I'd like to measure the dynamic range of my digicam.
How would I go about it?
Are there special targets for this?
Lots of Greetings!

For quite a few years, I stayed with the Sony DSC-D770 and its pro twin,
the DKC-FP3. I refused to upgrade because the cameras were not the limit
on what I wanted to do. My skill was. Most of my earlier work in film
was large or medium format, so I actually knew the difference.

I have been thinking about what Frank ess said in an earlier thread
about how some birds defy focus.  And reading here:
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/h1/structureP.shtml
about "film's capacity to reproduce the complex spatial frequencies

There seems to be a million ways to sharpen images in Photoshop.  Anyone
know of a good tried and tested method?  The below method of oversharpening
the image and then using Edit>Fade seems a simple/effective way of
sharpening:

Lets see your best 30D pics. What camera did you have before you got the 30D
also? Just got mine a few hours ago, I'm coming from a 300D.
Doc

Newbie to digital photography here. Recently retired and recently a
Grandpa for the first time. Have used a digital camera for the past 5
years or so at school but only for webpages and printing. The camera was
an Olympus C700, I think. Had no problems with it.

How optical effects affect your photos
By James Bailey
"Photography is extremely dependant on optics and optical effects for
image quality. The better you understand these concepts, the more

We will finally get an digital M body Leica and there will be a
quality digital rangefinder available.
I'm ready to get on and three new lenses to use with it since the 1.3
crop sensor will require a different line up than the basic three of

Just wondering. I may try to haul myself out at 11 or 12 or so and see
how long the D200 will let the shutter stay open.

What are the pros/cons of Canon EOS vs. S3?

Recently bought a Canon IXUS 60 to replace my old Sony DSC P1
Cybershot. Very happy with it, but have hit a serious snag. Just
downloaded photos from holiday. All JPGs OK. But there's something
wrong with the handful of short AVI movie files.

My wife wants to start doing more than just red-eye reduction etc...
She is quite computer savy and learns fast.
What software is powerfull but not overwhelming?
Thanks!

A couple of oddities that I've found with the Nikon D50:
Exposure: On the manual settings when taking multiple pictures (same scene,
same light conditions) the resulting images come out with different
brightnesses, even though the settings are the same, and the exif record the

Being just new to digital photography, I have a question regarding "Raw"
format. When shooting in this format, is there anything I must do before
printing? With Jpeg, I just take the photos and then print.
Thanks

Has anyone else had trouble dealing with ezprints?  I sent them a CD
with a large order (about 100 prints), and have not received the prints
nor heard from them since.  They were not answering their phone this
week, and I left a message asking them to email me (since I'm staying