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How does the GoPro camera perform for photography?
I've been looking into the GoPro HD Hero 960 as an option for more creative photography pursuits. Examples include high speed exterior car photography, rock climbing, skydiving, bicycle riding, underwater shots, and so on. Basically anywhere I…
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How does Renato D'Agostin achieve these super minimalist and high-contrast photos?
So there's a photographer named Renato D'Agostin who is renowned for his very high-contrast and minimalist photos, and while I don't want to recreate his style per se, I do want to try to replicate the contrast. A lot of the minimalism is…
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Is a Canon EOS 50D a viable starting point for a photographer in 2020?
I found an old Canon EOS 50D of my father. There aren't any lenses at all for this camera, but I am wondering if this body is still good for investing money for buying lenses for it.
In my company I was shooting sometimes with Nikon and Nikkor 50mm…
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How to get good results with the built-in popup flash?
How can I take good pictures using the built-in popup flash of my camera?
Usually I try to use available light only but sometimes there's just isn't enough light for proper exposure (at a reasonable shutter speed).
I know about all the drawbacks…
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When would one need manual focus override?
In lens reviews, ability to override auto-focus manually is often referred to as a good (and important) feature.
I have rarely, if ever used that feature, so I feel I might be missing out on an important technique. I can see how it could be useful…
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Do f-stop and exposure time perfectly cancel?
I am photographing a scene with white and black elements in it. Starting at the f/22 stop, I widen the aperture one stop and decrease the exposure time by a factor of 2, take a picture, and keep doing this for all the f-stops on the lens. My…
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What's the difference between a regular lens and a macro lens?
What is the difference between a 100mm lens and 100mm macro, or 50mm and 50mm macro?
Can we use a macro lens to shot portraits? If yes, what focal length is the best? Please suggest a Canon macro lens.
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What's the result of stacking ND filters in terms of total stops?
If you stack two 3-stop neutral density filters, does it reduce the exposure by 6 stops or 9 stops?
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What is the difference between luminance and illuminance?
The more I read about this, the more confused I become. Illuminance, as I understand it, measured in lux, is the perceived brightness of light on a surface. It's what you'd measure with an incident light sensor. Luminance, then, is how much…
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Tips for Shooting Crowds, Political Demonstrations, Rallies and other 'Lively' Events
Over the next few months I'm going to be spending weekend time documenting a number of demos and rallies here in the UK. The events are to be held outdoors, during the day and may become confrontational (a number of often-violent/aggressive…
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Should I adjust a print knowing that it will be hung in a fairly dark place?
I am about to have a digital image printed to be mounted and framed and hung in a fairly dark hallway that has very little natural light and only one light bulb.
Should I prepare the print in lightroom in a particular way to allow for this? Maybe…
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Operating camera in Arctic winter
I have read at a few places that cameras go haywire when used in temperatures around -20 degree centigrade or below (like Arctic winter) and as I understand it's a hardware limitation.
Do we need to buy special cameras for such cold weather or can…
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Why is chimping a derogatory term?
Chimping - the act of reviewing the picture you just took on the camera's LCD, is used as a way to disparage shooters.
I heard that chimping might refer to proudly showing off a shot after you taken it with a nice vocal accompaniment of ooh-ooh-aah,…
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What is the best negative scanner (35mm) for $400 or less?
Now that we are moving to the digital world...
What is the best negative scanner for the price range of up to $400
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Why do polarising filters only work in one direction?
So I bought a polarising filter yesterday that has a dial you can turn to increase/decrease the polarisation effect and mount directly onto the lens. I also have an old polarising filter that was one that you mounted in a rectangular filter holder.…
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