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    New film from Kodak

    <p>Film: Go on ebay, Anything you want, I recomend Contax but I am partial to Zeiss when it comes to glass.<br> I sold my RTS but hung on to the...
    Post by: davemckillop, Feb 15, 2010 in forum: Film and Processing
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    Where the heck are Nikon's cheap 18Mpixels cameras?

    <p>I guess if you are sloppy with a brush, then it doesn't matter what you pay for it. You are still sloppy.</p> <p>Hey is that a famous...
    Post by: davemckillop, Feb 8, 2010 in forum: Nikon
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    How to select the sharpest aperture ?

    <p>Line pairs?<br> Lenses used to come with a spec sheet for each lens by the manufacture. This spec sheet would have a curve showing line pair...
    Post by: davemckillop, Feb 2, 2010 in forum: Nikon
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    No Carl Zeiss Autofocus Lenses - Why?

    <p>It used to be that Carl Zeiss was a non proffit company and still may be "Carl Zeiss Foundation" and not concerned about Nikon or making a...
    Post by: davemckillop, May 22, 2009 in forum: Nikon
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    Nikon 50/1.4 AF-S Owners: No VR a problem for you?

    <p>VR? only when I take pictures when I am on a treadmill or an elliptical machine.<br> My 50 1.4 is one of the sharest lenses I have and many...
    Post by: davemckillop, May 18, 2009 in forum: Nikon
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    How do you pronounce NIKON

    <p>Here is one for you that may answer the question.<br> In 1937 I beleive, Zeiss came out with one of the first range finders called the Zeiss...
    Post by: davemckillop, Dec 31, 2008 in forum: Nikon
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    Street Photography Techniques

    <p>Back in the 60's and 70's it was common to use wide angle lenses (24 or 35mm) good depth of field and great for quick shots. I tried using a...
    Post by: davemckillop, Dec 24, 2008 in forum: Street and Documentary
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    which camera has lower noise?

    <p>All I can say is in the scientific community they insist on CCD v's CMOS due to the signal to noise ratio, at least in a quantitative...
    Post by: davemckillop, Dec 19, 2008 in forum: Canon EOS
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    Best Portrait Lenses for Nikon D300?

    <p>Well Lex,<br> From the above users, those primes are leading the pack.<br> I have the the zooms and keep snapping them off for the 85 1.4 just...
    Post by: davemckillop, Dec 7, 2008 in forum: Nikon
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    Best Portrait Lenses for Nikon D300?

    For 300 or any: Not sure why zooms come into the picture for best resolving power. Almost all in the optics industry will agree. Its been known...
    Post by: davemckillop, Nov 23, 2008 in forum: Nikon
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    Grim times for Leica

    Grim times, I personally don't believe it....... Leitz in 1987 bought a few companies we all know. The big merge: Leitz bought American Optical,...
    Post by: davemckillop, Sep 26, 2008 in forum: Leica and Rangefinders
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    Infra Red Conversion

    Sorry bud, I I realized it was a permanent solution you were looking for..
    Post by: davemckillop, Sep 10, 2008 in forum: Nikon
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    Infra Red Conversion

    Hello John, My first digital IR shot was with my D100 and a720nm IR filter. The pix will come out red as usual but use a Nikon NX or PS to...
    Post by: davemckillop, Sep 10, 2008 in forum: Nikon
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    Processing my RAW files

    Well maybe I am behind the times but I use to use my D100 and shoot uncompressed RAW files, edit them with NX software, check my DPI (300) for...
    Post by: davemckillop, Sep 9, 2008 in forum: Nikon
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    Resolution and size

    I don't pretend to have all the answers but if you are shooting at low mag, a denser pixel count will cover the detal focused on the chip. At high...
    Post by: davemckillop, Jul 31, 2008 in forum: Nikon