819
Photo Store
Cynicor wrote:
BlackShadow wrote:
429 quid for a 80GB device?
You can get a 160GB iPod for far less.
And you can get a 160GB player by several other brands for far less than
the...
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Forum: Digital Photography
August 4th 08, 06:18 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,465
DSLR and P&S Smackdown
saycheez wrote:
Is there any avid photographer who has a high end P&S and a dSLR who has
not compared essentially identical images from the two cameras?
I began doing this with my late lamented...
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Forum: Digital Photography
July 31st 08, 09:54 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 3
Views: 332
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Forum: Digital Photography
July 31st 08, 09:46 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 79
Views: 1,806
Unfortunate for P&S
measekite wrote:
Many point and shoot cameras including Canon are being released with
nice features and wider to longer zoom lenses but without viewfinders.
Being sold with larger 3" LCDs, the...
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Forum: Digital Photography
July 27th 08, 11:40 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital,alt.photography
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,509
Tracking jet fighters with sonar
Dudley Hanks wrote:
My Canon A720 did a good job focusing on the little dots, even though they
sometimes got up to 1000 kilometers an hour.
You don't have to focus at that distance, just set...
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Forum: Digital Photography
July 21st 08, 05:26 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 12
Views: 966
dpreview pixel density metric
David J. Littleboy wrote:
"timeOday" wrote:
Dpreview only lists ISO and provides jpegs to assess, there's no number
other than highest offered ISO, which is...
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Forum: Digital Photography
July 21st 08, 03:01 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 12
Views: 966
dpreview pixel density metric
Paul Furman wrote:
timeOday wrote:
I don't see the point of the pixel density metric since dpreview already
measures noise and resolution at different ISO settings. That's what
matters. ...
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Forum: Digital Photography
July 20th 08, 05:27 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 12
Views: 966
dpreview pixel density metric
David J Taylor wrote:
(Even if they did it as pixel pitch in pixels/mm, it would be easier
to imagine the meaning than pixels/cm^2
Yep!
Pixels/cm^2 is kind of counter intuitive.
A...
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Forum: Digital Photography
July 16th 08, 11:00 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 1
Views: 439
Drowning in photos
Marvin wrote:
Digital storage is so cheap that I don;t worry much about getting rid of
photos. I only discard are those that are very bad. The rest I keep on
a hard drive, backed up on CDs...
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Forum: Digital Photography
June 24th 08, 04:37 PM Posted to alt.photography,rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,128
upsizing a cell phone photo?
Ron Hunter wrote:
Chris Pisarra wrote:
Help!
The bad part about being even marginally capable with a camera
and computer is that my friends think I'm a wizard--which I most
...
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Forum: Digital Photography
June 12th 08, 05:53 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 7
Views: 358
Nikon D-60
wrote:
Five years ago, just before my Daughters wedding, I bought a Nikon D-100. I've
loved the camera. But now I'm looking at these new D-40 and D-60 models. Besides
the...
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Forum: Digital Photography
June 6th 08, 11:48 PM Posted to alt.photography,rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,632
pointless scanning negatives over 300 dpi
Pat wrote:
I've been trying to keep out of this, but here goes ....
First off, you have a 2.5 mpx file. Think of it as a camera. Would
you buy a 2.5 mpix camera. (Answer: of course...
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Forum: Digital Photography
May 26th 08, 04:09 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 9
Views: 303
Recommended size of scratch disk.
pimpom wrote:
I am migrating to another computer with Win XP, 1GB RAM and two
hard disks - a 320GB main drive and a 200GB second drive. Do you
think I will benefit from creating a partition on...
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Forum: 35mm Photo Equipment
May 14th 08, 04:57 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,696
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Forum: Digital Photography
May 14th 08, 04:57 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,576
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Forum: Digital Photography
April 25th 08, 09:51 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,769
Why no anti theft feature?
bugbear wrote:
peter wrote:
Cameras are one of thieves favorite targets. Yet no camera has
anti-theft feature. Why is that?
What (potential) feature were you thinking of?
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
March 6th 08, 10:03 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Replies: 33
Views: 2,146
Recommended monitor luminance levels?
Kulvinder Singh Matharu wrote:
I've just been calibrating my new printer but during the process I
found recommendations that monitor luminance level should be between
90 cd/m2 and 100 cd/m2.
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Forum: 35mm Photo Equipment
March 6th 08, 10:03 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,497
Recommended monitor luminance levels?
Kulvinder Singh Matharu wrote:
I've just been calibrating my new printer but during the process I
found recommendations that monitor luminance level should be between
90 cd/m2 and 100 cd/m2.
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