I've just got an Olympus 7070, a great bit of kit but loads of formats.
I can't tell which to use, and I don't really understand the difference.
It's 7mp and I have a 1gb card so memory isn't really a problem.
I want good quality shots. My previous camera gave me 4mp jpegs and these ...

My new Panasonic FZ 20 offers picture sizes from 2560 x 1920, 2048 x 1536,
1600 x 1200 , 1280 x 960 and 640 x 480 with quality settings of TIFF, FINE
and STANDARD.
The book tells me how many pictures I can get on a card and as long as I

I sent this to rec.collecting.coins, but failed to cross-post to here.
I'm hoping that, between these two NGs, I can get some good advice on
how to photograph coins, if anyone here has experience with this. Here's
the post I sent to RCC:

I've noticed a 'loose screw' sound inside my G6.  Looking for
information regarding this type of sound I've run across mention of
an orientation sensor in some cameras that are the source of such a
sound.  Mine is coming from the inside of the handle/battery section of

I have seen several test shots where the 18-55 kit lens looks a bit soft,
almost like the Canon kit lens.
So far only this site has samples that look sharp enough:
http://www.digitalreview.ca/cams/NikonD50vsD70SvsXT_images.shtml

Thinking of buying one of these cameras for my daughter. The spec looks
pretty good to me & at a little over a hundred pounds it seems good value
too.
Anyone out there use one & if so what do you think to it ??

So this little speck of joy has shown up on my pics.  I read Rockwell's
advice, and he says that the particulate matter typically gathers on
the mirror, and not the sensor itself.  I folllowed his advice of
putting the camera in bulb mode and blowing gently.  I followed his

I am taking photos at a large dinner / event on Saturday night in a large
hall. I use a Canon 10D / 550 EX  /  24-85 F3.5 USM / 50mm F1.8 / sigma
18-125mm DC / 70-200 F4 CANON .
Might be a stupid question ,, but do I need to keep the UV filters on or can

Here's a little Windows tip I just figured out:
For my CF cards, I use a multi-slot USB reader mounted in a spare
drive bay.  Unfortunately, it produces four extra drive letters for
Smartmedia, SD, MemStick, and ??.  The biggest problem with these is

I am very happy with the performance of Sony T1 P&S digicam.
But I'm having problems with taking nice flower shots with "macro".
Could someone give me how to do good macro shot?    Satoshi

I own a Fujifilm Finepix A340 (last year's model). It's this model here :
http://www.megapixel.net/reviews/fuji-a340/a340-gen.php
Being an idiot, I lost the manual almost as soon as I bought it, and have
been clumsily using it ever since by guessing through the various menus and

I'm trying to learn how to use my camera in manual mode.I have some
questions.
1=When I try to get the flash working ("force flash" mode), the scene
is lit up( indoors),and the iris and shutter speed adjustments don't

I just bought and love a Canon IS2... it takes darned good photos...
however I am having some issues with camera shake (even with IS turned
on). I tried to brace my elbows to my chest and it helped somewhat, but
I was wondering what else I could try. I know that zooming out will ...

When I bought my Nikon Coolpix 5700 a couple of years ago I added an
extended warranty from Mack Camera in New Jersey.  I usually don't get
extended warranties as most digital electronic equipment is pretty reliable.
Well, the camera malfunctioned and I emailed the company (Mack ...