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    canon 40D

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    40D is a great camera and it is most unlikely that you will have any problems. There are thousands of happy users worldwide. Why don't you just use it for a while and see how it goes, and while your at it do take a few shots and post them here as well.

    HDRI and 'realism"

    in Casual Photo Conversations

    Posted

    Greg,

     

    Try to think of HDR as a a form of "digital art" derived from digital photography. Just like Monet and Picasso higlighted what they wanted you to see,you are doing the same, just using pixels and a mouse instead of a wet pallete and a brush!

     

    Hakunamata! I think HDR is a great technique! I would love to have known Leonardo Da Vinci's thoughts on this.

     

    Regards,

    Mohammed.

    B+W MRC circ. polazizer coatings

    in Nature

    Posted

    Joseph the "dotty" texture I refered to is only on the polarizer. It is barely noticeable but if you hold it up to the light and look very carefully you may notice what I mean.

     

    Is Eclipse Fluid basically methanol? I would have thought methanol is too fast and could also damage coatings? Perhaps ethanol or propanol would be safer but I am too scared to try it on my lenses or expensive coated filters. I have always wanted to order a bottle of Eclipse fluid from the USA but they don't ship such liquids anymore due to security rules.

    B+W MRC circ. polazizer coatings

    in Nature

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    Hi,

     

    I have the identical same filter and it is very very good however it is a nightmare to clean, always seems to have a subtle greasy streak on it and it deos not easily go away, requie lot of undesirble rubbing/breadth/cleaning fluid etc etc but when i hold it at an angle in the light and inspect it still seems to have some slight streaks.

     

    It also has a kind off a "dotty dotty" texture to it but I learnt this is normal.

    Preferred RAW converter?

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    Hi Alan,

     

    I am pretty much in the same boat as you. I shoot with a Canon 30D and use CS2 with ACR 3.4. The bridge interface is good for workflow. However I do find the the quality of converted images sometimes a bit dissapointing, a little less vibrant and saturated compared to conversions done with Canons RIT (Raw Image Task). That said, Adobe ACR is definitely better for rhe more complex conversions needing extreme highlight recovery etc.

     

    I must try the C1-pro. How much does it cost?

     

    Mohammed

    (Sri Lanka)

    laptop

    in Travel

    Posted

    Carry as hand luggage.

     

    Literally thousands of passengers travel in all parts of the world everyday with laptops.

     

    You need to check about Morrocco customs but I would be really surprised of they restricted visitors from bringing a laptop.

    580EXII not working as it should?

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    Auto zoom only works in the second vertical position. i.e you need to put it right down position (which is for very close up), and up slightly to the second position (which is normal flash). If you pint it up any more vertically it goes into bounce mode and no auto zoom again.

    RAW vs. jpeg

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    Lindsay,

     

    Raw files have a lot more data that can be "processed" and filtered to create an optimal JPEG. When you shoot RAW and procees to JPEG manually you take full control of this process. When you shoot JPEG you are saying to the camera "I trust your automatic algorithm and will accept whatever JPEG your produce". No most new cameras do produce very good JPEGS however for real control and RAW gives the maximum flexibiliy and often is able to do better than in camera JPEG when in the hands of a skilled person.

     

    You may compare this to fish in the market vs the ocean. The ocean is vast and has much more fish, al lot of not so good stuff but the best fish are still always in the ocean available for the picking. However it is easier to go and just buy a reasonably good fish from the market....

    Slideshow software for your own website

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    Glad you liked it.

     

    One more thing about the slideshow, when yougo into a gallery you can give it a minute or two to allow all the images to load up. This will depend on the size/number of images and your connection speed. Once it's loaded up ou can jut roll the mouse wheel to scroll through all the images really fast. This I felt was one pf the nicest features of Simpleviewer. Also I felt the image quailty and sharpening for web was very good.

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