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| bio | website | pfarrell.com |
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| location | outside Washington DC | |
| age | 62 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 3 months |
| seen | 15 hours ago | |
| stats | profile views | 147 |
Programming since punched cards
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Feb 24 |
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What Nikon camera should be used in the high mountains I think this is an overly constrained problem. $1500 is simply not enough of a budget to get a body that is weather protected and two good lenses suitable for macro and landscape work. Further restricting it to Nikon only further pushes this out of a realistic question. |
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Feb 23 |
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A good library-less photo manager for Mac? What does your "photo manager" do if it doesn't manage the library? Do you mean a photo editor like Gimp or Photoshop? Lightroom will allow you to manage your own photos, but most people let it do the image managment and file placement. |
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Feb 22 |
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What is the upgrade path for Nikon D300 with better low light sensitivity? add comment that he already has F2.8 glass. was in comments, but seems to be missed by folks. |
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Feb 21 |
answered | How do I get started in post-processing with Gimp? |
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Feb 21 |
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What is the upgrade path for Nikon D300 with better low light sensitivity? plus he'd need one of those $$$ 200mm F2.0 |
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Feb 21 |
answered | Which is the better lens: Canon 28-105 or 28-135? |
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Feb 21 |
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What is the upgrade path for Nikon D300 with better low light sensitivity? His primary sport is volleyball. The obvious action happens at one of two places right at the net. He's the coach, so he has nearly complete access, but as coach, he also has limited time for photography. |
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Feb 20 |
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What is the upgrade path for Nikon D300 with better low light sensitivity? He already has some F2.8 glass. Its sports, so fast focusing is fairly important, but with a bit of planning, you can prefocus on where the action will be. Fast primes work well for most of the time, zoom with your feet. |
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Feb 20 |
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What is the upgrade path for Nikon D300 with better low light sensitivity? It looks like the D5200 is the current DX leader, but I'm not sure. It seems to have at least one stop more usable ISO according to dxomark.com/ |
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Feb 20 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Feb 20 |
asked | What is the upgrade path for Nikon D300 with better low light sensitivity? |
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Feb 19 |
answered | Do I need Photoshop installed to use Lightroom? |
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Feb 18 |
answered | How to take a photo of a animal behind a glass and in a very dark room with a bit of orange light? |
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Feb 17 |
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If I have a recent, mid-range DSLR, then why, if ever, would I need to buy another / better focusing screen? I just ordered a new focus screen for my Canon 50D. I have always hated the standard screen, its impossible for me to use to manually focus. I much prefer manual focus. I followed the links in this posing and found a Taiwan firm that still offers a nice split prism for the 50D. Great news. |
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Feb 16 |
answered | Can't connect Canon 6D to my computer via USB cable |
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Feb 15 |
awarded | Necromancer |
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Feb 12 |
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Do any DSLRs offer in-camera file encryption? I commented way up at the top that I believe, for good and sound reasons that a DSLR will never have good security. A Smartphone, sure. PKI is about Public Key Infrastructure, which is only useful with RSA. There are no other practical public key ciphers. My problem with a DSLR cipher is not the cipher, but the passphrase to keep the private key secure (or if you like, the private key itself). Its isomorphic. Keep the key secure, or enter the key. And there are not enough buttons on a DSLR to do it credibly. The conversation has been done a long time. |
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Feb 10 |
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Do any DSLRs offer in-camera file encryption? @jrista, then you are showing some naive concepts about how real world crypto works. And if the folks who need the security are worried about ISI, Savak, KGB, etc. they had better be using stuff designed by pros. Its not that RSA is bad, its that it solves zero problems in this space. To solve the real problem here, you need a symmetric cipher. Again, this is not a crypto forum. Here is an article about some of the problems with passwords. arstechnica.com/security/2013/02/… |
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Feb 9 |
answered | Multiple flashes with different trigger voltages |
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Feb 9 |
answered | Understanding what “low-light” situations means to photographers |
