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<p><a href="http://penncamera.com">penn camera</a> is a very good local chain.</p>

<p>My wife just did the Papillon tour that lands on the canyon bottom a few weeks ago. She had a P&S, and the FOV was good since it had a general range, but the harsh desert sun washed out a lot of the pics.<br>

Some "secret" advice though: the other four people on the tour were non-English-speaking foreign tourists, so the tour operator gave my wife the paperwork for the group, which basically entitled her to board first in the front seat. So try to act like you're in charge of the group and maybe you can swing the same deal :)</p>

<p>Good news Kevin, once ACTA is passed we'll start jailing children who share songs and steal photographs.</p>

<p>http://www.laquadrature.net/en/leak-eu-pushes-for-criminalizing-non-commercial-usages-in-acta</p>

<p>I was in Alaska a few summers ago and Nathan's answer is spot on. I brought the 10-22 but the 70-300 saw most of the action. The 100-400L was a very popular choice on the wildlife cruise we took at Kenai, and there were several 500L's and a 600L at a wildlife sanctuary we visited (where I found 300mm to be very limiting). Denali was flooded when we went, so unfortunately I have no experience to speak of there.</p>

<p>Larger, back lit sensor, larger lens (I assume greater maximum aperture? Not sure). Should take less noisy pictures, and perform better in low light, though we'll see plenty of test results in the coming weeks.<br>

It's an incrementally better camera than before that will always be in the pocket of millions of people. Billions of snapshots will be taken, many of them bad, but a percentage of those picture takers will become interested in learning more about photography to make better pictures.<br>

Meanwhile, people with an eye for photography will take <a href="../photo/10809812">important pictures</a> with it that will delight families and friends. They may be noisier than large format transparencies, the color won't be as accurate as Kodachrome, but they will tell stories and document lives and allow us to communicate with others in a manner unlike any that we've ever known before. The old guard will complain and reminisce about The Way Things Used to Be while the next generation learns and creates. Decades in the future photographers will say "I've been shooting pictures since 2010 when I got my first iPhone" the way Ken now says "I have been shooting pictures since 1965 when I got my first cheap roll film camera."<br>

TL;DR - professionals won't shoot weddings with it, but the iPhone is relevant to photography in general.</p>

<p>I like Adobe's Photoshop.com mobile app (which is free), though a lot of people prefer PicSay's app (paid and trial versions available). Mostly though I just upload to Picasa and then use my computer later if necessary.</p>

<p>Has anyone tried this on an ultrawide? Is the vignetting acceptable or should I look for a slim water bottle?</p>

<p>If the pics were 7/7s there'd be nothing to 'shop.</p>

<p>After graduating college I took a photography course at a local art school led by an instructor with a fairly impressive CV. Cost maybe $300, and met once a week for three months. I learned a ton. How much do the ratings system here cost? I would email the site administrators and ask for a partial refund if you feel like you're not getting what you paid for.</p>

<p>Your subject line is probably accurate. You cannot expect business models to remain intact in the face of market-disruptive technological advances. As the marginal costs trend toward zero, so will price.</p>

<p>To whom is this directed?</p>

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<p>It is up to you to not sell your images at bargain based prices. It is up to you to set the precedent.</p>

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<p>Should the next crop of aspiring photographers (who are able to learn exponentially faster on cheaper and cheaper equipment) either 1) demand top market price or 2) refuse to sell at all, just to prop up the income of the Old Guard?</p>

<p>Finally, what is the "value" of a picture of a jar of coins on a seamless white background? Should that shot have commanded $10K? The photographer seems pretty thrilled that his work was used, and he's selling prints on his website. Don't we all win when a company operates in a financially responsible manner?</p>

<p>Not to start a southeast vs midwest flamewar, but 87F / 56% is not extremely muggy or particularly hot :)<br>

(To your question though... I have no idea, sorry)</p>

<p>Hey Steve,<br>

I did a Cessna tour in over the bay and mountains in Alaska. I had no problems switching lenses. Airplane glass apparently scratches easily, so the pilot told me to be careful about hitting it with my lens. The glass was very clean, though you could not open the windows, and I did get some glare/reflections from the window in some shots.</p>

<p>On my Rebel I used 10-22mm, 50mm and 70-300mm lenses. The ultrawide was good for shots that included the plane in some way, but I mainly used the 50mm for most of the landscape shots.</p>

<p>I thought video was kind of gimmicky, but I've seen it used (I think) how they intended it to be used, and it's actually kind of neat. A friend has the 5Dii and while taking shots will capture small bits of video. He has been creating montages set to music for years, but now will intersperse videos throughout that may be kind of worthless on their own but add to the overall story in a very cool way. It's less like video and more just like an enhanced photo.</p>

<p>Do you know how you're going to be viewing the wildlife? If you go to a preserve (I went to this one: awcc.org), in most cases my 70-300 was a good focal length, and there were only a couple groups of animals hanging out beyond my lens' reach. If you do a wildlife boat tour, the captain does a good job of getting very close to everything, and your 70-200 would be fine (you also see a lot of stuff). I didn't see much wildlife while hiking, which I was actually pretty happy about since I think there were three or four bear attacks while I was there.<br>

The only times I found 300mm inadequate were for beluga whales in the bay from the side of the road, mountain goats we saw while driving along Seward Hwy, and for a few landscape shots that had glaciers way off in the distance.<br>

One other note: the sun is very harsh from like an hour before you get up until very late at night. Luckily we had a few overcast days, but plan accordingly.</p>

<p>From the first google result... he mentions a hack with a paperclip, but it sounds terribly inconvenient.</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, my new canon digital rebel is electronically incompatible with this lens; the aperture control doesn't work at all, and generates error 99 if you try. I called Sigma, and they said they've run out of upgrade chips for this lens, so I'm out of luck.</p>

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<p>$85 lens, $5 in supplies, plus a stack of chips to eat while you're putting it together.<br>

http://photocritic.org/macro-photography-on-a-budget/</p>

<p>I subscribe to the RSS feeds for casual conversations and the Canon forums through Bloglines, but the Canon formum hasn't loaded any new content in quite some time. Is this a photo.net issue or a bloglines.com issue? I've checked the subscription properties, it seems to be using the correct RSS URL.</p>

<p>JD - I went to this exhibit several weeks ago. One thing I noticed was that quite of few of the prints were made later in his life, when (if memory serves me correctly - haven't taken an art course in a decade) Adams experimented more with post processing.The print of Moonrise they had on display was much darker than one I had previously seen. Here's an example:</p>

<p>http://www.iphotocentral.com/andrewsmith/search/detail.php/0/10/AA-1691<br>

http://www.iphotocentral.com/andrewsmith/search/detail.php/0/10/AA-2393</p>

My guess is that when GPS chips are in basic P&S cameras and Flickr starts integrating all pictures with their map feature, one of the local news stations will do a sensational feature (Are Your Children Safe?! Find out at 11!), but it won't change the fact that it's infinitely easier for a predator to hang out by the playground than to websurf for the "perfect kid" and hang out at the appropriate longitude and latitude, waiting for the kid to show up.

Just did a quick test... the shadow is visible at 17mm, but even at 22mm the corners are noticeably darker than the center while using the pop up flash on my Rebel.

I bought a 70-300 IS prior to my last vacation thinking that I would sell it when I got back, but I couldn't bring myself to give it up once I returned. Lesson: make sure selling is actually an option for you!

Here's the software the site is using... if you right click on the image it takes you to an About page.

 

http://flashpanoramas.com/player/

I am able to lock mine w/ the focus extended all the way. In manual focus mode, I can also extend and retract the focus while the zoom lock is engaged, so either mine is weird, or the zoom lock has nothing to do w/ the focus ring. Maybe there are two different, unmarked models of this lens? I've heard that minor changes sometimes don't get a different name designation.

Don't know if it's possible to modify a PDF, but if it's not too complicated a form you can copy and paste the contents into Open Office (free download), do a little formatting, make your changes and then export to PDF your new document.

Don't replace it with anything. No one is coming to your page in search of music. In the worst case scenario, there are going to be people who never make it past the splash screen because they find the music intrusive (for instance, I find it very annoying if I am trying to listen to music).

 

One other comment... the text in the "about me," "services," "contact" sections is too much for my eyes. Tiny gray text on a black background is very difficult for me to read.