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  Developing At Home
Hi, I was looking to find information on how to develop my own photos as a hobby at home.thanks amanda...
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December 02, 2000
 
  Photographs Combining Night and Day
How do you combine day and night photography?...
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November 29, 2000
 
  Foggy Photos - What's Wrong?
I've gone through 3 rolls of film and most of my photos are turning out foggy and bland. The people processing the film says it's underexposure. Now I'd like your opinions. Check out...
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November 28, 2000
 
  Consistent Spot On Lens
Hi! I'm having a circle-shaped spot consistently showing up on my shots of the past few days. The weird thing is that in the train shot I included (where the spot is just about the third teleph...
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January 24, 2001
 
  Why The Blue?
This picture was taken in the evening from a height of 8 floors. The film was "Prova 100f" and taken at f5.6. The outside temperature was aprox -10 degrees c. or +5 degrees F (it was snowing at the...
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November 29, 2000
 
  GN Power Of Flash
Can you get the same flash reading from any accessory flash versus a monolight which have the same GN Rating? ...
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November 24, 2000
 
  Blue Sky Too Pixelized in JPEG format
When I save my files which show any portion of blue sky (especially the deep dark cobalt blues from Fuji Provia F100) in JPEG format, the color gradients in the sky always looks pixelated. Is there...
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November 23, 2000
 
  Flash for Canon Rebel
What kind of flash should I buy for my Canon Rebel?...
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November 29, 2000
 
  Lighting and Digital Cameras
My office has a Ricoh RDC-5000 digital camera with 4 flash settings: Flash Off; Auto Flash; Forced Flash; Slow Synchro Mode.Our real estate brokers use the camera to take shots of property, both in...
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November 29, 2000
 
  Super Close-Ups
I need to take very tight photos of porcelain figurines. I see others' pictures and they're colorful, sharp and gorgeous. Mine are soft, and dull. I do a decent job in Photoshop to get t...
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November 04, 2000
 
  Film Scanner
I want to buy a scanner to scan 135mm-36 exposure film as well as APS (25 & 40 exp) film. The scanner should be able to scan the entire roll of film in one go. Resolution should be good. Most ...
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November 26, 2000
 
  Sunset photos
I took sunset photos with a 28-200mm Sigma Zoom at the 28mm. The pictures came out with a lot of flare. How can I eliminate the flare? With a polarizing filter? A ND filter?Thanks....
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November 01, 2000
 
  How Can I Avoid Glare?
Even when the sky is very blue, it sometimes appears as a glary white on my pictures. Why? I use an Olympus D400-Zoom digital. How can I avoid this? The camera was facing north, and the sun was ...
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October 22, 2000
 
  Pictures Turn Out Dark
Why do my pictures turn out dark in low light places? I use a flash but they still turn out dark....
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September 15, 2000
 
  What camera to buy
I'm looking for a camera with changeable lenses. I'm looking to spend $500-$1000 on a camera. I would like a camera that is good for taking macro and long distance pictures. Thanks,Kim...
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August 28, 2000
 
  f/16 or f/8
Will I have greater depth of field at f/16 than at f/8, other things being equal?...
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August 25, 2000
 
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I am looking for a camera with interchable lenses. Which one would you suggest?...
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August 22, 2000
 
  50mm lens
My Mamiya/sekor 35mm came with a 50mm lens. What considerations to shutter speed, aperture settings, and film ASA should I know? And what is its best application?...
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August 30, 2000
 
  film
What is the best 16mm negative film and where is it available?...
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August 21, 2000
 
  How do I get this blue thing happening?
I suspect you gotta do it during sunset, but I've shot several shots during sunset and they never come out like this. Is it a locality thing? Where I live the ocean is to the east and the mou...
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August 12, 2000