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| bio | website | markmroden.com |
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| visits | member for | 2 years, 10 months |
| seen | Apr 29 at 17:04 | |
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Jan 8 |
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What's “real” and what's “virtual” on a (digital) camera? I went your route when learning photography, buying more and more camera until I found one that I felt suited me. I can say that it's a fun ride, but you might get more out of switching to an SLR, getting a prime, and shooting things in A or S modes. That's when I felt that my learning really took off. |
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Jan 6 |
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Is there a camera bag that could serve as a diaper bag, or vice versa? I have this bag, and it's really not a good idea to use it as a diaper bag. I think it's very necessary to have a separate sippy cup holder, distinct from your equipment. The space in the top of this bag doesn't have dividers for drinks. |
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Jan 6 |
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Are airport x-ray scanners safe for DSLRs / lenses / storage media? @Reid, absolutely. But the idea of 'radiation dose' actually has real, quantifiable numbers behind it, so much so that I had to learn about dosimetry (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosimetry) when studying x-ray radiation and imaging. Now, whether the differences in dose is significant is another issue, and one that can be determined by putting a meter in the bag and outside the bag, etc. When not inside luggage, there is a higher chance that more photons will hit the electronics, but for the most part, they won't do anything if they do. |
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Jan 6 |
answered | Is there a camera bag that could serve as a diaper bag, or vice versa? |
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Jan 5 |
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Other than the iMac, what's a brilliant display for my images? Course, you could also bootcamp that iMac. I bootcamped my MBP's (v 1.1 and 6.2), and they are the best Windows laptops I've found. |
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Jan 5 |
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Are airport x-ray scanners safe for DSLRs / lenses / storage media? @Reid-- that's not technically true, depending on the way that the radiation machine is configured. If there are a lot of low-energy photons emitted from the machine, they would get absorbed by the bag or container, rather than the outer surface of the camera. Higher energy photons would just pass right through. Some medium energy photons are absorbed by the bag; that's why the bag is detectable by the machine. |
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Jan 4 |
answered | Are airport x-ray scanners safe for DSLRs / lenses / storage media? |
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Jan 3 |
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Prime lens or flash: which upgrade will most improve baby photos? @John-- glad you could make a decision. Hopefully, you'll get some good shots of the wee one :) |
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Jan 3 |
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What photograph-manipulation application matches my specific feature wishlist? A bit of a nitpick, but I think that good software engineering practices solve user problems. UNIX-style software engineering emphasizes the use of many small tools combined to solve problems, while other approaches do use 'monolithic' tools to solve a task or set of user tasks (ie, excel or word). It's more of a style thing of whether to have one or many programs, not a 'best practices' thing. |
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Jan 2 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jan 2 |
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D80 vs D100 vs D1X As a Nikon shooter, I agree with this assessment. The D100 is not worth it compared to the D80, but if you really can wait, save for a used D200. That is a pro level body, with weather sealing, similar IQ to the D80 but with metering on older lenses (if that's what you require). If you don't have the older lenses, just go for the d80. |
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Jan 2 |
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Really? Why does a Nikkor 35mm f/1.4 cost almost $2,000? But to say that it's purely technology is to buy into the marketing reasons that the companies give, rather than paying attention to the profit motive. Canon makes an equivalent lens that's selling for $1.4k, certainly cheaper than the Nikon. I have used neither, and so cannot say which one is better, but on paper, they are equivalent. So is Canon undercharging, Nikon over, both under, both over? That's the market and pricing, not the tech or the materials. I suspect that the tech, materials, production, etc, are dictating a bottom edge, but I don't think we're seeing it (yet). |
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Jan 2 |
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Really? Why does a Nikkor 35mm f/1.4 cost almost $2,000? Dude. Seriously. Could you possibly be more condescending? Maybe you should try running a business sometime, and see what it takes to set prices. |
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Jan 2 |
answered | Really? Why does a Nikkor 35mm f/1.4 cost almost $2,000? |
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Jan 1 |
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Prime lens or flash: which upgrade will most improve baby photos? Well, it appears that @John agrees with you :) |
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Dec 31 |
answered | Prime lens or flash: which upgrade will most improve baby photos? |
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Dec 31 |
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Pixel-to-RA/DEC mapping in digitized astrophotography @Colin K-- an affine transform is composed of rotation, translation, shear, and scaling transforms. As such, it is possible that you're thinking of affine transforms differently than the general definition (which is better explained on wikipedia). There would be no particular reason why the scaling and rotational components in an affine transform would be linked, although domain-specific knowledge may limit the actual transform used (as may be the case here). |
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Dec 29 |
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Can firmware improve a camera? @Tom, you are correct. I changed 'speed' to 'lag' in the answer, thanks for the catch. |
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Dec 29 |
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Can firmware improve a camera? changed 'speed' to 'lag' |
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Dec 29 |
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How useful is image stabilisation below 200mm, really? +1 just cuz I'm a sucker for measuring things :) |
