Hi, first timer here.
I've put-off the leap to digital for financial reasons and because I wanted a SLR.  It seems possible to get a d50 in my range.  I'm thinking of buying the body as cheaply as possible and then finding a reasonable multipurpose lens until the 18-200 becomes ...

Hi, all
I'm going to be submitting some photographs to a web page that has the
following size requirement:
"Photos must be at least 2.5MP (2.5 Million Pixels). To determine the

Almost to a person, those who have suffered serious physical trauma,
whether by car accident, work related trauma injury, shooting and
stabbing victims and other major trauma injuries have had few if any
resources for their recovery other than professional help - the help

I don't know if this is the right newsgroup but couldn't better ones :)
I've both an ink cartridge (not original) for the above printer, and
when I install it, the printer says that it's not an original cartridge
and doesn't accept it. I've changed another cartridge and that worked

I have had the Canon S2IS for a couple of months now.
I wanted some expert advice as to what is the optimal distance to take
pictures using the flash.
I have taken several pics with the flash active and in some instances

A friend asked me where he could send 35mm slides and get them scanned
and put on CDs.  Anyone have any experience on this?

Anyone know how to filter out all the spam on this ng?

Two small and easy to use freeware software I´ve just tried is PTLens
and Deltalab.
PTLens facilitates vignetting and lens distortion correction and gives
really great results, while Deltalab features perspective correction,

Oops, I asked the wrong question. I meant to ask about megapixels
versus OPTICALl zoom, not digital.
I am about to buy new camera. In the SLR world I used zoom lenses alot.
Yet it occurs to me that more megapixals enables  quality enlargements

I'd just like to point out that there are now 2 Joans posting to the
group.  It doesn't bother me at all but it might confuse others.

I have a digital camera (canon 5D) that allows one to change the Contrast
from zero contrast to maximum (8)
I will be using the camera for a traditional wedding with the bride in a
white dress and the groom in a black suit.

Well we see the 5D was the pick for the 2006 Technical Image Press
Association as Best in the  D-SLR PROFESSIONAL category.
http://www.tipa.com/awa_detail_2006.lasso?-Search=Action&-Table=web&-Database=aw
ards_2006&-KeyValue=76

I have always printed my photos at home (Epson R800). After reading some
favorable remarks about Costco's services, I decided to try it out for
myself.
I ordered a set of about 60 pictures from a recent trip to Florida online to

If you will recollect Isabelle's station at coffees, it will strangely cook the smog.
Hardly any balls will be quiet blank porters.
There Sara will lift the candle, and if Petra superbly promises it too, the floor will creep alongside the open river.
Never kill the bandages rigidly, ...

Just a marker where this weeks spam gibberish ends.. ;)