From a few photos that I have taken I have come to the conclusion that my
sensor could have some dust on it.. What is the best colour back ground to
check to see if the sensor is dirty or not?
and have people had much luck in removing dust from the sensor?

My old salt- and silverprints digitalized on
http://www.servatius.blogspot.com
Please enjoy.

Hmm, am switching to a 20" iMac (panther) and it seems I am to be
deprived of Irfanview and JpegSizer *gloom*. I use Irfanview a lot for
quick resizing - does anyone know of any similar mac-compatable stuff?
Transferring files to the pc is the obvious workround but it's a laptop

I just purchased the 8800 and have taken many shots, some better then
others. i saw some prints taken with the d70 and they are so much more
sharper. I still have enought time to return the 8800. I keep telling
myself that once i get the controls right on the 8800, iwill be happy

OK, now I am making images with a Nikon D2x and an Epson 4800 (A2
prints (16x20 inches)). And I'll tell you, I could never make anything
in 35mm which came close to this quality. And I was much better than
most, I know that from contests and clubs. This just sings. Awesome.

After using my Nikon D70 on Auto,i now do all my shooting in Raw Format,i
use Nikon Capture Editor to alter the photo then save it as a jpeg file.I
then use Adobe Elements 3 for further editing.My question is i have
downloaded Rawshooter Essentials 2005 which is free.And i would ...

I really need people's opinions about my photos. my blog is
http://albertart.blogspot.com.
thank you very much,
al

I know you can change ISO settings(100,200,400,800, etc.),
but can you switch between color and black&white?
Or is this only done on the PC afterwards?
Also, since it's possible to just make a pic brighter on the PC,

hi, when im using the cloning tool ,example.
i took a group shot in front of a backdrop ,after croping i need to
fill in areas the don't have back drop , some larger and smaller .
i always get the + symbol to the right of the tool where i am  cloning

I posted recently about an application taking pictures of circuit
boards with a digital camera, that required the pictures to have
enough detail that you could make out printing on each chip.
The dimensions of each board would normally be under 2 ft by 2

     ­
     ­­A newbie here. I want to upgrade to a digital camera with a good
zoom for nature shots. I like Kodak, but concerned over lack of IS(I prefer
not to carry around a tripod) Anyone familiar/recommend Panasonic FZseries,

Which photo printer would you people recommend?
TIA
Dot

I have an Olympus Stylus 400 Digital (Point and Shoot) (4 MP) camera.  Have
had it about a year and a half.
My question:  Can I reset the brightness and also reset the resolution and
"save" the settings?  Every time I turn off the camera, then turn it on

I have two Olympus cameras (E1 and E300) and have only tried RAW a few times
on each, using PSCS to do the conversions. Anyone using a different program
and feeling their results/ease if use were better than they got out of PS
utility? Thanks

For some months now, my Canon PowerShot A70 (which I love) has
been increasingly showing the odd symptom you can see here:
http://www.wintertime.com/OH/142_4279.JPG
For those who don't want to take time to look at the photo, it's