Physical equipment, such as camera bodies, lenses, accessories, as well as the electronics inside of them. Excludes firmware or other software.
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Are flashes really subject to a “use it or lose it” problem?
I was just reading the manual that came with my new flash and stumbled over this warning:
14.3 Flash capacitor forming
The flash capacitor built into the flash unit undergoes physical change if ...
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Why not use a camera as a colorimeter?
Clearly to achieve reliable results, it is essential to calibrate key parts of the imaging pipeline - particularly the computer display on which images are edited.
Few seem to question the ...
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What do you do with your camera clock time in relation to time zones?
I live in the UK and spend most of my time here, apart from a short trip abroad once or sometimes twice a year.
This Sunday just gone we switched from GMT to BST, so our clocks went forward one ...
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How do camera body motors compare to in-lens motors for focusing?
What is the difference between using a motor on the camera body and the motor built into lenses?
Aside from how both compare in terms of speed, what differences would I notice if I use a body with a ...
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How can I test a memory card for performance and bad sectors?
I have just purchased a new CF card for my DSLR. I tested it using Xbench (Mac OS X) and it performs as expected. However, I'd like to do a "surface scan" (moving platter term) to check for "bad ...
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Do monitor calibration tools adjust screen brightness too?
I recently had an online lab print some of my photos and they all came out far darker than I was seeing them on my monitor.
They also sent me a calibration print which I could compare to the same ...
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Can the Canon T3i use a USB hard drive directly?
I'm seeing vague and conflicting reports on the web.
Supposedly, the 60D and T3i both allow you to hook up a USB hard drive and shoot directly to the drive without using an SD card.
If this is true, ...
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Does a 7200 vs 5400 RPM hard drive improve performance for photo editing?
I have a dedicated RAID 1 (mirrored) volume for my photo library which is stored in Aperture 3 and one of the drives just died so I'm going to replace both. Is there a noticeable performance ...
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What motor gets used if both lens and camera body have a focus motor?
If both a camera body and lens have motorized autofocus, would one be used over the other or would both work in tandem to speed the focus process along?
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Does Nikon offer something like an API for developing 3rd party hardware?
I was wondering if Nikon has an API available for developing 3rd party hardware like the Satechi Intervalometer that I am currently using. I've got some cool ideas for some 3rd party hardware add-ons ...
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What is more intensive for the SDHC card- hd movie recording or shooting burst mode in RAW?
I am looking to get a second SD card to fill both slots in my d7000. The card I have now is a remnant from my canon point and shoot that I am using in my d7000 now.
I have yet to try movie mode. And ...
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Is it normal for memory usage in Lightroom 3 to exceed 1.5GB, and what can I do about it?
I'm currently running a 2008 unibody 15" MacBook Pro 2.53 with 320GB 5400 RPM hard drive and 4GB of system memory. I've upgraded to Snow Leopard and I'm running Lightroom 3 (64-bit).
I have two ...
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Nikon S700 displays preview correctly but shoots bad: dead or repairable?
I have a Nikon S700. The other day it immediately started to behave strange: when I turn it on and preview the screen displays everything normal as usual. The problem is that, when I shoot, the photo ...
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Camera producing blurred images under average lighting conditions
I have an old digital camera (A Fuji Finepix 6900Z) that, in automatic mode, tends to produce extremely blurry images, especially under slightly darker lighting conditions, most of the time but not ...
