Wondering about how to acheive a particular photographic technique or effect? You will find answers on how to do certain photographic tasks here and in this informative article: Ten Tips to Improve Photographic Technique.
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Substitute Battery for Minolta Himatic 9
Although I have various cameras, I still use a Minolta Hi-Matic 9 that I bought in 1970. The preferred battery is a mercury battery, Energizer No. EPX625. Does anyone know of a replacement battery,... |
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black background
I have seen some photographs with a plain black background, it doesn't seem to be a backdrop. Is there a setting on a camera to achieve this. I have a kodak advantage... |
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Scanning prints, negatives and slides
which is the best (or good enough) format for scanning prints, negatives and slides. thankssajeev... |
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Red Eye on my images
In most instances when I take pictures of people at night using the in-built flash on my Minolta Maxxum 300Si, I sometimes end up with images that have the red eye. How do I ensure that this effect... |
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Cleaning My Camera Lens
Dear BetterPhoto Q&A forum, I want to know the best way to clean my OLY D490Z lens, as a regular practice, and now in particular as I notice some specs on the lens that may be grains of sand - so I... |
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What lens is best for portraits?
What lens is best for portraits?... |
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Compression or Not when storing on CD-R and RW
Good day!I an planning to store more and more dig photos on CD-R and CD-RW and want to retain quality on the original shots in particular. I suspect that compression is not advisable especially fo... |
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Dark Room
What equipment do I need for a dark room or tempary dark room?And,how do I use the equipment.Ball park what am I looking at in a finical bracket to get the supplies?And,where can I find them?At a l... |
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Dpi when downloading and printing
I am confused about dpi when photographing for print. No matter which file format I choose; TIFF or jPeg when I open the photo in my PhotoShop program it shows the dpi at 72. I thought the dpi woul... |
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Center Weight Metering
I am interested in getting a fully manual 35mm slr (Vivitar V3800N) that has center weight metering. What are good techniques for getting correct exposure. Would I always have to put the subject de... |
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How To Take Pictures of Animals and Landscapes
How do I take pictures of landscapes? How do I take pictures of animals?... |
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Slides
I'm considering converting to slide film. My questions are: 1. Aside from the sharpeness, are there any guidelines to establish what is considered under/over exposure/contrast and grain? 2. Wha... |
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Photographing Snow
How do I shoot snow landscapes or pictures with lots of white snow to get the snow as white as possible? Do I need to increase or decrease the aperture or shutter speed? Do I need a filter? I have ... |
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Catching the Mist
Hi, I live in England in the county of Devon. At this time of year, mist lingers in the valleys. I have tried to capture this image, but the results have been disappointing. Most of my shots were t... |
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How do I use my Gossen Luna Pro light meter?
I have a lightmeter which looks to be from the 1960's.Everything works fine. Don't know how to work it. I need to know how to work it.It's a Gossen Luna Pro. I put batteries in it. Work... |
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Taking Pictures of Computer Monitor
Hi,I'd like to ask a question with regards taking a picture of computer monitor. My first attempts were rather unsatisfactory. It came out to be blurry/unfocused. The objects (on the computer... |
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Multiple Exposures with a Nikon F70/N70
I have a Nikon F70/N70 with a Tamron 28-200mm lens. I've been in a couple of situations where I would like to have been able to do double exposures but reading through the manual hasn't hel... |
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How Does One Start a Career in Photography
I have a Minolta SLR camera that my husband bought me to take photos of our child. I am not very good at it yet but am interested in learning how to be better. I think that I would like to make it... |
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No Shutter Speed Reading for Low Light Photography
Dear SirsI want to take landscape pictures in very low light situations. I want my pictures to be crisp and clear (ISO 50 or 100) and correctly exposed. I open my aperture as far as possible, yet, ... |
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Can I Make A Slide From Any Digtal Image?
How can I create slides from digital images?... |
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