Questions about a specific problem or issue, often dealing with a lens, camera body, image sensor, lighting equipment, or software specific to photography.
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What is causing increased noise in my recent photos?
In the last two shoots I've taken I have noticed much more noise in the resulting photos. In the first instance, I put this down to my fault, as I was shooting at high ISO levels, but in the second ...
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How do I troubleshoot Canon EF100-400L IS USM failure?
I use my EF100-400 on a Canon 10D. While in IS and auto focus mode, I was shooting a soccer match when the lens abruptly failed to focus, and I got an error message on the camera. I turned off the ...
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Canon G1 X Custom Color Resets
The Canon Powershot G1 X has a Custom Color mode which lets you tweek Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness, Red, Green, Blue and Skin Tone. With a few adjustments, it can make colors look quite natural.
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why close ups are too wide
I have been taking close up pictures for a while with no problem. I think I may have done something with the settings, because all of a sudden my closeups are distorted (wide). I have a sony cyber ...
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Why does this wireless flash trigger fire non-stop?
I recently purchased a suspiciously cheap flash remote trigger system called Jianisi PT-04TM for about $20 and set it up with my Canon EOS 40D and Sigma EF-530 DG Super external flash.
The surprising ...
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What causes auto-focus “freezing”?
On occasion, the auto-focus system in my camera and/or lens just stops working. I'll be holding down the shutter release halfway and tracking a subject and I can feel/hear the auto-focus system ...
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What can I do if autofocus does not work but manual focus does?
Recently, the autofocus on my Nikon D3100 stopped working. The ring of the lens wouldn't even turn when I tried to focus. However, when switched to manual focus, the camera works fine.
When I used a ...
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What might cause stuck focus on a manual lens?
So, today I dropped my ME Super. When I picked it up I realized that the focus ring of the 50mm f2 lens attached didnt turn.
My question is, what could cause this? Could it be that the threads inside ...
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Is it normal for the Canon kit lens to exhibit lens flare even without a UV filter?
I recently bought a Canon 550D and have been experimenting with this for a week. I have been pretty satisfied with the quality, until I faced this lens flare problem. Notice the unwanted blue light ...
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Why do Canon 7D RAW files come up colorless in Canon DPP?
I have problem with DPP 3.12.40.0. When I import CR2 files (RAW Files) from my 7D to edit, DPP shows images very poorly (colorless). I searched on the net and can't find any explanation or solution. ...
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Digital Camera Screen Is All White - Pictures Taken Are Also All White
I have a Cannon Powershot SX20 - it was working fine one day and then the next the LCD screen and image displayed in the view finder were pure white. I can navigate the menus without any trouble and ...
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What should I do when I get “Lens Error Restart Camera”? [duplicate]
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What should I do about Canon PowerShot “Lens error, restart camera”?
I have a PowerShot SX20is that started to throw this error out of the blue:
Lens ...
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RAW HDR with Photomatix dramatically different images in preview vs final
I am just getting into photography and HDR photography. I downloaded the trial of Photomatrix to test out some photos of pictures I took in Washington DC. For better or worse I decided to take RAW ...
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Why do my images get distorted on my Nikon DSLR?
I have had my Nikon D40 for a while, and some of the pictures are coming out distorted.
Two examples are below:
So my questions are:
How do I fix them after the fact? - i.e. after they have been ...
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Why does my Nikon D90 have a “Job nr” error?
I have a problem with my D90 I'm unable to figure out. Whenever I take a long exposure with my D90 (say, for 10 or 15 seconds), when the shutter closes again, the info display on the camera reads "Job ...
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What is causing strange horizontal “flare” on all my photos regardless of lens and/or POV?
Suddenly on (almost) all photos I have a strange light band in the middle, regardless of lens and or angle on which I shoot the photos. The camera is an old Canon 1Ds Mk II and AFIAS the line of light ...
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Why is there glow around lights in every photo shot with my Canon EF 28-70mm f/2.8 L USM Lens?
One day after using my Canon EF 28-70mm f/2.8 L USM Lens, I noticed that every photo has a huge amount of glow in the dark areas near any light area.
I tested my other four lenses to figure out if ...
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Why are my printed photos coming out smudged and crazy looking?
I just got a new Canon Pixma Pro-100, which came with a few sheets of luster paper. I calibrated the printer, and printed 2 sheets looking sharp. Then, I printed one photo... it came out pretty good: ...
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Why is wrong color coming out of my Rebel T3i?
I'm not a professional at all but bought a Canon Rebel T3i to capture life's moments. The color of my shots are way far off; ie., my sons navy blue and white baseball uniform comes out bright green ...
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SD Card disapears after a while
I have the Problem, that my SD card disappears when I use my Nikon for a while. This means that it suddenly show me a [-E-] instead of the Number of remaining Photos to make.
I don't know if it is a ...
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All my photos were blurry
I recently did a shoot of a baby and my 6 year old son, and I got some fantastic shots that were super sharp. I then did another shoot of a 6 year old and toddler and every single photo was slightly ...
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Photos taken on unformatted compact flash card
I inserted a SanDisk 32GB compact flash card thinking I'd formatted it. I was able to take 100's photos on a recent holiday. When I tried to transfer them to my computer I was informed on the computer ...
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Why do images taken with a Nikon D3100 get cut off?
I just received my Nikon D3100 and for the first few photos it worked beautifully, but now when I take photos it only shows approximately the top 3mm. I put on both lenses and removed the caps but ...
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Why am I getting soft images with my Sigma 24-70 f2.8?
I recently purchased a Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 lens which I am using on a Canon 40D body. Around 8 of 10 shots were soft, regardless of subject matter. Exposure, white balance etc. all looks fine. I only ...
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I rewound but the film position dial is stuck at “S..” Is my camera (brand new Vivitar E3800N) broken?
I want to bring the roll position displayed back to Zero. How can I do this without having any film in the camera?
If i rotate the cylinder (by hand) that is connected (perhaps) to the film advance ...
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Why am I seeing two JPG files instead of RAW + JPG with a Canon 1100D?
I have a Canon 1100D and I started taking pictures in the RAW+JPG mode. For some reason when I open my files on my PC I see 2 files, but both of them are JPG (they even have the same size). What is ...
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Where do these “redshifts” and “blueshifts” come from?
I make many product photos for the company I work for. For this I use Canon 400D with two external flash devices Walimex CY-600K.
I've noticed an interesting effect on many of the photos I take with ...
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Why is my Nikon lens suddenly extremely dark?
I was going to take pictures of my daughter at the race track, and when I put my lens on my camera (as I have done several times before) this time it was very dark and didn't seem to work properly.
I ...
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Why is my D5000 not saving pictures?
So I just ordered the Tokina 11-16mm. Slapped it on my camera, seemed to work fine, camera recognized and all that jazz, went to snap a picture and it didn't save. It acts like it's taking the ...
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Nikon D80 shutter problem
Recently I've experienced a problem with my D80. I press the trigger and the shutter does not activate.
When I half-press the trigger, the camera seems to auto-focus and auto-expose correctly, and ...
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Why does exposure shift occur with my OM-D EM-5?
I have been using OM-D Em-5 for a few months with my 3 lenses: 12mm f/2, panasonic 25mm f/1.4 and 45mm f/1.8. Two of my lenses have a problem with exposure shift all the time - after I turn camera on, ...
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Why does my photo look great in Lightroom but show sharpening halos on my web site?
I haven't over sharpened my photo — it looks great in Lightroom and Photoshop CS5, but when I upload it to my webpage, it has horrible ghosts/halos around much of the subjects. I have tried it with ...
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Can I restore metadata wiped out by Topaz using Lightroom?
When using Lightroom, I edit a photo in Topaz Adjust. When the edited photo is imported back into Lightroom, some of the metadata is missing - namely the focal length, ISO, shutter speed, and ...
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What causes white blank images when shooting with a Canon PowerShot A4050?
I have a 3 week old Canon PowerShot A4050 camera. Almost all of my pictures (8 out of 10) are blank, white images. Video shooting is OK, but only occasionally good stills - does anyone know what can ...
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How can I fix a Nikon Coolpix L120 stuck lens error?
I am getting an error in my Nikon Coolpix L120: "Turn off the camera, remove the lens cover and then turn the camera on", even though i have already removed the lens cover.
The lens is not able to ...
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Why do I have a red dot in every photo? [duplicate]
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Why is my camera showing a lot of stuck red and white pixels?
Every picture that I took today have a red dot on the same place in every photo. It looks like a monitor ...
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How can I fix Err 01 with a film-era Sigma lens on a Canon DSLR?
I have a new Canon EOS Kiss camera and a friend of mine has a Sigma Aspherical IF 28-200mm lens she used on an old Canon EOS film camera (old as in 10 years or so). I tried using the lens on my ...
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Why is there so much noise in RAW files from my new Canon 7D?
I recently bought a Canon 7D, upgrading from a 50D. I was blown away by what I saw on the back of the camera after I took a few shots.
Now that i've taken the time to import the photos into ...
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Is there a way to read or recover corrupted/incomplete photos on CF card?
OK, last summer I was traveling and we decided to go on a cycle and I thought that would be a great opportunity to play around with some timelapse stuff. I've got a Nikon D70 so I had to tape down the ...
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Why am I getting a “frame” in my picture when I made my own shaped bokeh?
I have tried to play with the shaped bokeh trick, by following the instruction at DIY - Create Your Own Bokeh.
I am using a M4/3 camera with its kit lens, which is 14-42mm f3.5-f5.6.
I shot at 14mm ...
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What should I do when my Nikon AF-S lens won't auto focus?
I have a Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX I bought for my Nikon D5100, it's only a couple months old, never been dropped or anything, and it all of a sudden won't auto focus. Anyone know if this is a simple ...
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Why is my D90 taking only black photos?
I was taking photos, and two were normal but then all the rest were coming out as completely black pictures. The camera appears to be taking the photo normally. I have tried multiple shutter speeds, ...
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Nikon D5100 Focusing Issue
The issue I have had is where the camera tries to focus and cannot focus. It just zooms in and out constantly and no matter what I do it will not focus and fire. The only way I have found around this ...
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How can I solve a problem with unintended bursts in single-shot mode on my Canon 7D?
Wondering if any of you have heard of this. I've started to experience an intermittent problem with my 7D where the shutter will occasionally fire between two and six times with a single button press. ...
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Why is there a subtle shadow glow around the subject with large aperture?
I've noticed that in a number of photos I've taken with a small depth of field due to wide aperture and a fairly close subject, I get a rather pleasing but not entirely explicable diffuse shadow ...
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Why is my Canon 500D with kit lens having trouble focusing at higher focal lengths?
I have a Canon 500D with the kit lens. Recently I have observed that its not able to focus at higher zooms but it works at min zoom. To get it to focus, I have to zoom out or recompose and it works.
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Why has my 550D camera buffer decreased?
Normally I can shoot 9 JPEG's into the buffer. This amount is indicated by the number in the lower right of the viewfinder, next to the focus confirmation light.
Now that number says 2. And indeed, if ...
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Why do I get two JPEG files instead of RAW+JPEG when transfering to my computer from my Nikon D5100?
I have a Nikon D5100 and I want to shoot RAW and JPG at the same time. I select RAW+N (RAW plus Normal Size JPG). Now when I export the shots to my computer I end up with two files called DSC_0123 ...
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Is it normal that manual exposure does not work on the Nikon D7000 in Live-View?
When in Live-View and Manual (M) exposure mode, I can control the shutter-speed with the command-dial but the aperture does not respond to the sub-command dial. This does not occur when using the ...
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Why does my D70s no longer focus my Nikkor 70-300, but still focuses the 18-70?
At first I thought my lens was dead but after switching to my other D70s it worked fine.
So, here's the issue:
One of my D70s bodies can no longer auto-focus my Nikkor 70-300 lens. Switch to a 18-70 ...
