Scanning photos/illustrations at high resolution (e.g. 400dpi) results in
visible dithering dots. Is there a software to change the dithering into
solid color without making the image blurry?

Hope you guys don't mind answering a basic question for me.   I'm trying to
take a relatively close shot of a new borns hands and want that to be in
focus and the background to be out of focus.  I thought adjusting the
aperture would do this but it doesn't seem to work.  I have a ...

I've got my choice of a new digital slr down to these two models.  I'm a
long-time Canon fan, but the Nikon looks very nice too.  On the DP
Review website, I felt the color and shadow detail of the Nikon images
looked a little better, but the Canon images were sharper.

I have seriously considered a Cannon Digital rebel because I would
like to have the flexibility of interchangable lenses. Photography
used to be a hobby of mine that I eventually want to get back into. At
the same time, I would like something convenient and handy that I

I'll be there soon, and would like some guidance as to what to avoid as
well as lesser known spots. If they are really secret, please E-mail...heh.
Taking one or two short ish lenses only. ie, not going to try to do
wildlife at all..... unless you insist.

Any comments re: the above would be appreciated.

Apologies if this is a rehash, I searched on all the related terms I could
think of first...
In a "real" camera (sorry about that), the f-stop setting of the lens
affects the DOF because of the physical size of the aperture.  How is

Anybody know a Mac OSX software to remove lens distortion from digital
camera pictures?
Onto www.tweakersoft.com I have seen LensTweaker. What do you think
about?

I just bought a Dynex CF card reader (Model: VPN: DY-CF131). It came with
no instructions whatsoever. Seems to work fine, although the cards are a
little difficult to engage on the tracks; once positioned however, they
seem to slide home satisfactorily.

I have listened to the film-vs-digital argument for years. Inasmuch as
I haven't had a chance to experiment with 35 mm film, I could only
imagine the kind of resolution I could get if I had a good-quality
system and film.

thank you in advance.

Is it possible to send the display of the LCD image from a Sony DSC directly to a computer?

Are there some decent, reasonably priced tripods that can be used for
shooting panorama's? One that has the pivot under the 'film' plane?
On a similar note, on my Canon S2-IS, there is a 'stitch mode, but it
seems to not lock in the exposure settings. So as I pan across the

I'm looking for an online lab for quality printing.  I want
to be able to upload large files of non-standard sizes (due
to cropping etc.).
I was all ready to go with mpix when I noticed they only