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And sometimes it might proove useful to purge the thumbnailcache of bridge ... look at bridge - tools - cache :-) all the best, wolfgang...

Thank you, John, for your additional input, you're right, paying taxes is unavoidable (& pita) :D regards wolfgang

Hi Robert,<p><p>

<< ...and they say austrians have no sense of humour.....! oh my aching sides ! ;o] >>,<p><p>

 

... and imagine this, i'm definitely not the funniest guy around here! ... so i'm glad to make your day slightly more bearable :-)))<p><p>

all the best, wolfgang ...<p><p>

Hi Garry,

 

Garry,

<p><p>

>>I think it has to be a bad thing for clients to hire someone who

appears to be professional and to then be unhappy with the results,

but that's just my viewpoint.<< <p><p>

i share this point of view entirely ... - but nonetheless let me say that i see a lot of work done by 'professionals' which is not exactly what i understand as quality work as well. And maybe they learn to check the photographers recently done work to be up to their needs ...<p><p>

My additional point is: this kind of folks will loose their customers rapidly and on the other side the disappointed customers will learn to worship good work and moreover they will accept a reasonable price for it in the future.<p><p>

...and hands down, but a bad photographer is not just as dangerous as a bad mechanic, forgetting to adjust your cars brakes correctely... <p><p>

Already being off-topic now, i'd like to throw in another idea... :-)<p>

The decision to make an aprenticeship as a photographer around here has to be made at the age of 14 or 15. It's prooved, youngsters choose to become a pro photographer because they CAN get a job, because their uncle knows the boss etc. It's not really that they are amazed by the art of seeing or feel the urgent need to photograph because that is the only thing they want to do in their life. The results of such an apprenticeship are widely predictable. Photography to them is merely a job, that has to be fulfilled. No pun intended with that and i admit, there are also very skilled and enthuastic 'registered master-pro's', but i fear, not all of them ... :-)<p><p>

 

 

>... you might like to ask the British Institute of Professional Photographers to confirm it for you.<p><p>

excellent hint, thank you very much!<p><p>

best regards, wolfgang ...<p><p>

-oups- SORRY for misspelling your name, Garry ... :-)))

Dear Gary,

<p><p>

dont' regret it, that sounds wonderful for you - and maybe to me too :-)))

<p><p>

Maybe i can get it the other way round, which means, if i work as a professional photographer here, sooner or later i will be sued by one of my honourful registered collegues before the local administration or the chamber of commerce. Then i could eventually raise this argument into discussion.<p><p> Nonetheless i surely will get sentenced, but at least this way i will have the opportunity to go up the hierarchy of courts to finally the supreme court to get it all cleared.<p><p>

I really dont like to do this, because that means lots of time and money to be invested, but maybe i can find a lawyer-friend to support this fundamental case for his own sake (and for free <g>) - or some fellow photographers who would like to support my matter as well as it's also useful for them.<p><p>

If i may ask you for a further favor, i'd like to point out that a link to any offical document would be fine, where i can find any remark, that professional photography is free of the duty of licensing.

<p><p>

Thank you again in advance!

<p><p>

best regards, wolfgang ...

hello,

<p><p>

maybe someone could help me along with information on how i can get a license

for beeing a professional photographer in the United Kingdom. Would be VERY

much appreciated.

<p><p>

I'm in need of the information because here in Austria where i live, being a

professional photographer is widely protected (or let's say prohibited) by law

for anyone who has not committed a 3 year apprenticeship and a while

thereafter an examination for registered masterhip.

<p><p>

A lawyer told me, that nowadays, if you are allowed to do business in one

country of the European Community, this must be accepted in all the others -

so you get the clue ...

<p><p>

I'm doing photography 20+ years on private basis and i started my own tiny

little publishing enterprise (photography) last year. As far as i sell my

printed photographs or books or posters as art there is no problem.

<p><p>

But i'm not allowed to work for someone on contract (just selling what is

already there) and this is quite a limitation for me, 'cause as people get

knowledge of my work, i could easily do some pretty jobs ... supposed being

legally allowed to do so.

<p><p>

thank you very much in advance for your help :-))

<p>

best regards, wolfgang ...

IrfanView can do all this in a very convenient and fast way. I use it for my jpeg-work all the time. Look at http://www.irfanview.com/ for the latest download. Get also 'All Plugins' and have fun - it's free. :-))) regards wolfgang ...

Erik, go to bridge, select 'purge center cache' and all will be fine (given you copied the raw converter file into the right directory), regards wolfgang ...

Chris, i recommend to use Adobe-RGB since it has a wider color space (gamut) and thus would more easily fit into a digital workflow aimed to printing. But sRGB still is fine for being used on the web and for printers based on these RGB-files. regards wolfgang ...

Dan, the underscore ist used differentely depending on which color-space you use, f.e. Adobe RGB or sRGB. Try to switch and you will see :-) regards wolfgang ...

walter,

instead of trying to prevent it, just let your prospective customers go on ... watch their work a little bit and if they use it, you might know ... and they gonna pay ... :-)

>>> Stuart MOxham wrote: <snip> ... 20,000 - 30,000 or more a year but is it really fair to expect Nikon or Canon to fit pro shutters in these bodies or provide free replacements just because they are really being over used ... <snip> <<<

 

fair or not, who cares, i just wanted to know .. :-))

 

but as the question has been aroused, lets think about it:

 

you are definitely right about the fact, that digital photography leads us towards another use of our cameras, as is: MORE pictures are taken than ever before.

And as everybody is aware of this fact, even nikon or canon could be, na ?

 

C'mon, 100 pics a day are not THAT much at all and therefore you will do more than a 100.000 pics in 3 years. Thats a minimum-lifetime i would assume for a DSLR before it will be outdated in terms of technical development and be replaced by someone like me, who needs a new toy from time to time to fool around with .. ;-)

 

Anyway, i dont blame nikon in any way by now - 'cos my D70 is working as well as ever before (now 22.000+). I do hope, that the above mentioned 50.000 is estmated on the *very* safe side of the street, just to be prepared. and of course i hope MY D70 will survive until the D200 (or whatever) will be issued :-))). Than it will be retired in full honors as a backup-camera :-))

 

have a nice day :-)))

>>In many European countries, there are now laws stating that a normal one year warranty is not enough for consumer products that

one would asume to last. <<

 

yup, here in austria its 2 years - which leads me towards 80.-100.000

shutter releases ...

 

Shooting digital and not being afraid of costs of film made me change my

approach to taking photographs. Now, i do every shot at least 2 or 3

times (if possible) to be sure to get the perfect picture and i do choose that one later on at the computer at full size display.

thx Ivan and Edward :-)

 

altough i do veeery much like my D70, i'd be curious for the new D200 (?)

 

... and if it comes until X-Mas this year, i'll get along with the 50.000 (hopefully),

as i did my 20.000 in half a year since fall 2004 :-))

Does anybody know for how many releases/pics the D70 shutter

is designed for ? Any reliable sources to quote ?

 

By now i have made app. 21.000 and it works like on the first

day, but just to be sure for another 50.000 ... :-)))

 

thx :-)))

For everyday all-situations use i'd prefer the 2.0/35mm lens. Its sharp and its fast.

Next would be the 2.8/24mm which has a nice wide angle and almost no distortion at all (would be very useful on architecture).

For landscape you also may worship the 2.8/20mm which is also quite a fine lens, but definitely more expensive than the both others (and adds some distortion to your pics).

 

Used lenses definitely will help you to widen your possibilities on low costs :-))

 

best regards