I have a water spot on my ccd. i dont know how it got there, but its
about 1/8 inch in size on the bottom left.
It is a nikon D70.
will cleaning kits remove this?

People,
I am getting an offer to trade my Nikon 8700 for a D100.
What I dislike in 8700 - is its slow speed, i.e. time it takes between
pictures before you can shoot again.

Could someone who has this lens let me know roughly what its length is when
its fully extended (300 mm)? I have the Sigma 70-300 Macro, and at 300 mm
its a long and heavy lens - I'm looking for something for my D70 in the 300
mm range that doesn't become unwieldy at full focal ...

I have a Sigma SD-9 which has a little black dot in the lower right hand
side of 99% of my pictures.  Sometimes it's sharp, sometimes it's subdued.
Could I have burned it?  Is there a tiny nick or foreign object on the
lens/mirror/cmos?

Doesn't look like the first attempt went through, my apologies if this
appears twice.
I recently received a cheap-ish underwater camera for SCUBA diving from
the GF.  It takes SD cards, and in the instructions is says that I can

Last month there was a rebate available for the D70 that gave $100 off
the camera body, or $200 off the body with the kit lens.  The rebate
expired on March 31.  
Now it looks like there's no rebate for the body, and there's a new

Anybody used Picasa? It seems a relatively advanced picture viewer, and
it's free.
http://www.picasa.com/

I have some rechargable Lenmar NiMH batteries (2000 mAh, AA) that do not
seem to hold their charge.  Even with no use whatsoever, they seem to be
dead a day or two after a full recharge.  I get only a few minutes of use
from them when I put them in my camera (Nikon Coolpix 2100) ...

opinions please? good and bad. many thanks

In the process of clearing out my Dad's house we have uncovered a treasure
trove of old family memories all on (silent) standard 8mm cine film.
There are a number of local retailers which advertise the ability to
transfer cine to video or DVD but because of the quantity involved I

The ANTI-Nikon 8800 FAQ
Reason's not to buy: I'm posting this because various Nikon groups defend a
brand marquee beyond rational thought. Nikon makes some fantastic products. The
8800 is not one of them. Some have suggested that the 8800 is "detuned" so as

Can anyone point me to any web sites that have Instructions on how to use
Capture One PRO RAW Workflow?

I have found a couple of lenses at adorama.com that I am considering.
The price is good, but they are labeled as gray market.  What is the
risk with gray market and why should I or shouldn't I consider a gray
market lens.

He doesn't like blacks and he doesn't like women. It's a double whammy
paranoid delusion with him.

i tried finding dust motes on my 20d following the article in the
'photoshop user' mag and put the camera on a tripod, set my 100mm lens
to 3 foot manually, iso 100 and took some pix of a white wall inside
and a clear blue s. calif. sky outside.  i then opened the raw file in