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  Buying a manual slr Cameras
Am a professional photographer and my camera euipment just got stollen recently while I have so much work pending. Is there someone out there with a manual SLR camera for sale that I could order fo...
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May 27, 2002
 
  Photographing the Birth of a Baby.
What suggestions do you have for photographing the birth of my grandchild? Such as: lens, filters, flash and film. I have a Nikon F100 and several Nikon lenses. I also have a Tamron 28mm-300mm, ...
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May 26, 2002
 
  Centering Pictures
I take pictures and keep cutting off the heads I have the subject centered inside the yellow square in the viewfinder but samething cut off the heads. I recently did a whole roll of still shots of...
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May 28, 2002
 
  Nighttime Photography
I live in Fredericksburg, VA, and every year the city opens the battlefield to the public. Part of the tour is the "Lighting of the Battlefield" with luminarias representing the 15,000+ soldiers t...
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May 30, 2002
 
  How Do I Eliminate Digital Distortion?
I have a Sony DSC-S75 (3.3 Mega Pixel) camera. I love the images I take but in many of my photos the background is distorted. It only seems to happen with light colors (beige, light yellow, off w...
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June 10, 2002
 
  vari power flash operation
I recently bought a used Vivitar zoom thyristor 285 vari power flash to go with my Mamyia m645j camera. Unfortunatly, the instruction manual was unavailable. Can somebody explain to me how to use t...
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May 26, 2002
 
  Copyrighting a Photograph
Without money for a copyright lawyer, what's the simplest way to protect my work? Thanks. brian hendry ...
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May 27, 2002
 
  diff. with f65& f60
differences with f60 or f 65, are great. f65, is closer to f100,f5,f80,&DI M LACKING. ETC. BUT LITTL;E ELSE. JOHN.SPOT ...
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May 24, 2002
 
  camera bodies substance.?
Iasked a"q"before, but no reply.re: poly' bodies on some cameras--are they as "safe" as "metal" types?I have an f65 nikon seems o/k .also a delightful RIVA 125 (minolta)of titium ?? + "Mju PLA...
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August 07, 2004
 
  DIfferent monitors / different brightness?!
I recently bought a new computer with an LCD flatscreen. The screen seems to work great but when I download digital images, save them to a CD then view them on another computer with a tube type mo...
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May 24, 2002
 
  Indoor Basketball Shots
Firstly, a big thank you for your time. I have been taking basketball photos of my 12 year old daughter in an indoor gym and have not been happy with how many shots are out of focus, and most have...
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May 24, 2002
 
  SmartMedia Card Usage
My Olympus C2040 is described in all the literature as compatible sith SmartMedia cards from 2 MB up to 64 MB. I'm tempted by the 128 MB cards I've seen. Will these work in my camera?...
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May 26, 2002
 
  Can you recommend a good mat cutter?
I'm looking into buying my own mat cutter. I will be using it for high volume but small mats (8 x 10 with a 4 x 6 opening).Do you have any suggestions?Thanks!...
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May 23, 2002
 
  BEST PRICE CAM.
MY EXPERIENCE: BEST AV.CAMERA- 1 CANON EOS.3O $1,999---- 2 MINOLTA DYNAX 5 $999--- 3 NIKON F 80 $1,449-- MINE= 4 '' F65 $849--- AUST...
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May 23, 2002
 
  Creating a Fee Schedule For My Photo Services
Tomorrow I have an interview to show my work in landscapes and unique photos of individuals. The interview is with the head of the Alumni Office of a private school (K-12)in the Boston area. They...
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May 27, 2002
 
  28-105 mm Without IS vs 28-135 mm With IS
Which would be the better purchase -- a 28-105 mm lens without IS or a 28-135 mm lens with IS? I am a novice returning to photography after 20 years (there's a lot of cool new equipment and fea...
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March 22, 2004
 
  DOF When Shooting With Extension Tubes
Hey anyone and everyone. I have a question about determining sharp focus while using extension tubes on a macro lens. Why I chose to use both macro and ext. tubes is beyond me, but that's besid...
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May 24, 2002
 
  how to shoot interiors
I was asked to shoot some photos of a mall interior. They are looking for shots displaying the full corridor so great depth of field is needed. Also want shots to include people shopping. In add...
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May 22, 2002
 
  POLYCARBONATE in cameras.
polycarbonate bodies.(as N65,DYNAX 5NIKON 103&108'S. ARE THEY AS GOOD ASMETAL? (AS IN THE MINOLTA RIVA COMPACT, JOHN...
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May 22, 2002
 
  over-riding automatic shutdown
The olympus 2020 automatically shuts down after 3 minutes inactivity. This appears to preclude any sort of automatic camera triggering, e.g. by animals and birds in nature photography. It is easy...
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May 22, 2002