Had an interesting experience at recent 2nd grade Christmas show in
Sisters, Oregon.
Kids had dance number in dark using UV light source. White gloves
glowed but otherwise it was quite dark to the human eye. I shot a

 I was passing through downtown Toronto Friday evening, so I brought
along my camera to take a few test nighttime shots at the City Hall
skating rink.  Once I got going, I couldn't stop.  Some of my better
"eye-candy" shots are at...

The Renascent (www.renascentculture.com) is putting together its third
volume which will showcase new photography from current photographers
(amateur or professional).  If you would like to submit your work for
jury for FREE and have a chance at being published, please visit

The Renascent (www.renascentculture.com) is putting together its third
volume which will showcase new photography from current photographers
(ameture or professional).  If you would like to submit your work for
jury for FREE and have a chance at being published, please visit

With my old CRT monitor printed output matched the screen images well
enough.  However, after upgrading to a flat panel prints are comparatively
dark - color balance is OK, but brightness and contrast seem way off.  Both
the printer and flat panel monitor have installed ICM ...

I have a few Pentax 35mm bodies my Pentax lenses
are all  K mount  totally manual lenses. I am interested
in purchasing a Pentax Digital body the Pentax ist.
I understand that I will have to manually focus and manually set

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1022&message=16212349

When I start Photoshop 7 I get a window pops up saying "Scratch Disk
Preferences  = The Currently Selected Scratch Disk are Almost Full"
What is a Scratch Disk?  How do I empty it or change??
Any help is appreciated.

Sony just came out with a hybrid SLR.
It's the Sony R1
I guess it's not really an SLR but offers some advantages of an SLR.
Like:

What software, etc. do I need to see the image on my laptop immediately
after taking it?   I want to set up my laptop next to the camera and then
see the pic on the screen right after shooting it, but still letting me snap
more pics.   This is with a Nikon D70.

At this point I am just considering buying, not actually ready to go
do it... Maybe a litlle background is in order here:
I have long loved digital photography for it's cheapness factor... You
go out and blast off a hundred or more pics, weed out the crap, and

It sure seems KM is kaput:
http://konicaminolta.ca/products/consumer/index.html
Effective October 1, 2005, Konica Minolta Photo Imaging Canada, Inc.
will cease its operations in the Canadian market only.

   I recently downloaded Picasa 2 and I really like its ease of use
but it did something I consider curious: when it grabbed my pics (about
200 is all so far), it correctly oriented those pics where I had the
camera turned sideways without any prompting by me. When I went in and

My father has a Rebel XT and he needs to do something (he thinks) with
the software that came with the camera that requires he connect the
camera to the computer.  He doesn't know where his cable is.  I have a
300D.  I may have the cable that came with my camera (I never used it,

Going from UK to Bangkok next week. Anyone know where I'd be likely to
purchase the above Canon at reasonable price.
Thanks,
John