Given two lenses, one a prime (say 28mm) and the other a zoom (say
28-75mm) and both with an aperture of f2.8 -
- Will the prime be brighter than the zoom because it has fewer lens
elements?

Can someone tell me what the White House (the one in Washington DC)
and the Capital dome is in color-corrected R, G, and B?  I have some
jpgs with the White House in the background.  I want to try to color
correct them and then use that to corect other shots taken in the same

If anyone is interested, I found the 20D Parts Manual here:
http://clientinfo.jarvisintl.com/EOS_20D.pdf
I had been searching for this everywhere and it was hard to find. Just
thought I would share it to help others. Enjoy!

http://www.nikonimaging.com/global/products/d2x/
Some nice pics

I recently took a landscape photo with a Canon digital camera in RAW
format. The sky that day was full of grey clouds. When I use
BreezeBrowser software to convert from RAW to JPG format it gives the
option of using different conversion methods. When I use "Normal" the

I'm looking for the lowest priced decent digital camera that will
record movies with audio.
By decent, I mean name brand and at least 3 MP. Thanks!

you have any ideas or suggestions on how Hewlett-Packard can serve you
better, please e-mail them to me by using the form below. If you need
help, other information or wish to send an e-mail about particular HP
products and services, please go to the Contact HP page.

What do you think about these devices? They seem like a great idea and a
good investment to save the big money upgrade of my computer when I get my
DSLR.
At least when I get the computer all my photos will be on DVD ready to edit.

I am researching options for putting together a DSLR lens and body
package for $1000 - $1250.
I have heard too many bad things about the Canon Rebel kit lens to
consider it. OTOH, the Nikon kit lenses seem to be well-received.

Major  amateur but having fun, please check it out
http://sitekreator.com/Bryandrum/main_page.html

Going to be the photographer at the company Christmas party. Will be
taking portraits in front of a large Christmas tree. Need advice on
what to use and how to use it. My goal is to minimize the equipment
that I need to take and setup. I will not be using my big light

Just been impressed by the F10 reviews - now here is the E900 but I need to
see reviews before deciding - are there any anywhere? Maybe pushing to 9mpx
will spoil the low noise spec which the F10 has?

Well maybe not good.  The sample shots on dpreview.com for the new
Olympus E-500 are characterized (800 ISO and up) by what I'd term,
"good" noise.  It's not the big, blotchy noise "particles" you see in
some cameras, but noise more like high speed colour negative film

I just tried these two pieces of software. This is my opinion on them.
Both of these programs allow the user to construct "noise profiles" of
his camera. Ideally, the user snaps pictures of a calibration chart,
using lots of different camera settings: ISO levels, white balance,

Hi John, Lillian and Phil
Here's the URL for the summer string workshop pictures that I took
http://bindle.smugmug.com
is password protected (so not just anyone can view it)