[Anonymous]

That post was by me(linguine in case it doesnt post as me again). Does anyone else have trouble with the message board forgetting that youve logged in once youve logged in?

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the tip Galleywench. I think I am going to become addicted to it too. I took pictures in triplicate all morning, and have been playing with them on my computer. I should be working, but this is more fun. I probably will spring for the licensed version of the software before the contest, it really is easy to work with.

[Anonymous]

where do you get the photomatrix software?

[Anonymous]

I may have offended the Appendage. Electrical power to SchneeWorld Corporate HQ was disrupted last night due to a massive thundertorm blowing though Austin TX. It still hasn’t been restored.

What’s the pennance? 5 Ramen’s and 12 Holy Spaghetti’s?

You’re forgetting your Spaghetti-O’s…

[Anonymous]

I posted in the photoshop forum that they have the powah and to please come and vote. Alternatively we could just open it wide and let them take whatever image they want to photoshop. 😉

That’s not a bad idea either 🙂

[Anonymous]

Maybe the thread title should be changed to “Photoshoppers, vote for pictures you want to PS!”
🙂

[Anonymous]

So can we get access to hi-res versions of the winning pics when they get posted to the photoshop queue? It’s not often we get to communicate directly with the author of our source pics.

Provided the winning images were submitted by someone that read and followed the rules. 😉

Looks like the odds of that are running about 50/50 from the looks of that thread. 😆

[Anonymous]

So can we get access to hi-res versions of the winning pics when they get posted to the photoshop queue? It’s not often we get to communicate directly with the author of our source pics.

[Anonymous]

I think some people have confused shallow depth of field with significant depth of field. Some beautiful pictures though. You farktographers do some pretty amazing work!

[Anonymous]

I don’t know anything about the Nikon Coolpix, but I have the Canon A620 that Staplermofo mentioned, and it’s a wonderful camera. 7MP (though there’s a 5MP little brother, the A610), and very nifty swivel LCD screen. Has all the manual controls you could want, but in a size that’s small enough to fit in a coat or purse (or a big pocket). I think it’s down to around US $300, and I think the A610 is down to US $250. If you want to do enlargements or want to be able to crop and still print an enlargement, get the A620 with 7MP. I haven’t printed huge prints, but I’ve printed 8×10’s and they were gorgeous. I don’t think you’d ever know they were digital and not film.

If you’re looking for a DSLR, the Nikon D50 someone else mentioned is an excellent camera, and the price just keeps coming down on it. Pentax also has a lower end DSLR that got pretty good reviews, and you can use any Pentax lens ever made to boot.

There are a number of good online photo processors. I’ve used PhotoWorks and generally like them, though their color is sometimes inconsistent in their larger prints. But their prices for 3×5 and 4×6 prints are excellent (15-19 cents, depending on how many you print, and even cheaper the more you print), so they’re great for snapshots. Mpix is another online site that does a lot of professional and advanced amature prints. I have a friend who uses them and swears by them. She told me if I use them to be sure to mark the box on the order that says do NOT color correct. Some labs do an automatic color correction that will completely mess with the colors you have on your photos. I don’t know what either of these outfits charges for shipping to Canada, but I think I’ve seen mention of similar labs in Canada…do some searching online and hopefully you’ll turn them up.

Good luck finding the right camera for you. I have tax return euphoria myself–I’m drooling over a DSLR, but I just got the A620 for Christmas!

[Anonymous]

Greenlight, baby…will be posted at 10:27

[Anonymous]

I would be interested in several of these items.

Wing-Lynch
Slide Mounter
Dryning cabinet.

Pricing?

[Anonymous]

Okay, so I was a little ambitious with my budget. 😛 Blame tax return euphoria.

I’m now considering the Nikon Coolpix P4 (the P3 seems to be identical but $50 more?)…does anyone have experience with that camera? Any opinions (whether good or bad) would be appreciated.

[Anonymous]

You could take two of the same shots at night, and recompose them later in photoshop (assuming you’re using digital photography) – one with a long exposure to accommodate the traffic, and one with a short exposure to accommodate the city lights.

Also, using ND filters, you could theoretically shoot during the daytime with long exposure times. ND filters decrease the amount of light coming into the lens, but they also distort the color balance, so beware.

Here is a VERY good article on all kinds of “night” (read: long-exposure) photography: http://www.danheller.com/tech-longexp.html

[Anonymous]

Right now I’m kind of just researching and trying to figure out which is better for me. I think $1000ish CDN is the maximum I’ll be willing to go at this point, although more is doable it would mean saving up for longer.

Two things I’m worried about with digital (aside from the storage issues…) which have me still sticking with film are the actual colour tones from a digital camera and the pixelation for resizing. I’m assuming that if I want prints I can take the memory card to a photo shop and just give them the numbers, else the cost of buying a high-quality printer/ink/paper would be prohibitive.

Regarding the colour…I’ve not seen a digital image that has as true a representation as a film-based one. Perhaps I’ve been seeing images from poor quality cameras, I’m not sure. Digital images also seem to lack a kind of “warmth” that film ones have, though I’m not entirely sure if that’s my imagination playing the romantic.

If I want to blow up an image to 8×10, 11×14, or larger, I don’t want to have the image become too pixellated. Obviously, this isn’t a concern with film, but with digital it may be. How well do digital images enlarge?

I do enjoy shooting in black & white, though perhaps a digital colour image stripped to grayscale would work. I’ve not tried it.

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