paulferesten

<p>Does anyone know if the 1Ds(first generation) is limited to 2GB cards?</p>

<p>I was on the Adorama site and noticed that they still have a new 1Ds (11MP) for $1,999 as well as a new 5D for the same price. I was surprised to see a new 1Ds since it's 2 generations back, but I'm wondering which one is a better buy at that price. Any opinions?</p>

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<p>Here is my entry.<br>

Canon 10D Canon 24-85mm</p><div></div>

<p>There is a simple answer to this: just buy a used Ds Mark II. You can easily buy one from $2,100 to $2,800 and you'll get a better, faster camera than the 5D with better build than the 5D MarkII. Even if you have to buy two of them, it's a better and cheaper way to go than switching. You're going to spend a fortune on the new glass if you switch.</p>

<p>Thanks,</p>

<p>That's exactly what I was looking for.</p>

<p>Paul</p>

<p>I'm looking for a simple printout that shows the depth of field values for a 35 mm Summicron lens (and any others, also)<br>

I'd like to have the exact measurements for each aperture on a simple index card reference tool.<br>

Anyone seen this?<br>

Thanks</p>

Has anyone purchased a camera from a company called Photo Dynasty. They are listing new Canon 5D bodies for

$999. Sounds suspicious to me but I'd be interested to hear if anyone has bought from them and how it worked out.

 

Thanks

It looks like an upgrade to Photoshop CS3 is needed for RAW support on the 40D.

Is anyone awrae of a work around for CS2?

I will be setting up a portrait studio for the first time and would like some

advice on lighting equipment. I will be doing portraits of from 1-4 people in a

small studio. I'd like to know how many lights I really need to do this and

which types. One store told me I need a three light setup minimum while others

have said that one softbox will be enough. Trying not to spend a fortune until

I know what I'm doing.

 

Any advice would be helpful.

 

Thanks

Could anyone recommend a good book on high and low key lighting.

 

Thanks

Has anyone had experience with the new Kodak BW400CN film which uses

a C-41 process.

 

Just wondering how it compares to TRI-X

One more from the Boston Rally. M6 35mm Summicron<div></div>

I have a 4th generation 35mm summicron. I'm using a 12526 hood and

in order to have the hood sit straight the apeture ring does not

line up exactly with the index marks for f stops. Anyone ever heard

of that? Is it a problem?

I just got a 35mm summicron but no hood. Is a hood really necessary

and is it needed for indoor work or just outdoor work.

 

Thanks

Thanks for all the input on this. Most of you didn't have much to say about German vs Canadadian versions, so I assume that that is not really an issue.

I'm trying to decide between the new aspheric 35mm f2 summacron for

my m6 vs a late model pre-aspheric version of this lens. I heard

that the pre-aspheric has more of a classic Leica look (whatever

that means).

 

Also, since the majority of the late model pre-aspherics were made

in Canada, I'm wondering if that's an issue vs. Germany.

 

I'd appreciate any advice you could provide.

 

Thanks.

Thanks,

 

I probably should have mentioned that I will shoot mostly black and white if that makes a difference.

I planning to use my Leica M6 mostly for travel, so the elmar's

compactness seems attractive. However, I really want a high quality

optic, so I'd appreciate any comments on the differences. I don't

care much about the 2.0 vs. 2.8 factor.

 

Thanks

I'm just curious what would happen if a picture was taken with a

50mm elmar without extending the lens.

 

Thanks

I'm considering either a M4-2 manufactured in Canada or an early SN

M6 from Wetzlar. I'd appriciate opinions of any significant quality

or workmanship differences.

 

I'd also be interested on opinions on early vs late sn M6's?

Ok, I checked again and it turns out that photoshop opened the Nikon file with a different (much higher) image size. It's a D100 and it was opening it at 25 Megapixels.

 

I also saved the Nikon file as a digital negative and that file was smaller than the corresponding JPEG--why is that?

OK but both were 50mm lenses. The canon 1.4 and Nikon 1.8 but both images were shot at 1.8. Photoshop settings were identical.

OK, so here's something I can't figure out. I took a picture with

two cameras, a Nikon D100 and a Canon 10D. Both are 6 Megapixels.

Both were wet to the same ISO, apeture and shutter speed. Both were

set to RAW. Basically the identical picture (same subject).

 

Then both RAw images were processed in photoshop cs2 and saved as a

JPEG using the same settings. The Nikon JPEG image turned out to be

about 8 Megabytes and the Canon image turned out to be about 3.5

megabytes.

 

So, what's the reason for that?

I have a canon 9900 printer which came with easy photo print

software. The software works with jpeg files but I have b-w photos

which are saved as duotone psd files. How can I printthem and take

advantage of all 9900 features?

I have a Nikon F100 and would like to use some manual focus lenses.

Does anyone know which manual focus lenses will work. One I'm

interested in is the 1.2 50mm AIS.