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I am wondering if anyone knows about these on the spot "blending"

or "photo merge" softwares? Recently I was at downtown San Antonio

and got my "face" into Shrek.

The resulting picture was fun and I would like to get more info on

the whole setup especially the software part of it. The girls who

took my picture, were skeptic when I asked for more details.

The closest I got was this.

http://www.funphotor.com/

I am interested in a little more pro version.

Thanks in advance.

Ravi

Remember those tourist spot photography where you put your face into

those movie posters/magazine covers? And they make it look like you

are on the cover of the magazine?

I am wondering if any one knows about the software they use. My plan

is to setup a spot in another country. That means it has to be done

with in couple of minutes for the waiting tourist. (I am not

interested in Photoshop or like those). This has to be qucik and

should take video input. I appreciate any help.

Thanks in advance.

Some plastic stroes sell them in 4ftx6ft sheets. Plexi glass is what they are called and cost about $100 for a 3/4inch sheet. You can find a cheaper one at HomeDepot for under $12 but they were not shiny.In any case they can not be rolled up. Sorry.<div></div>

Thanks for trying different lenses! I only have the kit lens and 28-105 F3.5. I will post one more time as soon as I get some portraits.

Here is a comparison of filters. Hope this helps.

 

http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/User-Guide/filter/filter-diffusion.html

I used 1/200 shutter speed at F8 with studio flash in a softbox. This is not the case of camera shake or low shutteror wide open aperture. I even bought a 28-105 lens to make sure it is not the kit lens...same result. I will post here what Canon has to say.

Thanks Robert. I am dying to know the answer too.

That is the best of the bunch! So I do have a problem. I fear if I send the camera to Canon, they may send it back with every thing working normal. See the link here.

http://www.expressresponse.com/cgi-bin/progsnp/canon_ps/srchjnnp?search_type=vdocument&search_input=0421.htm&session_id=1084980035.27126.3

Waldemar:

 

I really counted on autofocus of the camera. Also I shot on Jpeg but not in raw. Here is another image. This I can live with..not that bad. But others are worse.<div></div>

Thanks again. I have a Kodak Easy share DX point and shoot and the images comes tack sharp even at max zoom at high (3.5)f-stops. Spend 4 times more to a better tool and face more time consuming methods!?. Does every Digital Rebel owner go through this every single time? I am surprized. I agree to some extent to use USM in post production but not on every single image just to make it "acceptable". I am not asking the camera to do the miracles for me, just focus right for me. Why that has to be a chore? I wonder if the other non SLR all in one cameras like Olympus C-8080 or Nikon Coolpix 8700 have similar focusing issues.

Thanks for the replies. My lens is not an IS lens though. Just a 28-105 F3.5 bought at B+H. If I do the ruler test and succeded in proving the fault, should I send the camera to Canon for fixing? It ran out of 14 day return policy 2 days ago.

Hi:

I have recently shot a bunch of portraits in studio with digital

rebel. I noticied none of them were sharp at all. No where on the

image there was a single point that was sharp. I was disappointed to

say the least 'cause focus is the most fundamental thing for any

camera. I could do some USM in Photoshop but why? Isn't the camera

supposed to focus? I tried the kit lens as well as EF 28-105. I used

F8, on tripod ISO 100, default WB and the lighting was good so there

was no issue of lack of contrast etc to fool the auto focus

mechanism. I used the default parameter and the default autofocus

setting. I made sure to lock the focus(on the eyes for instance)

also. Basically it was not user error, I hope.

I used the point and shoot Kodak easy share right after the shot and

focus is tack sharp.

My question is, do we really go into photoshop for EVERY otherwise

perfect shot just to make the focus sharp? Is this how you are all

used to? I hear lot of issues about back focus. I wonder if this is

digital SLR camera ONLY issue. Any advice will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.<div></div>

Thanks a lot! I love seeing behind the scenes photos!

Remember those slick fashion magazine photos of modeles standing

infront of a white background? I am curious to know how they get

those subtle relections at the feet. I figured that they are

standing on a big plexiglass or some thing but I would expect to see

the end line of the glass. Any one knows the trick? Ofcourse you can

use photoshop to get rid of the end of glass lines.But what is the

lighting technique to get those flawless shots?