Would it be possible to make plastic lenses with the same optical
quality and performance as glass lenses? The advantage would be lower
weight.

I have taken on a business partner (BP) that knows very little
about computers. The BP does not really understand the whole file
system of Windows XP. While downloading images from my memory card
to my BP's computer, I am still being asked,"Are you loading that

HOW TO MAKE MONEY FAST,EASY AND LEGAL!!!
I have been on the internet for 10 years now and have received in my
e-mail many many times letters referring to making money and like
most of you have ignored them - anyway a few weeks ago I decided to

I'm currently considering my 4th generation digital camera purchase.
I've always went with Canon up to now, but I'm reconsidering my
options.
I've had an S300 (2.1MP just wasn't cutting it any more), an S500

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Can anyone please advise me on the the following problem.
We've just got a new Praktica-Pentacon DCZ 5.2 mega-pixel camera.
I've loaded the software disc, as per instructions, with no apparent
problems.  It's loaded 2 "Ulead" progs (Ulead Photo Explorer 8.0 basic &

I might buy this N-1 to compliment my ageing Sony DSC-F505 which delivers
stunning picture quality (as opposed to finger cutting resolution) with its
puny 2megs and Zeiss lens.
The N-1 has no viewfinder because the screen is so large (3").   Have any

Recently bought a Canon A530 to replace my now defunct old Oly 3000.
Nice camera but the manual sure stinks!  We bought a Nikon D50 earlier
in the year- what a difference.  Canon may make good cameras, but they
sure cannot produce a manual for their products.

Would Corel Photo-Paint 9 work with W2K and/or XP?.
It says on the package that it is for Windows 95, 98 or NT.
Thanks

I want to take the .avi movie files from my digital camera, burn them
onto a DVD and play the DVD in a standard DVD player.  Is this
possible?  I can't seem to find a straight forward answer and it's
driving me crazy!  Thanks so much.

What digital camera should I get for $100?  Here's what I want:
1. Capable of being a webcam.
2. Capable of taking crappy video in addition to good stills..  And
without some lame 30 second limit like the Cannon A80.

Please, do not take the subject (and what is told on EuroNews about us)
seriously. We are quite a nice country here :)
I'm from Minsk, the capital of Belarus.
And what I wanted to say: I'm running a blog about digital photography

I need two 19 inch CRT monitors which will be good for photo
editing at a reasonable price. I am looking for the $200~$300
range. Any suggestions?

I'm looking for a product that can automatically generate web pages out of a
gallery. It should build a thumbnail bar (small thumbnails), a preview page
(800x600) and once clicking on the pic let the user access the the original
unshrinked image.