I have finally purchased the Canon EOS 350D to trade up from my old film
Pentax MZ30. OK, so that's not really the point of this message, but I
love saying that :-)
On the Canon disk they supply a lot of software with overlapping

On 29 Jul 2005 07:22:01 -0700, wilt wrote:

Just curious about how people frame, since you can't get close enough to
the viewfinder because of the diving mask.

http://www.mycandids.com./
why would a pro show it on his site!?
The bride looks like she wants to fart, her eyes are closed,
and why the hell did a Prince William look-alike marry such

I was volunteered to shoot  a small wedding this afternoon. I have a Canon
EOS 20D,  17-40 f4L,  24-70 f2.8L and a 550EX.
What would be the better choice lens to start with?

I'm trying to organize my images that are on CD's so I don't have to
put each CD in my computer and look for a particular image. I tried
creating a contact sheet in Photoshop CS, then copying and pasting it
into Powerpoint, then typing in data for each image that would enable

  I have a tamron zoom lense 70-300mm.I would like to purchase a
teleconvertor lense to increase the zoom.I was gonna buy the 2x but
haven't heard good things.Need some input it's for a baseball game i'm
going to.Will I lose quality in the picture..Any help would be

I shoot performances in theaters...right up on stage.  Nothing really to
bounce a flash off of...but I still angle my hot shoe flash (may 45 degrees
to 60 degrees) with a big white card velcroed to the top of it.  I think
what this does (without a ceiling to bounce off of) is ...

I hear some slightly conflicting opinions on this, so hopefully one of you
guys can help me out!  I'm considering both a 5MP and a 6.3MP camera at the
moment and wondering if I should care about the difference in MP at all?
Chances are I'm never going to blow the pictures up ...

I've a Canon A310 digital Camera with 32mb CF card. It has got a video
recording capability of 30secs with 640x480 size.
If I use 128MB or 256MB CF card instead, Can I record video for more
time? Or it is fixed for only 30 secs.

I am looking for a monopod with head able to handle 2 to 2.5 kilograms (4.4
to 5.5 US pounds). I want to use it for a DSLR, macro lens, one external
flash unit, butterfly bracket and focusing rail. I am looking for a monopod
with head for less than US$150. Any recommendations?

I am very interested in the Fuji F10 with its high film speed abilities,
however I question using a camera without an optical viewfinder. I
currently have a small digital with optical as well as the lcd,but find
framing pictures difficult using only lcd. Is this something one ...

I have no idea if such a device even exists but here  goes...
I have a Toshiba PDR M500 Digital amera whicj I just love.
However for close-ups (insects, blossoms, etc) the lense takes forever and a
day to give the green go ahead to take a focussed shot. Usually the insect

Nikon's "PictureProject" that came with the camera (Nikon Coolpix
5900) is my first encounter with a digital photo album, but I've
found it very confusing and not very user-friendly, and have the
same impression backed up by others in this newsgroup, so I'm

Folks
Looking for a good book on using on and off camera flashes/Strobes for
lighting both indoor and outdoor.  Also if it was based around Canon EOS
flashes this would be even better.  Have tried some of the web tutorials on