I have a fairly old Fujifilm 256MB CF card that have worked for the
past year in both my parent's camera and in my PDA.  But in the past 2
weeks it has consistiently refused to work properly.
If I put it into the card reader (2 different model) the activity

Is there any way of determining what the compression ratio / quality level
of a Jpeg photo was set at to create the Jpeg?
I had a few rolls of film processed and put onto a CD. I believe the Photo
Lab process produces a higher quality Jpeg compared to the Kodak CD. The

I just had another failure with the lens not retracting on my Olympus
C700, that make for 3 failures in 3 years.
Normally, when the camera is turned on the lens extends and retracts on
power down.  In both instances the lens would not retract and a

Can anyone recommend a cheap and robust Digital Camera, suitable for a 8
year old to have as their own digital camera? I was thinking of something
with 1 - 2 MP and possible water proof/resistent (thinking this type of
camera would be most rugged).

I have had this camera for over a year, and still can't figure  out how to
shoot in Macro Mode. We are trying to shoot some very close-ups of some
jewelry. Can anybody help me with this? I try to follow the directions in he
manual and on the CD, but I still don"t get it.

I have a Konica Minolta Dimage Z3 camera.  Their guide says I should
use 4 AA bateries.  It doesn't say anything about the voltage/current
of the cells.  The set that I use now is four 1.2v- 1850 mA cells.
When I went to buy a charger for these I saw different cells and

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I'm seriously interested of buying my next digital camera. I've always
been interested of Panasonic Lumix FZ5 / FZ20 and possibly Canon
Powershot S2. I went to a local retail and tried out FZ5 the other day.
To my surprise, it's too small and light for me. I had an impression it

The owners manual doesn't encourage use of a USB 2.0 port to transfer data
between my camera and PC. But will it do any harm to the camera if I use a
USB2.0 port ?
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Howdy. I've enjoyed this printer, but after about 200-250 4X6 prints, it now
says that the "ink is running low" on the yellow (6) cartridge. Two
questions:
1) How long do I have before I the cartridge is totally out and printing

I am looking for a new digital camera. Something that can produce
results comparable to an Olympus OM1. Have been looking at the Nikon
7900 but someone may have a better idea.                Must be a
compact type

Which is the better format, "comment" or "IPTC info" for JPEG photos?
I recently switched from Internet Explorer to Irvanview to view photos
on Windows XP and I really love iview as I can now resize, crop, and
COMMENT all my digital pictures of my kids.

can anyone ell me what the difference is.
SLR seems more expensive but im not sure what SLR means
TIA

I'm a newcomer to digital post-processing, and really need to
get the hang of curve adjustments, saturation, cropping etc.
A bit like the "Shoot In", perhaps there could be a "post
processing challenge" where one original is made available and