dwscott78

So I just bought a Sony Vaio FZ340. Haven't had a chance to do much with it yet seeing that I just got it tonight.

Well....I just recently bought a 500gb external hard drive for back up but also to get some stuff off of my computers hard drive. I just need to go through and start removing stuff. I already removed 7gb of photo's so that's a start.

Also, please keep in mind that I don't need a professional computer just yet. I was only hoping to spend approx. $1K (if that).

according to the folks that purchased them).

 

That's the thing.....how do I know for sure. I don't want to buy something only to find out it's the wrong thing.

All this information is great. Thanks. I was thinking about the laptop for versatility and freedom but I may just look into a better desktop. I currently have a Compaq Presario that's almost 10 years old so anything will do better than that. I was hoping to use the laptop to be able to show my photo's to "Clients". I say that because I just started and anyone that pays me is basically friends or friends of friends. I just figured that I could bring that somewhere and show them my portfolio or results of their shoot.

I've been trying to find a remote shutter release for my Maxxum 5D but

everywhere I go says they don't carry it anymore. Are the accessories for the

Sony Alpha 100 the same for the Maxxum 5D? This also goes for external flashes

and other lenses. I'm worried that I won't be able to find what I need for my

camera because it's now discontinued. I checked out the Sony website and it

doesn't say much about this. Does anyone have a list of compatible accessories?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

Dave

I'm a beginner photographer and I'm getting into the digital aspect. I have a

computer now with photoshop 7 but it's old and been running real sluggish. I

want to buy a laptop but don't know what specifications to look for that will

benefit me as a photographer. I basically only use my computer for photos,

graphics, internet....

 

All I hear about it Apple's for this type of stuff, but I wanted to get another PC.

 

Any information would be great. Thanks in advance.

Thanks. I'll give that a shot.

Is there a quick red eye fix in Photoshop 7.0? I haven't been able to find

anything in Photoshop. I've found stuff in cheaper software but nothing in

Photoshop. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I haven't been able to find a remote shutter release for my Maxxum 5D. I

assume this is due to the recent news of Minolta discontinuing the digital

camera market. I searched on Ebay and wasn't able to find anything. Can

anyone suggest where I might be able to find one? Or if another camera's

remote shutter release might work in it's place? Thanks in advance for your

help.

Also, I know this isn't related to borders but.....is there an easy way to change to "sepia" in photoshop? I'm getting around to taking a class in PS but haven't been able to free up time.

Thanks for the info. I have the "canvas size" down but I can't seem to customize the color of the background. I can choose it but it doesn't tranfer to the pictures background. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

This will probably come across as a stupid question but I can't

figure out how to put borders around my photo's in photoshop. I

don't have a manual for the software so I can't look it up. I also

couldn't find out by using the help file. Any help would be great.

Can anyone shed some light on this issue for me please? I bought the

Maxxum 5D about 6 months ago and just found out that it has been

discontinued.

Dean: "Well, really Dave, no one is required to critique another persons photos".

 

I know that no one is required, but when you post a photo in the section that says "Request a critique", typically you'd expect a critique. I mean, the members that these photo's are being emailed to asked to be a "photo reviewer".

 

Peter: I never took any photo's down. As a matter of fact, I'm adding a couple more tonight.

 

Everyone Else: I'm not trying to be an a$*hole by saying this stuff but it's just frustrating. I actually do give my comments to a lot of photo's. Mostly positive but if I can see something that I would change or do different I say it.

What's the deal with people just giving ratings? When I ask for a

photo critique I also ask for people to comment on the photo, not

just rate it. To me, a rating means nothing. I can't learn from a

rating. I can learn if someone tells me what they think of the photo.

 

Maybe my pictures aren't good enough for people to comment on but

isn't that the point of posting photo's on this site.

 

To be honest, I'm getting sick and tired of people rating a photo but

not commenting on it.

Does anyone know how much the Digital Maxxum 7 is going to be? Ballpark price? I have the 35mm Maxxum 5 and I'd love to get my hands a digital version.

Is there anything anyone would be willing to send me? I would really help me get started. Obviously I would like to start this sooner than later because I don't have many photos to archive right now.

I definitely think it would be easier to file on the computer but I just recently got a digital camera so I only have a handful of pictures to put on the computer. I would probably track everything through an Excel spreadsheet of some sorts.

I'm in the process of starting to organize all my photo's and

negatives. I don't have many because I'm a beginner but the ones

that I have, I want to be able to protect the negatives and easily

access the photos. What I was planning on doing was categorizing

all my photos (nature, wildlife, vacation, holidays, etc...). Then

each negative would have a number (1 to whatever) and be filed in a

3 ring binder. Then I would write the number of the negative on the

back it's corresponding photo. That way if I'm looking at a photo

and I want to make a duplicate or enlargement, I can just go to my

binder and find the negative.

 

Does this make sense to anyone? Any suggestions to improve and make

easier?

 

Thanks.

What do you mean "you can put it against a wall"? I'm having a weird time trying to visualize that.

It's fairly new. Just over a year. So I don't think it's anything like that. Does anyone know what the warranty is for this product? It's probably over after a year.

I have a Minolta Maxxum 5 with a 28-80mm Macro lense. Also, a 100-300mm Macro lense; a polarized filter; a small bag but I'm looking for a little larger one.

Clean what? The battery housing?

I actually just got some 8x10's and all my good pictures put on a disk. I'll be uploading them here as soon as my computer at home gets fixed.