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Over at <A href="http://pixelcorps.tv/twim51">this week in media</a> from

pixelcorps, there's a new podcast with an interesting discussion with Bill Crow

on the HD Photo format. Just thought some folks might find it useful.

'Digital'.

I've seen more digital tripods, digital filters and digital shoulder bags than I've thought possible.

I nominate "Sigzilla".

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the reason that Canon uses in-lens stabilization because IS was introduced when film SLRs were predominant? Moving a sensor is one thing, moving the entire film compartment is quite another ball of wax.

 

I agree on Bob Atkins' point on starting over. I like small bodies and small lenses and on-sensor IS, and Pentax's backwards compatibility with lenses is commendable. I'm been tempted to get a K100D with a pancake prime for street shooting for a long time.

I lived near Miramichi for ten years, and I'm not sure if there are any E6 labs or sources of 4x5 film at all in the northern half of the province. It might be worth contacting Ivan's Camera in Moncton, Applebys in Saint John or Harvey's in Fredericton. They might have better info than I do.

Seconding the M42-EOS idea if you don't mind doing everything manually, and want results on the cheap. I don't do much macro work, but I inherited an old Pentax Bellows-Takumar 100/4 along with its' bellows unit and get great results. It's cumbersome and annoying to set up, but extremely sharp.

The article just glosses over the worst part: in North America, the cell carriers are extremely restrictive in what they allow people to do with phones. Sure, you can take pictures, but good luck getting that picture saved onto your PC without paying the carrier for the privilege of sending that data through their network. Not many phones take standard memory cards, and all too many carriers lock down the USB or Bluetooth options. The article implies that's changing, but I don't see it happening anytime soon.

The 430EX with its manual controls is a much better match. The 420EX

has no manual control (aside from high speed sync), and the 2000 has

no flash controls (aside from flash exposure lock) at all.

John, I saw the link on Bob Atkins' site. I forget the exact URL, but I'm sure a google search will find it. A very neat gadget.

As others have said, they'll mount with a simple metal adaptor on a lot of bodies from different companies, and they'll meter light just fine on most, but another thing to be aware of is that it's hard to manually focus with the small viewfinders in most DSLRs. I'll soon be replacing my M42-EOS adaptor with a pricier version that has focus confirmation for that reason.

Amen to that, Scott.

 

Even worse than having to process APS is having someone come in with a cartridge jammed in their camera, asking if we could get it out.

(Names withheld to protect the clueless.) A gentleman was actually trying to convince me that the F-mount wouldn't allow a full-frame sensor, which seems a little odd, since the F-mount seems fairly capable of allowing full-frame 35mm film.

I picked one up, but mostly because it makes a fast, lightweight, relatively cheap and razor sharp ~200mm equivalent on my XT that shares nice inexpensive 52mm filters with my 28/2.8 and 50/1.8. The softfocus is interesting but I never played with it much; it feels too gimmicky for most situations.

I'd like an F30 with full manual controls. Aperture priority, and shutter priority, but no manual exposure? Why not?

 

Is there any company making a P&S with full manual, with clean SLR-like high-iso? I don't ask for any other features. Just these two.

Check http://strobist.blogspot.com/ . This guy's got a ton of good ideas on how to put older SB's to good use.

The XT/XTi grip works fine with a single battery, but you can't

charge them in the grip.

The problem isn't so much that Henry's and the rest overcharge for

bodies and lenses (most of the time, anyway), it's that a lot of

Canadian distributors are still trying to live in the past and

pretend that the US/Canadian exchange rate is around 65 cents on the

dollar.

Chances are you're getting hit with the smart quotes problem under IE

in some flavour of windows. The fastest way to stop that annoyance is

to do a search on microsoft's site for disabling smart quotes in

whichever version of IE you're using (click help->about internet

explorer).

WEP is horribly insecure if you're in an apartment building or another location where a patient person can collect wireless data for days or weeks. WPA is horribly insecure if you're using normal words for the password.

 

Short version for security: use WPA, and string together random words with random capitals and random numbers, and you're pretty much safe.

<p>For more obnoxious fun, try turning off Flash then reloading the page. You get a nice message telling you to either use Flash or go away. <p>Perhaps someone in Giotto marketing should tell BEYOND DESIGN STUDIO that <a href="http://www.manfrotto.com">similar sites</a> somehow mysteriously work without Flash.

In my mind, I imagined the original post being read by Rex Murphy of

the CBC.

I can only speak for myself, but I make photographs because I can't

even draw a stick figure.

Somehow I doubt that calling attention to this photo with a direct link will in any way decrease interest and pageviews.

<p><a

href="http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/extrasolar_planet/">All the

details here.</a>

<p>Now, uh, if the Space Telescope Science Institute doesn't need them anymore,

I'm sure I could find them a good home. I'd even be willing to pay for shipping.

<p>I've noticed the same clockwise tilt with my XT on a few occasions. I always assumed it was because I was in a rush and rarely use a tripod. I almost never shoot straight-on horizontal or vertical architecture or landscapes anyway, so it's not a big deal for me personally.

<p>It's possible that my Rebel 2000 had the same problem, but I had just never noticed it. I never shot slides, and always had to adjust a slight tilt from the negative scanner (a cheap flatbed) as a matter of course.