As you know, cleaning sensors has been a hot topic in this NG.
I finally got a lot of trash that I can't get rid of on my Canon's Rebel XT
CMOS sensor and decided to write to Canon Canada.
Below, starting from my initial e-mail is the correspondence we exchanged.

Looking for a reasonable lower end digital camera and have come across
the Kodak EasyShare z740 (best price I can get is $342 AUD).  I like
this as it has a great 10x optical zoom length and excellent MP
strength of 5.0MP for the price

Hi Wondering if any readers out there could suggest a manufacturer of a
portable external battery pack for a Nikon Coolpix 995?
Also a retailer who supplies such a device hopefully based in the UK?
Need external battery for this camera because the battery life using the

I'm looking for ways to market photography and graphic art.  I've done the
usual gamut of web adverts, galleries, etc.  A friend suggested that I try
to find an "agent" who would take on my work, and for a commission, use his
connections to try to make bulk sales of prints, etc.

I had an hour or so to kill tonight so I decided to scan a slide on my
Minolta SE 5400.
What fun!
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/53028788

Not something to lose sleep over, but I'm puzzled by this. Looking at
a dozen JPG images I scanned in 2 days ago in a Windows Explorer
folder, just one of them has a 'Date Picture Taken' entry against it.
FWIW, it's 30/11/2005 17:54, and the Date Modified is 30/11/2005

have been trying to find the powertoy "image resizer" for Windows XP home.
Can't find it on Microsoft's download page. Any suggestions?
TIA,
Dave

Looking at camera models Kodak z740 ($342 AUD), FujiFilm S3500 ($318
AUD) or Kyocera M410R ($399 AUD inc 128MB card).  The M410R is a little
over my limited $350 AUD budget :P
Anyone have opinions an any of the above and why you would choose one

Extensis have just released a new version of Portfolio, the image
cataloguing system I use.
Details at:
http://www.dimagemaker.com/article.php?articleID=351

Be wary when dealing with 6Ave.com.  I ordered a camera said to be in stock.
When I called three days later to see if it had shipped they said they were
still waiting on shipment from Fuji.  Their website still lists the camera
as being in stock.

Can someone enlighten...the CCD is the biggest drain. Is reading and
writing to memory card the next biggest drain or the LCD?
There are also flash cards that claim faster speeds and low battery
consumption.

I have been using a Canon SD30 for about a week now. Here are my
observations. I have used a few other digital cameras, and so I will
compare performance when I can.
I will appreciate corrections and criticisms of this post. That's why

I have a sister celebrating a 70th birthday and I wanted to give her
the gift of a video montage. I am compiling 100-150 photos from
years past to include with background music and transitions/fades.
I have some basic skills with Photoshop CS2. I purchased an

I was reading the terms of service on the MyPublisher.com site. I don't
understand the last sentence of this section:
"You acknowledge and agree that any submission may be published,
copied, customized, removed, transmitted and shown by MyPublisher for

I was in a camera store the other day trying out camera bags and
placed my digital camera in the bag the same way as always, lens to
the side, base down. The salesman said no no, always place it in the
bag lens down, LCD up, its better for the camera. Seems like all the