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<p>G'day Michael,<br>

Off topic again, I'm afraid...<br>

I've never come across a better Moon Shot, than this book by Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton.<br>

A great read!</p>

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<p>After spending 20 years under the northern hemisphere, I have happily embraced the southern hemisphere - it is such a delight!<br>

Alpha Centauri features in the upper right corner, with Crux Australis and the prominent Eta Carinae nebula visible in this 10-minute exposure on Fujichrome 400D</p><div></div>

<p>Your post brought back fond memories of my formative years under the northern hemisphere stars.<br>

Great to see that apart from the Andromeda Galaxy, you've also picked up the Double Cluster in Perseus, as well as, the whole of Cassiopeia.<br>

Thanks a lot, Mike!</p>

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<p>What do the Canon instructions say what you should do with scanning the film on the 9000F?<br /> Whilst it is generally recommended that you keep the emulsion side towards the scanning head, to prevent any 'scattering' artefacts by scanning through the film base, it might not make that much difference depending on the particular film scanner that you use.<br /> Here's a comparison from emulsion up v emulsion down on an Epsom 3200:<br /> Up: <br /> Down:

<p>Josh, I just provided <a href="../gallery/photocritique/standards/" target="blank">a link to this page.</a> It should probably be changed to bring it in line with the new ratings format.</p>

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<p><a href="../gallery/photocritique/standards/" target="blank">PN ratings</a></p>

 

<p>Indeed, as Juergen mentioned, you can use any lens you want.<br>

<em>Traditionally </em>it was custom to recommend the use of a standard lens with 35mm film - i.e.: 50mm, as a good starting point. The camera ought to be absolutely level and mounted on a tripod. Better still, if you were using a special 'panoramic head' on your tripod.<br>

Using a wide angle lens will deliver more edge distortion, but that can be dealt with (to a degree) in post processing software these days.<br>

<a href="http://www.panoguide.com/howto/" target="blank">These pages</a> will give you a wealth of information on this subject.</p>

 

 

<p>September in the southern hemisphere and spring has (finally) arrived!<br>

The splendour of this magnificent magnolia is currently dominating our backyard...</p><div></div>

<p>Working with RAW files has many advantages. <a href="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/u-raw-files.shtml" target="blank">This article</a> outlines the main differences between the two formats.<br /> Anyway (with respect), if the english language poses certain challenges, you could always ask this question <a href="http://www.foto.no/cgi-bin/diskusjon/index.cgi" target="blank">here...</a></p>

<p>One of the most challenging and creative photographic endeavours on photo.net was conducted by <a href="../photodb/presentation?presentation_id=191933" target="blank">Picture This.</a> Their monthly 'assignments' included shooting for unique themes. You can still see many of the images in <a href="../photodb/member-photos?user_id=617763&include=all&unlimit=1" target="blank">their PN Gallery,</a> arranged by the many different themes.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/rally-to-fight-permit-rules-that-snap-fees-from-photographers-20100829-13xnr.html" target="blank">The Sydney Morning Herald</a> has published a short article on a photographers' protest rally which was held on Sunday, 29 August.</p>

<p>More information is available from the <a href="http://www.artsfreedomaustralia.com/blog/?p=242" target="blank">Arts Freedom Australia</a> webpages.</p>

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<p>Read the <strong>Optics</strong> paragraph of <a href="../equipment/tokina/11-16/" target="blank">this Tokina review</a> and look for the sentence that mentions<em> “fix-able” chromatic aberration.</em><br /> This can easily be corrected during the post processing of your images.<em><br /></em></p>

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<p>You can easily <a href="00UFK2" target="blank">find answers to questions like these.</a><br /> And yes, I have this issue myself from time to time. Work and family/friends matters tend to play havoc with my 'camera time'.</p>

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<p>More interesting reading via <a href="../canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00X8rZ" target="blank">this recent thread.</a></p>

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