sunrisers

I bought one about 4 months ago and I love it. It's relatively short dollars but gives results as

good as the high end printers I have used. But as others have posted, ink is expensive (so are

they all) and replacing the eight cartidges runs over a $100 which seems to be enough for

15-20 Super B's. You can do the math!

Dave is right. Plus shooting at a faster shutter speed increases the risk that you will have

banding issues

If you have created a mask, option click (Mac) (PC is alt clickI think) on the mask itself. Then

do a gaussian blur on the mask with whatever radius you want to feather.

I think it is both your light and your f stop. I agree, try f/11 but you might also need more

than a single mono which is what it looks like you used? A softbox up high, camera right,

may help.

Sounds silly, but I had similar problems when I first got my Epson 1800. Eventually, it was

the paper I was using not matching the profile exactly and I'm pretty sure it was the premium

glossy paper too. Took me ages to figure out I had to download a new profile from the

Epson website (wasn't in the prepackaged profile bundles) and that solved my problem. But

you have an aweful lot of variables going on here (scanning, converting, etc) so maybe your

first step is to work with an image where you can predict the results better and then work

backwards. And try two or three different paper types (with the appropriate profiles set).

good luck

The reason RAW uses more space on your memory card is that you are recording a great deal

more data than does the JPEG function. So if you plan on using the data, it is always better to

shoot in RAW because you have more options when you come to processing, for instance

better resolution, bigger prints and so on. If you never need to have that capablity, JPEG is

certainly the easier way to go. But as they say: never say never. One day, that million dollar

shot may come your way. You can always convert RAW to JPEG, but you can never go from

JPEG to RAW.

There are a number of web hosting sites you can chooose from. Depending on what you

want to achieve, how many images you plan on uploading, what size, etc, etc and what you

are willing to pay will drive your decision. If you just want to share photo's for instance,

Yahoo might work for you. Then there are others a little more 'upscale' and expensive (like

photo.net) or collages.net (good for weddings), smugmug.com, ifp3.com. Most allow you to

'test drive' them for free for a few days. If you are a a MAC user, Iweb may also be an option.

good luck

Download "Bridge" from the Adobe site if you have not already installed it. You can also use

Canon's utilities that came with your camera but it is a real pain. Stay with RAW especially if

you are going to play with images in CS2..you will never get the same results with JPEG

because you loose so much data. Also, run out and get a book. The DAM book (digital asset

management) by Bruce Fraser is the one I use, but there are other great one out the too.

Good luck