donald_kim_lewiston

<p>Nice one DN and Alec. I didn't know that about arranging for "linking to this image not permitted".</p>

<p>Hello, I've had my D200 for 2 years and recently experienced a problem with having a delay in between pictures when using my flash, which has never happened before to me until last weekend.<br>

<br /> I had to take multiple outdoor portrait shots of several groups of people (very much like a conveyor belt) and when using the pop up flash or my SB-800 hooked up to a Quantum battery pack, I noticed that I could not take consecutive pictures without a 3 second delay in between shots. I would take one shot and then attempt to press the shutter for a second shot and nothing would happen until a few seconds went by. The camera was not autofocusing as I set it on manual focus and it was not on red-eye mode. Any other ideas as to why this would happen?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

 

<p>When I take pictures of snowy mountains up here in Washington, the automatic settings always fool my camera because of the white background. Try taking a picture of a neutral subject (not too dark or light in color). If you are using the automatic settings, more likely than not, the images should be properly exposed unless you have changed the EV settings.<br>

<br /> One other cause may be that your computer monitor is not calibrated correctly and is showing pictures as being "dark" when they may not really be. Check the histogram of the picture either in the camera or a photo editing program to check.<br>

Hope this helps.</p>

<p>I highly second the battery grip. My wife has a D40 and it is really awkward when using larger/heavier lenses.</p>

<p>This may be too far for you but Cibola State Park has really good bird photography. I live near there and go there quite frequently. If you need more info, let me know. Good luck, sounds like it will be a lot of fun.</p>

<p>This may be too late, but I live near Cibola State Park (Arizona/CA border) which is near Yuma, they have some pretty good bird photography there. http://www.stateparks.com/cibola.html</p>

 

<p>Hi guys, I will be moving to Spokane, WA in about 4 weeks and was wondering if anyone could help me with any info about processing labs? equipment stores? Any recommendations?<br>

<br /> Thanks.</p>

Well, it looks like it might have been a bad yellow ink cartridge. I apologize to anyone who intended to help with this matter and to anyone who I may have offended. It has been a bad 5 days. I hope you'll excuse my outburst based on complete frustration.

 

I do find these forums extremely helpful and full of people who do want to help with problems.

"You don't want to calibrate your monitor or use ICC profiles? Perhaps a different hobby would be appropriate. The mistakes you can possibly make in the absence of understanding are limited only by your ingenuity."

 

Number One, I never asked him to make a comment on my hobbies and which ones would be appropriate for me. That is one of the most arrogant things I've ever read that was directed to me by a total stranger. Why would you ask me to participate in a different hobby? Because I don't want to use ICC profiles? Should I no longer print my own photos because you are telling me to switch hobbies? Am I interpreting that comment incorrectly? So only people who want to calibrate their monitors and use ICC profiles should print out photos? Tell me that my prints would come out better using profiles but don't proceed to tell me what hobbies I should be inolved in.

 

Number Two, isn't he just basically calling me stupid with his second remark? If so, how does that have anything to do with what I am posting?

 

I am asking for help, not asking to be lectured on my hobbies or on my lack of intelligence in this area, which is WHY I AM POSTING HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

 

I feel that I was perfectly courteous with my question and I am pretty sure that it details the fact that I don't have a strong sense of what I am doing with the printing. If Edward would have just left out those last couple of sentences that have nothing to do with my question, I would have never responded in such a way.

 

Picture staying up past midnight 4 straight nights trying to fulfill a deadline, wasting 20 photo papers, replacing several inks, asking for help in a polite manner, being excited that someone responded to your post and then reading that you should give up the hobby and then being called stupid. Sorry, I blew a gasket.

 

In all honesty however, I would wholeheartedly apologize if I am completely misinterpreting his last few sentences. Am I wrong in what I am interpreting?

Uh....thanks, I didn't realize I was posting in the "I'm an unhelpful jerk forum who thinks they are superior to everyone because they've memorized the color gamut differences between Adobe RGB and SRGB IEC61966-2.1 forum".

 

Clearly, my post addresses the fact that I did try and calibrate profiles, and clearly my post addresses the fact that I am using the proper paper. Maybe your reading comprehension is limited by your overly massive sense of igenuity. Like I said, I have set everything back to the default setting and I cannot get the same prints I had when I originally started using this printer. I'm trying to figure out if it is the new inks I bought from Epson or my settings or the printer itself. I'm having a hard time getting an answer from Epson or anyone else about why the inks print out a brown color and then change to a much darker olive green within 10 minutes.

I have an Epson R260 printer and I use a Macbook Pro to print my photos. My

printer used to print photos close to what the looked like on my LCD monitor. I

wanted to "perfect" this so I read up on calibrating the monitor, printer,

etc... Now I can't get anything to print close to what it is supposed to look

like. I've uninstalled the print drivers and reinstalled them and reset all the

Photoshop CS2 settings, and tried to reset my monitor color, but it still won't

print correctly. I have take the same photo and used my PC to print it on the

same printer and the colors come out great, I have it always set on the proper

paper and on automatic for everything else, but I don't seem to have an "auto"

option on my Mac. If anyone has any suggestions, please help. I don't want to

calibrate my monitor or add ICC profiles, that is what got me in this mess in

the first place, I just want everything to go back to the default/original

settings I had.

 

Thanks a lot.

 

After 25 bad photos, 5 tanks of ink, and hours of frustration....

 

One more thing, when the photos print, they change color and get much darker

when air drying 10 minutes later. For example, a brown will turn into a very

dark olive green after a few minutes. Could it be an ink problem? I don't know

if that is a clue for something, but I thought I'd include that.

Thank you for all your input. Right now, I think I am going to use the Adobe Bridge program as my sorter/viewer/organizer of photos. Although, I will try all the above suggestions as well in the near future.

Hello, I have a mac and do not like iphoto. I need a replacement browswer to

view photos, do slideshows and organize photos. I don't need an editor since I

have Photoshop CS2 and Capture. Is Picture Project a decent browswer? How

about Nikon View? What are the things you like about both and dislike about

both. I'd like to stick to one of these since they are free. Thank you for any

input.

 

-Donny

Thanks Michael for the explanation and the pics of the filters.

That makes me feel a lot better. Does anyone else shoot this lens without using the filter?

Am I wrong in assuming that the filter will be included with the lens since the filter holder is pictured with the lens on ebay?

 

Thanks.

I just bought this lens (non-AFS) on ebay and since been reading about

the 39mm drop in filter. Excuse my naivity but I do have some

questions. Is the filter different than the filter holder?

 

Also, if you go to this link, this is what the picture of the lens

looked like that I bought on ebay:

 

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/3004af.htm

 

 

Is that the filter (or filter holder) above the "e" in "Rockwell"?

 

Thanks, sorry this was a big purchase and I'm kind of freaking out if

the filter isn't included.

I was planning a trip to N. Mexico but instead I will be going to the

above destination for about 5 days near Christmas. Does anyone have

any suggestions for sites to be photographed? How are the sand dunes

in Mojave?

 

Thanks for all you suggestions. As always, they are very helpful.

 

-Donny

 

Any suggested areas near these two would also be welcomed.

Correction, I'll have about 7 days for this trip. THanks.

Hello, my wife and I are in desperate need of a photo vacation after

our plans for Hawaii were unexpectedly scrapped. We live in Southern

CA and love to drive/camp and take pictures. We have about 5 days.

We've done Yosemite, Arizona, Death Valley, and all of the Utah parks

(my favorite) and we are looking for something new. I've never been

to New Mexico and I don't know anything about its photo ops except for

the White Sand Dunes. I have used this forum in the past for

suggestions and have actually planned 2 large trips around the advice

and info given. Anything in the southwest or west coast or anything

that is driveable would be great.Thanks again for your time.

Hello, I am trying to plan my spring break and would like to go to

Yosemite. However, my biggest concern are snowy/icy road conditions

in my very low clearance 2WD car. Are the main roads usually well

taken care of this time of year?? I know that certain roads remain

closed till May. I will most likely be staying outside the park, so

I will need to do a lot of driving in and out of the park everyday.

Am I just being overly paranoid? Any suggestions on what to

photograph and what is usually accessible during this time period

would also be very appreciated.

Thank you,

 

Donny

I've been buying expired film from freestyle for 7 years and it has always been good, as long as it is in your fridge. I put mine in the freezer because I don't use it as often because of digital.

Hello, I used to be able to buy expired 100 ft. bulk rolls of velvia

at Freestyle Photo in L.A. and now they don't sell it anymore. Does

anyone know where I can get this online???

Thanks Jim. I did a lot more testing with your advice and I feel much better about the use of this flash.

Hello, I am going to the wild animal park "safari tour" and I will be

using my D70 with my old SB-50 flash. I know that there is no TTL

connection between these 2 devices. I am moving from San Diego soon

and this will most likely be my only chance to photograph this tour

for quite some time. I did some test flashing, and everything seems

to be overly blown out, even at f22. I would like to be able to use

my flash, but am not wise in the ways of non ttl flash use. Any

advice on how I should use the flash with the D70 would be greatly

appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Donny