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I have a Canon S900 and I don't notice any major differences in ink usage per type of paper. Just use the type of paper that suits you best!

Remco Jan Woldhuis

Hi,

Does anyone have experience with Falcon Eyes SS110b studio flash units? I have seen a

beginners' set for 250 Euro (200 USD). This contains two monoblocs, two tripods, a

softbox and an umbrella.

Regards,

Remco Jan Woldhuis

Very short answer: yes :-), that is, for the money. There are better wide angle zooms, but not at the price level.

If I look at your other lenses, I wouldn't be suprised if the Tamron outperformes your Nikon lenses.

An example I took with this lens can be found in my gallery on photo.net at http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?topic_id=1481&msg_id=0093qd&photo_id=2167708&photo_sel_index=0

Hi,

I am looking for a new telezoom. My shortlist consists of:

Nikkor AF 70-300/4.0-5.6 ED D (300 Euro)

Tamron AF 70-300/4.0-5.6 macro 1:2 (150 Euro)

Sigma AF 70-300/4.0-5.6 APO MACRO SUPER (280 Euro)

My current camera is a F801s (N8008s) but that will probably be

replaced with a D70 next year.

Remco Jan Woldhuis

Which one do you suggest?

With Apple iPhoto you can export a slide show, including background music, to a Quicktime movie. Maybe something similar exists for PC as well.

Remco Jan Woldhuis

Hi,

I have a Scan Dual III, and I have made some 12x18 prints and they look very good. Since

the IV has a better resolution than the III 8x12 should be no problem.

Remco Jan Woldhuis

I have a Nikon F801s (N8008s) and there you can remove he focussing screen simply

lifting a spring with a small screwdriver. You can insert a new focussing screen very easy

by putting it in place.

So you don't have to be a mechanical wizard to replace a screen....

Remco Jan Woldhuis

Thanks guys for all your contributions. Since I won't print B/W the traditional way anymore

(no room for a proper darkroom :-( ) I'll stick with with Portra and Velvia.

But I'm sure I will try the XP2 and BW400CN....

Currently when I want to make B/W pictures I scan colour negatives or

slides and process them in Photoshop. I am curious if using a C41 B/W

film like Ilford XP2 or Kodak BW400CN offers offers any advantage in

getting better quality B/W pictures?

And which one of the monochrome films is the easieast to scan with a

Minolta Scan Dual III?

Thanks!

Remco Jan Woldhuis

I own a Tamron 19-35 and I'm quite happy with it. It has some distortion but I can live

with that. I am using it on a Nikon F801s (N8008s in the US), but maybe on a digital SLR,

the distortion is less noticable. It is a very sharp lens and, if you use the sun hood, offers a

good contrast For the money it feels very solid.

Remco Jan Woldhuis

Why don't we just switch off our PC's and Mac's and go outside to take pictures.....

RJ

Currently I use a Metz 40AF-4N flash with my F801s. I understand that

if I use this flash with a D100 or D70, TTL flash is not possible. I

read somewhere (but I'm not sure about this) that a Fuji S2/S3

supports TTL flash with "older" flash units (i.e. the Fuji behaves

more like an F80/N80 than the D100/D70). Is this correct?

I have downloaded the manual of the D70 (don't know the link anymore; I'm sorry). In the

specification section it says: "Optical fixed pentaprism". But I also read about it being a

mirror prism.

Remco Jan Woldhuis

I don't think you need a card reader. When you connect the camera to your Mac, you'll

probably see the camera on the desktop (when I connect my Sony I see a picture of a Sony

Memory Stick). You can treat this as an external drive. So just drag and drop the files from

the camera to a folder of your choice....

Remco Jan Woldhuis

Hmm, a lot of noise indeed. I have the same scanner and have never experienced this

much noise.

Can you give some more details about scanner settings, used film etc.?

Remco Jan

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I have a Metz flash unit with my NIkon F801s (N8008s). Will this be compatible with

the D70?

Remco JAn Woldhuis

If you use Toast to burn CDs you can select a hybrid format, so the CD will be readable for Mac and PC.

Remco Jan Woldhuis