Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
February 24th 07, 12:21 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 125
Views: 3,115
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Forum: Digital Photography
February 24th 07, 12:21 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 136
Views: 3,375
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
February 24th 07, 12:11 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 59
Views: 1,911
Which dSLR?
It would not be a wise idea for a new dSLR user to have the camera modified
to a split image rangefinder. It would void your warranty.
If you do not have much experience with a modern auto-focus,...
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
February 16th 07, 09:19 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,107
28mm lens as "normal" lens on DSLR?
What do you want to use this lens for?
A 42-44mm equivalent lens is not what many would consider a "normal" lens on
a 35mm film camera. That would be more of a "semi-wide" lens. Lenses of this...
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Forum: Digital Photography
January 7th 07, 11:34 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 2
Views: 274
Nikon D50 and Sigma 18-50 & 55-200 lens kit
The Nikon 18-80 is superior to the two Sigma lenses and you ahould hold on
to it for use in those focal ranges.
Lenses in the 55-200 range from all manufacturers, including the Nikon, are...
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
January 7th 07, 11:12 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 60
Views: 1,778
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Forum: Digital Photography
January 7th 07, 11:12 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 64
Views: 1,974
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
January 7th 07, 04:54 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 8
Views: 644
Tokina 12-24
If not a joke:
Keystoning and distortion can be corrected to a great degree using tools in
photoshop, for example cropping with perspective control and the lens
distort filter to correct for...
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Forum: Digital Photography
January 7th 07, 04:50 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 4
Views: 851
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Forum: Digital Photography
January 4th 07, 03:44 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 158
Views: 4,088
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
January 4th 07, 03:33 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,126
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
December 28th 06, 03:41 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,061
Nikon D80 diopter adjustment
For practical purposes the diopter adjustment is not useful for most people.
The range of adjustment is quite limited anyway.
If you have a significant refraction error without corrective lenses the...
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
December 28th 06, 03:33 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 3
Views: 714
Recommendations Sought - 2nd Nikon Body
D80 or spring for another 200. It is not clear to me what the advantage of
the 200 is in the real world over the 80 for most people but its your money.
The cost of memory cards is cheap compared to...
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 28th 06, 03:33 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 3
Views: 554
Recommendations Sought - 2nd Nikon Body
D80 or spring for another 200. It is not clear to me what the advantage of
the 200 is in the real world over the 80 for most people but its your money.
The cost of memory cards is cheap compared to...
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Forum: 35mm Photo Equipment
December 27th 06, 10:51 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,012
"Fixing" distortion?
I am increasingly of the Photoshop-fixes-everything persuasion: what the
picture looks like at the end is all that counts, not how you get there.
It is problematic to correct for all the distortion...
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Forum: 35mm Photo Equipment
December 27th 06, 08:01 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm
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Replies: 234
Views: 6,660
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 26th 06, 04:02 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 4
Views: 463
Pantone Huey
The Huey is probably the least expensive calibration device out there. If
you want to have reliable color prints, prints that are a reasonable
facsimile of the monitor image, every time then you...
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 22nd 06, 12:11 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,445
Nikon lens choice for D70s
The serious answer:
You will be thrilled with the Nikon 18-200.
This class of lenses is not the same as the 28-200 that were never very good
for 35mm SLR use, including the Nikon. I have tried...
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 21st 06, 11:52 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 89
Views: 2,811
Ron - Kodak guy
WIndows 98 does not have full USB support without add-on drivers that may
not work properly. USB2 did not come into existence until years after Win98
was obsolete.
Obsolete. Get used to it.
If you...
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
December 21st 06, 02:15 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,530
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 19th 06, 04:34 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 9
Views: 704
Would anyone here recommend the R800 printer?
The Epson 800/1800 are excellent, very accurate color photoprinters if used
properly with color management. The pigment based colors are brighter/more
vibrant compared to a high quality dye based...
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Forum: Digital SLR Cameras
December 18th 06, 03:58 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,025
47 MP Hybrid SLR
I must be missing something.
It is hardly news that a medium format film image can be easily scanned at
astronomically high DPIs.
The sun came up this morning and I am fairly certain it will set...
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 17th 06, 04:06 PM Posted to misc.consumers,rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,073
Canon Class Action Denied
Canon is not the only manufacturer with quality problems and large numbers
of cameras that fail shortly out of warranty. Canon is also not the only
manufacturer to have exorbitant minimum repair...
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 16th 06, 11:24 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 488
Views: 10,639
What are your thoughts on Vista?
Right now there is not enough software and hardware support for Vista to use
it for high quality image processing. There are no drivers for calibration
devices, XP printer drivers work incompletely...
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 16th 06, 04:26 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital
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Replies: 7
Views: 349
CS3--the first 24 hours!
I believe this very early beta release is a sop to the Macaholics who still
populate Adobe and do not see the computer market landscape for what it is.
For the Windows user one now has an improved...
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