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<p>To some extent, but it has to manufacture pixels to do it. Therefore there is some quality loss.</p>

<p>Dup layer-edit-perspective- pull the corners out- then stretch them up to regain proportions. </p>

<p>It works ok for occasional use, but if I sold work I would invest in a pc lens. Have a 28 & 35 for my Leica R`s and keep thinking about a Leitax mount so I can put them on my D700. </p>

<p>To answer the question more directly, 60 2.8 micro, the new version.</p>

<p>F22 is the problem. Use 5.6 8 or 11 if you need the debth of field. This is how lenses work. Better ones will work towards wide open better, but nearly every lens I own starts to fail to at 11 or 16. The only that does not is my 50 3.5 Elmar for Leica.</p>

<p>The US stimulus is not well directed and is being used to prop up social programs now and committed into the future. Only 6% has actually been spent to date. So much for the shovel ready projects that were bragged about when they were trying to get it passed. Congress is a fraud.</p>

<p>We are out of money and the future is mortgaged to the hilt. So you can`t count on us. </p>

<p>If I can see photoshop, it is too much for most of my images. Others have different styles most of which I do not appreciate along with rock & roll , Michael Jackson, rappers, and pop artists.</p>

<p>It is a question of do you want one good lens or a bunch of compromises.<br>

If the architecturral work is editorial, you can get away with converging verticals or other special effects, the zooms and such will work. </p>

<p>If you must represent the structure as it is in a large image, then shift lens or better a large format camera with 65 to 210 mm lenses.</p>

<p>They loose charge sitting, but 12% in a week is excessive. I exchange monthy, recharge both, and the idle battery has lose 25%.</p>

<p>You results may vary if the battery does not register new as mine do.</p>

<p>Putting a Leica lens on my D700 Nikon improves things a little, but Leicas sensor and lack of a softening AA filter infront of the sensor can not be matched.</p>

<p>Shoot a Leica same time same place and you will see the difference. Was true in film days, still true now. They don`t have a DSLR so you are forced to adapt Leica lenses to your Canon or Nikon or whatever. Things improve, but still do not achieve Leica quality. OTOH, you can professionally shoot a football game with a Leica RF or adapted lenses on slr.</p>

<p>Japanese lenses have gotten closer in recent years and the results are closer than they ever have been in the past.</p>

<p>My Leicas are semi retired and I use old Nikon Ai and pre Ai lenses on a D700. The pics are nice, but different than Leicas. I refuse to buy a few M8 cameras at $6000 each. They are not that much better and post processing narrows the gap further. It does not get there, but gets close.</p>

<p>If you really want quality, go to bigger format .</p>

<p>If you are getting less on the negative than than you saw in the viewfinder, then the camera needs repair. If the image is on the negative or digital file, but cropped off in printing, then there is a processing problem and you need a better processor. You can`t fix the one you have.</p>

<p>Inaccurate sizing of the image is a rangefinder charactoristic and nothing can be done about it. When any lens is focused closer, the focal length gets longer and the angle of view gets smaller. Leica measures the frame lines for close and you get more around the edges at distance. You get more extra with newer models than old M2,3,& 4. Learn to accept it or get a reflex camera.</p>

<p>Parallax is the difference in view from lens to viewfinder window. Your right and left eye see differently too and that allows debth perception and stereo vision. Leica partially corrects by having the frame lines move down and right as you focus closer. Put the camera on a table or tripod and watch it happen.</p>

<p>Open the back of the camera and put matt plastic where the film runs. The image should match the viewfinder. Use a coat as a dark cloth. Take the back off the camera, replace the base, and set up on a tripod. If the frame lines do not match up with the image, then some reallignment is required. This would be a very rare problem. </p>

<p>Also make sure the lens is bring up the correct frame lines for 35 mm lens. </p>

<p>Either 60 is a brillient lens. The D is perhaps a little weak at infinity and the colors perhaps not as saturated as with the new but these are minor points. The advantage is the older one has a deeply recessed front element so no shade is required.</p>

<p>Bottom line is the 60 is a fine lens. In fact all the 55/60/105 Micro Nikkors are great lenses.</p>

<p>To bring out the best, have good lighting. Use flash or tripod to keep things sharp. Carry small backgrounds, small reflectors, a shoot thru umbrella to diffuse sun or flash, wind breaks, and be there when the subject is at it`s best. </p>

<p>Some models of Gitzo have a optional short [6" total] center column. My reporter does and I use it. </p>

<p>Put all the pics or a selection into the computer. Edit those copies.</p>

<p>Put the card back into the camera and reformat it, do not erase images. This cleans the card to receive new pictures. Or you can add to the pics already there if there is space.</p>

<p>Using the computer to alter pics on a camera card is not the thing to do.</p>

 

<p>Going back and reading the other answers, I have to second Tommy Lee for good lighting. I always remind people that photography is all about light, direction and quality, once you have a certain minimum level of camera.</p>

<p>A good camera, no point and shoots, low ISO, good lenses, and you will not need noise reduction software.</p>

<p>A Canon D40 or newer, Nikon D80 or newer. Full frame if you can pay the price in $ , size, and weight. I am sure Pentax and Sony also make similar cameras in that price range. Essentially it comes down to sensor size, the bigger the better.</p>

<p>Surely a broken shutter.</p>

<p>Place cameras in secure locations with no dangling straps.</p>

<p>Camera bag. Cap Keeper. Camera bag.</p>

<p>You are asking for trouble with a loose camera around your neck.</p>

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<p>You can not access a camera with on less than detailed pic. Are the shutter speeds all functional and shutter curtains decent? </p>

<p>Have someone look at it to detirmine value.</p>

<p>Start with a blower and go no further unless you have to do so.</p>

<p>Eclipse fluid from Copperhill + Pec Pads.</p>

<p>I suggest you follow good practice of keeping dirt out in the first place. That includes but is not limited to blowing out the mirror chamber , raising the mirror and blow off the front of the shutter. Do not open it unless necessary. The idea is to remove dust before it migrates to the sensor. Clean the backs of your lenses and use rear caps. Change quickly with the mount facing down. I am two years into digi now and have yet to use anything but a Gillotos blower. Prevention is the key.</p>

<p>Just lower the center column all the way and you have the same thing.<br>

If the pod has a weight hook on the bottom or other device, unscrew it and the column should pull right up. But don`t waste your money unless you need a short column for low to the ground work. </p>

<p>All there is on this computer is Elements 4 and I am getting some color shift in the bread that I darkend. I am sure real photoshop would not do this.</p>

<p>I did the shadow side of the bowel a little and the highlight side just a trace. Use low opacity brushed and build effect.</p>

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<p>Look at the video on dodge/burn</p>

<p>Be sure not to hit the table forground . The grain in the wood needs to be there.</p>

<p>Size your brush with [ and ] keys. Opacity is on top</p><div></div>

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<p>Interesting composition</p>

<p>Maybe if you made the bread darker, but leave the honey alone. Burn it in with 3% increments using a large brush. I think maybe a 5% total without actually trying.</p>

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<p>The default settings are good for crop sensor.</p>

 

<p>How about I had one of those and it broke twice the first month. I sold it for one of these (fill in the blank.)</p>

<p>I have one of (name his) and this is a loaner while it is being repaired. </p>

<p>I am saving my money and should be able to get one next month. In case you meet with him again, use 1 or 2.</p>

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<p>Nikon USA guarantees the lenses for 5 years if yu registered it properly.</p>

<p>This is one reason why I buy simple old lenses , only two moving parts, focus helicoil and diaphragm. </p>

<p>For a Nicca, just get a screw mount COATED 90 4.0 Leica for $100. Put a lens shade on it.</p>

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