BetterPhoto Q&A: Other Image Problems

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  scratched prints
When I get my prints developed, many of they have scratches across the top. I have tried different film and various cameras. I have also had my prints developed at different places. Other people...
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January 21, 2004
 
  Englarging Photos
I enlarged some of my prints to 8x10 and a lot of the picture got cut out as a result. Why does this happen and is there a way around it?...
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September 24, 2002
 
  Problems with Flourescent Lights
My friend has had an intersting experience while shooting some images at two sporting events. SHe uses a Canon Rebel 2000 with a Sigma lens. The problem is it seem that in two situations, one out...
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September 14, 2002
 
  How to take those Professional looking photos
Im using a Canon A2E with a 1.4 70-210 canon lens and I just cant get the photos to turn out like the professionals do. The image just isnt as crisp as it should be. Unless I get really close up sh...
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September 08, 2002
 
  I get white dots on my pics. Anyone know why?
I just developed my first film with the zenith 122 I bought last week. What surprised me is that I got these funny litlle white dots on my photos. They appear in most of my photos (but not all), an...
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September 07, 2002
 
  Red Blotchy Skin
My wife and I are trying to become decent photographers, instead we seem to be ruining everything!Can anyone tell me why our Rebel 2000 always shows red blotchy skin when used indoors? We have a R...
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September 03, 2002
 
  my prints have dark grains
i recently bought a canon eos 66/3000n slr camera. I found images(4*6) of my first film(kodak iso 400)not appear very pleasing.there are great amt.of dark grains(in the darker parts) in them, I too...
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September 01, 2002
 
  LS2000 film scanner
I have a Nikon LS2000 film scanner. The problem is that it seems the prints I get when I have film developed are sharper than the scans I take directly from the film. Does anyone have any ideas o...
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August 29, 2002
 
  Problem Scanning My Negatives
Recently, all the photos I scan in with my film scanner look soft when I post them to the web. The original photos are sharp, but the scan looks bad. When I first started using my film scanner, I n...
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August 24, 2002
 
  Canon 540 EZ Flash Indoors
I am using my Canon EOS 1N with 35-80 and 80-300 ultrasonic zooms and the Canon 540EZ flash indoors for people and portrait photography idoors. I've tried with natural ambient light and incand...
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August 12, 2002
 
  red images
Hi all,I have been shooting slides (fuji sensia 100 most recently) and I have found out that my images are looking red, but they are not looking red on my monitor. Is this a problem with my monitor...
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August 06, 2002
 
  Restrictions On Polarizing Filters?
Hi!What are the restrictions on using polarizing filters? Certain angles?Thank you,Tracey HagenMiami Beach, Fla...
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July 28, 2002
 
  printing digital photos
When I print out my digital photos the ones I do outside in daylight come out quite good but the backgrounds on the ones I do inside seem to be slightly blurred and not quite in focus. Its almost a...
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July 23, 2002
 
  No Images
I just spent an entire day taking the greatest pictures - I thought. I can't tell you how dissapointed I was when I went to the 1hour (I know, I know...but I was so anxious!) Anyway, both rol...
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July 09, 2002
 
  grainy, soft edges, bad contrast
Hi guys,a followup to the problems with the tamron 70-300. pictures grainy with 400 speed, used 100-300 focal length etc ( check similary titled question from 3 days ago).To add- I forgot to menti...
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June 13, 2002
 
  Why do people in my photos look "fat"?
I use an APS camera and tend to take a lot of pics of people (weddings, parties, out at a bar etc...) The problem is that my subjects all complain that they end up looking several pounds heavier! ...
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June 11, 2002
 
  Grainy, Not Contrasty, Soft Edges in Photos
Howdy,I recently took pictures at a wedding. I used 400 speed film and used my tamron 70-300 lens all day. The weather ranged from overcast to bright sun. I metered all subjects by using their f...
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June 20, 2002
 
  Why Photos are Almost Entirely White
I have a 2 year-old Pentax Elfina T-- a small, APS camera with a little zoom lens. I have been primarily using Kodak Advantix 400 film, but recently also used some Fuji film. My last three rolls ...
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June 06, 2002
 
  Eliminating Glare and Reflections
I just got my first polarizer (linear). I noticed that, when I tried taking a picture of an aquarium, my flash unit's reflection appeared in many of the images. My polarizer's supposed to...
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April 14, 2002
 
  Black Circle around the Picture
I got 2 rolls of film where some of the pics have a black circle surrounding the images. It may have started when I began using a linear polarizer (I've just started to do photography), but am...
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April 14, 2002