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Do disposible cameras go bad if you don't develop soon after using?
I've just found an old disposable camera after a bit of a tidy up, no idea what's on it.
On the bottom it says develop by 08/2010 so it's about 6 months overdue.
Will the images still be OK to develop? I.e., does the film degrade after time? I am…
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What are the cons of a backpack-style camera bag?
I am on the hunt for a great camera bag. Since it will be home to my pride and joy equipment that I hope to one day (soon I hope) accumulate I need it to be well made, and protective of the gear first and foremost.
Next I need it to be usable and…
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When does "Fill the frame" become "Too tightly framed"?
Many times I have noticed people critiquing other people's pictures, saying either - "It is too tightly framed" or "you haven't filled the frame".
Below are two photographs taken by me. I don't know whether they are too tightly framed (bad) or I…
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Is there any point in photographing directly to black & white?
As opposed to photographing in colour, then having all the freedom to edit it afterwards?
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What good DIY projects (which involve a digital camera) do you know?
Recently I found my old digital 3.2 MPix point & shoot camera which has been mainly just sitting on my shelf for the last few years. I'd like to get it back to use, but since it is rather bulky and underpowered in nowadays standards I could dedicate…
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Should I store unedited/raw, edited, or watermarked images while backing up on DVD/CD?
I have decided to store my photos on DVD/CDs as one form of back-up. I am struggling with what to back up though.
The following are the stages my photos go through:
1. Save the unedited photos, i.e. those taken directly from the camera.
2.…
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What are the technical difficulties behind building a sensor with high dynamic range like the human eye?
Why do we not yet have high dynamic range sensors which have the right exposition in every part of a picture?
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Are there differences between cheap and expensive microfiber lens cloths?
You can find microfiber lens-cleaning cloths on the web for less than $2, or pay $6 for a "Canon" microfiber cloth (or buy at a retail camera store for $15-20). Are all such cloths pretty much the same, or is there a reason to pay more?
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What are some tips for photographing rainbows?
The few times I have tried to capture a rainbow the results have been washed out. Although I have found a polarizing filter to be very useful for sky photography, I'm guessing that it would wipe a rainbow out, since it is basically a scattered light…
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Why is it important to move the flash away from the camera?
I've read that it's not the quality of your camera, but the quality of the lighting that make pictures really good. That is probably not always true, though - there are many crappy cameras out there. ;-)
However, on my search to take better photos,…
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What features are important in a good camera for an aspiring young photographer?
My daughter is in 6th grade and wants a more professional camera than her current cheapo Kodak $99 camera.
Should I get her an SLR? What features should I look for? Manual focus and aperture settings? Should I get one that allows lenses to be…
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After monitor calibration colors on my two monitors are still different, why?
I have a pair of pretty nice monitors (HP ZR30w) which I calibrated with a pretty good calibrator (i1-Pro) and after I calibrated both they still show colors every so slightly differently. My left monitor has a little more magenta color to it in…
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Is a model release needed for all commercial photo sales?
I've seen variants of this question covered on many sites but I can't find an answer specific to fine art sales. I know that I need a model release if my picture will be used as stock photography (promotion, advertising, etc). But what if I take a…
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How can an amateur print high gamut images?
I shoot RAW, and It would be really nice to print high gamut images.
The problem is that:
I work on laptop that can only show ~60% of sRGB, and clearly a much much smaller percentage of Adobe RGB or ProPhoto RGB. How does one optimize the workflow…
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Are RGB numeric values equal to CMYK percentages?
are RGB numeric values equal to CMYK percentages?
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