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How can I check for damage to my lens from impact with a window?
I was taking a photo at an airport when I accidentally zoomed my Canon SX40HS into a window. The impact wasn't super hard, but there was a thump. I cannot see any visible damage, but how can I check ...
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Is it possible to shoot tethered with Aperture using a Canon 5D mark i?
Google is swamped with walkthroughs for the canon 5D mark ii & iii. I am wondering if anyone has managed to get a tethered shoot setup working with the original 5D on a macbook. If so, how was it ...
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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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How to transfer Olympus Master albums to a new PC?
I am migrating everything to a new Windows 7 laptop, including about 5Gb of photos. All of the photos belong to albums on the old laptop. I transferred the photos to folders with the same names on the ...
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Recommendations for quality, reasonably priced printers in Sydney, Australia?
I have returned to Sydney after living overseas for 10 years. My favorite printers and labs are no longer around. Platinum Imaging on Oxford Street in Paddington for example had great colours, put a ...
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What is the value and age of this pre-1967 Ricoh 35 mm camera?
I have a Ricoh 35 mm camera that has not been used since 1967. I am unable to find a value for it or an age.
The body is stamped # 36530 and the lens is tagged # 70573.
Can anybody help me determine ...
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Why does the entire image turn white after setting the white point in Aperture 3?
When I try to set the white point for an image in Aperture 3 (using the curves tool), the image turns entirely white. When I try to set the white point on the same image in Photoshop CS6 using the ...
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Lightroom 4 import customization - filename and path
I want my photos to be stored like this
YYYY/YYYY-MM-DD_Name_of_shooting/YYYY-MM-DD_Name_of_shooting_001.nef
(The date is the date of shooting)
Is it possible to setup LR 4 in the way that ...
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How can I configure the number of slides in Vuescan for batch scanning?
I am using Vuescan to scan slides in on my Epson Perfection 2450.
The problem is when batch scanning the slides Vuescan thinks that I am scanning in 8 slides and not 4. Now when I scan it takes twice ...
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Nikon Wireless Remote Controller WR-R10/WR-T10 backwards compatibility
Ever since the press release, everywhere I look for details on Nikon’s WR-R10 wireless transceiver and WR-T10 wireless transmitter, I always seem to find them mentioned in conjunction with the new ...
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Where can I find viewfinder adaptions for the Fujifilm HS series?
For model series S/HS, in particular HS25, HS30, ...
That Fujifilm's viewfinder seems designed (misdesigned) only for persons with very wide set eyes (or with very non-prominent noses and nose ...
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How does Rodenstock filters compare to B&W, Heliopan, and Hoya HD?
I am looking for a good filter for my 67mm thread lens. I have good experience with the Hoya 8Layer HD cir-pol filter and I really like that it is not as dark as other filters, but it is very ...
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Lightroom & Elements on different PCs share photos?
I use Lightroom for my management & editing etc & love it, however my wife needs to access the same pictures via a separate laptop, preferably via Elements or ACDSee.
I can copy my folders to ...
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Why my Phoenix external flash is not charging?
I just got a phoenix DZBIS-112CII external flash for my Canon 550D. I have tried everything that I can think of to make it fire, without any luck. It came with four dead batteries in it which caused ...
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Why does my Fujifilm FinePix S1800 have far greater shutter lag in EVF mode than in LCD mode?
The shutter lag on my Fujifilm FinePix S1800 is much longer in EVF mode (just under half a second) than in LCD mode (about 0.15 seconds). What would explain this anomaly?
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Are there any mac photo app that feature fun effects generation for kids?
I know this is not a normal question for this forum, but maybe someone can help.
I'm going to do a small event at my daughter's kindergarden.
And my idea was to do some photography stuff. I have a ...
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Why does Aperture tag my photos with the wrong address?
I have a number of photos that I have manually tagged with a location. (They did not have any GPS data associated with them automatically, as I took them with a camera without such facilities.) I have ...
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Canon 16-35 f/2.8L II zoom ring noise
I just bought this lens. Out of the box, it makes a little noise while turning the zoom ring left and right (different from the other lenses I have, almost a metallic kind of noise).
It looks like ...
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What metadata editor is capable of overwriting originals?
Photography workflows seem to be oblivious to version control systems like git. Instead iPhoto and Lightroom seem to expect you to keep multiple copies of edited/catalogued images.
I simply want to ...
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Nikkor AF-S 28-70mm 1:2.8 D autofocus problem
I had this lens for quite a few years now, it used to work as expected. I didn't use my stuff for a few months, maybe 6-8 months. I just bought a D600 and tried to use them. The AF does not work as it ...
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How can I measure luminance values from different cameras?
Calculating EV and then Lx is pretty simple. The problem starts when trying to calculate these by using EXIF data that come from different cameras.
I tried capturing a static object in the exact ...
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What is the throat diameter of the Argus SLR Bayonet Mount?
Does anybody know the throat diameter of Argus SLR bayonet mount? I know its flange focal distance (register) is 44.45mm, but I don't know the diameter of the mount. Specifically, I'm interested to ...
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Does anyone make a flash diffuser for the Canon Macro Twin?
I'm currently looking for a flash diffuser for the Canon Macro Twin MT-24EX. I see that many people make their own. However, I'm not very good about building stuff. Is there anything available in the ...
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Digital strip camera options?
My ultimate goal is to set up some sort of digital strip camera rig for taking stereoscopic 360° panoramas.
I'd like to use a strip camera because it allows for fast panorama capture and ...
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Does Lightroom automatically save the date of printing events, or just the date a print is saved?
I am trying to discover best way to keep track of printing from Lightroom rather than from printer data.
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Why does my Cowboystudio NPT-04 not trigger flash with Live View on Canon T3i?
I just purchased a Cowboystudio flash trigger, model NPT-04 to use on my Canon T3i with a Canon 430 EX ii Speedlite.
It seems to only work when looking through the viewfinder- if live view is on ...
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Export sidecar JPEG from Lightroom
When I import RAW+JPEG in Lightroom I uncheck the option "Treat JPEG files next to raw files as separate photos" because I don't like the clutter this causes.
Sometimes I do want to have a sidecar ...
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Converting / re-compressing select photos in Lightroom
As my Lightroom catalog grows ther eare some photographs I would like to preserve, but where I don't need all the editing latitude offered by RAW.
I know I can convert them to DNG, but are there ...
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Can I delete an Aperture Library after importing it into another one?
I have a big library on my desktop and one on my laptop.
Now I exported a project from the laptop to a library and imported that on my desktop.
After deleting the library file (of the project) the ...
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How to fix bad printing results on an Epson Stylus Photo RX 600?
I have recently purchased a Nikon D5100. I have Photoshop CS2 on a laptop running Windows XP. I also have an Epson Stylus Photo RX 600. I cannot get my photos to print anywhere near what they look ...
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Tulip Flower Lens Hood for Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 D?
I'm looking for a Tulip Flower Lens Hood for Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 D?
I know that Nikon HB-1 and HB-15 hood work on this lens. But do you know any Nikon or third party Tulip Flower Hood?
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How to solve calibration with LaCie BlueEye Pro jamming in “contrast” step?
I'm using the LaCie BlueEye Pro to calibrate my Samsung 226BW monitor (S series). I have set the color temperature to 5500K, 95ccd/m² and black point to 0.2.
I use the last 4.5.6 version of the ...
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Scan using Image Capture at more than 8-bits bit depth
I have an HP Deskjet 3054. I'm scanning using Apple's Image Capture app, and am trying to set the bit-depth to something higher than the default as all of my images come into Photoshop as 8-bit.
I'd ...
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Record from Lumix DMC-TZ10 HDMI out?
I don't yet have a HDMI mini cable, so I couldn't test it myself and have to ask:
When using the HDMI out of the Lumix DMC-TZ10, can I only watch recorded stuff or can I also see the image the camera ...
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Sharing metatdata editing with Aperture and PhotoMechanic
Is it possible to have enable editing photo metadata (keywords, rating, stars, color) in both Aperture and Photo Mechanic if the files are stored in Aperture as "referenced" files?
I did a quick ...
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Photoshop only prints in B&W on Pixma Pro 9000, MK2
One week ago I purchased the Canon Pixma Pro 9000, mk2. Using photoshop, every print I printed, up to today, was breathtakingly beautiful in all sizes. 8x10,11x14,13x19's looked like you could ...
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Search a YcBcR color picker
Is there any YcRcB Color-Picker so that I can better understand the color space?
For example I want to get the range from the blue sky or from green grass.
I need this ranges to detect landscape and ...
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predicting great photo weather
the other day i was driving from work (on west side highway in nyc) and the weather was stunning! red skies with orange sun with few sparse clouds!
i really really wished i had my big camera, and ...
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What should I pay attention to when buying a second hand flash?
I am planning on buying a second hand ETTL flash for my Canon 550D.
What are things I should pay close attention to when buying a second hand flash?
For example: is there a parameter, comparable to ...
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How can I export 16 bit tiffs with Mac OSX' imageing engine sips?
I'm playing around with Apple sips command. When I export a Canon raw file (CR2) to tiff via
sips -s format tiff -out img.tiff img.cr2
the result is an 8-bit tiff, although the CR2 source is ...
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How can you take long exposure shots with the Sony HX 20V?
Is that possible? If so, appreciate if you can explain how it is done.
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Zeikos ZE-CPL105 105mm Multi-Coated Circular Polarizer Filter
1) Any quality feedback from owner of Zeikos ZE-CPL105 105mm Multi-Coated Circular Polarizer Filter.
It costs about $60, Lee and Heliopan cost ~$260 and ~$220. Is it so bad as it costs?
2) Is it ...
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re-transferring images to a computer
i have transferred images from my memory stick from a Nikon Camera to a computer. Now I want to transfer the images a second time. How do I get it to move all the images and not just ones that have ...
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sony cameras and low key photography
I have a Sony A57 and a Sony HVL-43 flash. I have been trying low key photography wirelessly, but I am struggling with the settings. I've followed settings from other sources I have found, and I have ...
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Untwist a foldable background
I have a big foldable black and white background whose shape is twisted (nothing done special to have this). So now it do not stay flat when expanded, it do a shape something like starting an 8. I ...
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fill missing part of recovered-repaired jpg image with same image thumbnail
I've lost files during file migration from one disk to another, and now I'm recovering them, and I have lots of JPG image with bottom of image missing but with a thumbnail.
Question:
Is there a ...
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Rename files in Lightroom during export
When exporting my images from Lightroom, I want to rename them, based upon the image name and its mapping in a CSV file. Ideally, I would want something like this:
When the user after editing goes ...
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Why is it that a photo of image in magnifying mirror shows no magnification?
I just took a picture of myself in one of those magnifying shaving mirrors and I am unmagnified in the resulting photograph. Does anyone know why this is the case?
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Going to Tanzania on Safari will I need a tripod or will most shots be from a vehicle?
Will I need a tripod or will most shots be from a vehicle? Should I purchase a window clamp?
