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    Reason not to use Vista

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    Some older programs or older versions of programs will not run on Vista. So unless you want to upgrade these, I would stick with XP. Vista is a "next-generation" operating system. I would rather stick with XP until hardware gets better/faster. I bought a Dell with Vista - the GUI looks nice, but I returned it to get an XP machine because lots of my work related software will not run on Vista.

    Economics of Digital Photo Sensors

    in Nikon

    Posted

    I remember when the 1.5 crop D100 was $2000. Now these crop cameras are 1/2 to 1/4 that price. When a 1.5 crop sensor is $10, and a full frame sensor is $100, I think a lot people will be willing to pay 10X more for the full-frame. It's just a matter of time.

    Help me color correct this image

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    I really like the print I received from my lab for this negative. When I scan

    the negative on my Canon 8400, the image has a green cast to it and is quite

    cold - the original scene probably had this color because it was taken in

    shade around a lot of trees. What's the best way to correct this image in

    photoshop? I tried playing around with color balance and hue/saturation, but

    could not get it the way it was printed by the lab.<div>00Hr1p-32044784.jpg.48cbb40b8168ae74b9ca4a6a2ea1af13.jpg</div>

    places to stay at Iguazu Falls

    in Travel

    Posted

    Scott,

     

    I would recommend staying at the Sheraton if your time is limited when visiting the Argentina side. We stayed in Puerto Iguazu and took the bus into the park. The bus, though cheap, stops at many hotels and so you lose precious time. It takes a good 45 minutes by bus into the park.

     

    I used a travel agent in BA to book my internal flights and hotels. The same travel agent is recommended in this NY Times article. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9502E6DD1E3FF93AA2575BC0A9679C8B63

    I would recomment you book your hotels directly with the hotel and use a travel agent to book flights. You usually have to prepay for hotels with agents, and that doesn't leave you with any flexibility in case a hotel is not what you expect.

     

    Enjoy your trip. It is beautiful. My gallery has shots from Argentina.

    New York Phot Lab Redux (aka Goodbye Alkit)

    in The Wet Darkroom: Film, Paper & Chemistry

    Posted

    Flatiron is good for E6 and C41 process & contact, but their machine prints are not that great. My experience in general is the NYC labs are good for E6 and C41 process/contact. Print quality usually sucks. You may want to try C-Lab by NYU for machine prints, I think they handle prints better. Spectra is also decent for B&W process/contact, and E6 also, with fast turn around and reasonable prices. If you want good quality machine prints at resonable prices, you won't find it in NYC. Try labs in Hollywood and LA. Lots of great labs there.

    color cast after using colorvision spyder2express

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    I just purchased Spyder2express to calibrate my CRT driven by a Thinkpad T41p

    with an ATI Mobility FireGL T2. After the calibration, the monitor shows a

    blue cast. I'm not sure if the blue cast is just my perception because I have

    been using this monitor at 5000K and Sypder2express calibrates it at 6500K. I

    have an ICC profile from MPIX for their prints, along with an actual print and

    CD with the image on it. The image on the calibrated monitor doesn't look

    anymore accurate that what I was able to achieve with Adobe Gamma. Did I just

    waste money on this product, or am I doing something wrong? The image on

    screen looks close to the print, but not exactly. I'm not sure how good of a

    match to expect. And the blue color cast is concerning as well. Any ideas?

    Used Gear

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    I should add that I bought more than half my Nikon kit second hand so I won't be taking that big of a hit financially, but I'd still be sellling at a loss. Availability of some used Canon primes would make this a lot easier.

    Used Gear

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    Thanks for the responses. I just found out that the buy and sell forum on fredmiranda.com is a pretty high traffic place and may be a good place to look. Just a bit more background for those that suggested staying with Nikon...

     

    I would love to keep my Nikon gear. I have an F5 and N90s body and 20-35/2.8, 80-200/2.8, 24, 50, and 105 macro. This took me a while to acquire and build up. However, my wife wants (err, actually she insists on) a DSLR so she can email and post photos of our 5 month old daughter - our P&S G3 doesn't cut it for her anymore - too slow and no shallow DOF portraits. I just can't image using film anymore after getting a DSLR because whenever there is a photo worthy event (travel, birthday, etc), I'll definitely be using the DSLR. It would be too cumbersome to bring along a film body too, let alone shoot with it as well, especially while lugging along young children. So, I'll have to sell my film bodies. Since I see no full-frame any time soon from Nikon, I'll have to sell my wide angle lenses as well. I'd be selling half my kit even if I got a D70! I might as well sell everything else and go to Canon. At least by doing that, I'll have a path and an opportunity to go full frame or 1.3 in the future (and hopefully, it will be cheaper in a few years).

     

    I was thinking of getting a digital rebel xt to start, along with a few good primes. The 24 would be 38 of course, but for the short term, I'll just use it as a "normal" lens. The 50 would be an 80 portrait, and the 100 macro would be a nice tele with 1:1 reproduction. I can use this for a couple of years until I can afford a 1.3 or full-frame camera.

     

    Thoughts?

    Used Gear

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    Hi,

     

    I've been a Nikon film user for a number of years and would like to

    get into Canon digital. Seems like there isn't as much used Canon

    gear for sale. For example, I'm looking to get a 24, 50, and 100

    macro, and KEH does not show any used available for Canon, but quite

    a few of 24/50/105 for Nikon. Any other good sources for used Canon

    gear besides the usual suspects like KEH, B&H, Adorama, ebay, and

    here? Thanks for any pointers.

    Lens for infant/baby photos

    in Nikon

    Posted

    Thanks for all the suggestions. I think a 50 would work, but I also want to get closer than that. I guess what I'm asking is, would extension tubes work better with my existing lenses, or would I be better off with a dedicated macro lens? I really don't want to buy another lens because I'm quite happy with my current setup. If I get a 105 micro, I'd probably have to sell the 85.

    Lens for infant/baby photos

    in Nikon

    Posted

    I'm looking for something that will allow me to take close-up

    portraits of infants. Close-ups of hands, feet, etc. too. <p>

     

    I use an N90s and F5, and have 5 lenses: 80-200/2.8, 20-35/2.8,

    85/1.8, 50/1.8, and 24/2.8 <p>

     

    Would it make more sense to buy some extension tubes instead of

    a dedicated micro lens? Which tube and which of my existing lenses

    would work best for baby pictures?<p>

     

    Any thoughts of 105 micro vs 60 micro? Thanks for any help.<p>

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