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Which lens serves best as the only lens on a cropped body for a beginner: the 40mm f2.8 or 50mm f1.8?
I'm planning on giving my college age daughter my Canon 40D sometime soon. (Not Christmas, but the Christmas sales are getting me thinking).
She has a point and shoot and turn out pretty amazing work for her age. I'd like to see what she can do when…
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What's the difference between the levels of weather sealing on DSLRs (e.g. 50D vs 7D vs 5D vs 1D)?
My Canon 450D can (or at least has) survived light rain, condensation in the cold and a little icing up overnight during astrophotography...
The various different levels of camera above the Rebel/XXXD range talk about improved weather sealing, and…
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What is the best site for ordering prints online?
There are many sites out there that offer printing services. I am not interested in photo hosting websites such as SmugMug.
What is the best in reference to the following criteria:
Inexpensive - Quality paper and ink but still…
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What is the right way to delete all photos from a camera?
What is the most correct way to delete all photos from a camera after they all have been copied to a computer:
to format memory card using the camera menu,
or simply Select All and Delete photo files from the card using a computer as if it would…
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How to photograph people with a prominent (wide, big) nose?
One of my friends wants me to take pictures of her but she is very self-conscious about her nose (which is relatively wide, Monty Python anyone?).
She wants me to take pictures in such a way as to not emphasize that particular feature.
Any tips…
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How do I achieve fireworks pictures such as the hirobamboo method?
How do I achieve the abstract effect for fireworks that is sometimes referred to as the hirobamboo method? Specifically what types of lenses would work best for this, do I start in focus or out, shutter speed range?
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Examples (From Davey J…
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Photo editing: Is it ethically ok?
I am a very basic level amateur photographer. My question is "Is it ethically correct to edit photos to make my photos look good?".
I believe that the photos taken by my camera should not be touched in order to maintain their originality.
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Is it worth keeping the original packaging for gear such as lenses and camera bodies?
Over the past couple of years I've accrued a small collection of original packaging for my gear (e.g. lenses, cameras, tripods, etc.) and while some of it is fairly easy to store, a lot of it takes up a lot of space that is needed for other…
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Is it dangerous to do a lens change with power on?
I have just accidentally changed my lens over with the power on. In the manual it lists this as something you shouldn't do as a 'caution' . Can this cause damage? If so, what and how will I tell?
(I have an Olympus OM-D.)
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How can I find duplicate photos in a very large pool of data (tens to hundreds of gigs)?
Can anyone suggests a good photo duplication detection utility that works well when I am dealing with about a 100gb of data (collected over the years)?
I would prefer something that works on Ubuntu.
Thanks in advance!
Edit: Is there a tool that…
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Is it possible to create an inside-out panorama?
I was thinking about this, but have yet to try it.
A normal panorama sweeps to capture a wide angle, what I want to achieve is the opposite:
by moving the camera around a subject and stitching the resulting images together to create what I can only…
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Are there any important considerations for stock photos?
I have quite a few photos, some of which I consider to be particularly good. I've been thinking of putting some up on stock photo sites (that's another discussion), but have been wondering about image quality.
Are there any important aspects a photo…
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What makes the focus ring on a lens go smoothly?
I’m curious about the smooth movement of the zoom or focus rings on a lens. How is the smooth movement done? Is there some kind of liquid with high viscosity? That doesn’t sound very probable. On the other hand, I have no idea how to get the smooth…
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What focal length lens do I need for photographing the moon?
I would like to know whether it is possible to photograph moon without any flaws with a canon EOS 550d..
Also to get an image of the moon as close as the following image, what kind of equipment(lens,etc) is need to be used with the 550d Body
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Why is the lowest ISO always 100?
The lowest ISO on digital cameras always seems to be 100. It would sometimes be useful to have much lower ISOs, mainly for long exposure photography.
What isn't there any 50, 20, or even 10 ISO setting ... ?
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