Sorry for asking this type of question; but I couldn't find an
already-posted answer on this newsgroup for it.  Anyhow...  I have a
Nikon D70s.  The SanDisk Extreme III compact flash cards are supposed
to be quite quick.  I'm using a 2 GB Kingston Elite Pro.  It works, no

I have lots of 35mm slides ... some lovely pictures often used to stunning
effect in my school assemblies. I want to be able to stop using the noisy
old projector and put together powerpoint ... I do want quality .. but I'm
no prefessional so can't spend the earth.  I'm torn ...

Since I started using my Rebel XTi, Apple Aperture failes to recognize
the new 10.1 megapixel .CR2 files from that camera - it still
recognizes the old Rebel XT's 8.0MP .CR2 files, but not the new ones.
Aperture shows a thumbnail of it when it opens the Import window, but

I have a Samsung Digimax V3 - not bad for a P&S. My main problem is the
extremely limited number of shots I get with my AA 2500 mAH
rechargeables. I've tried alkalines, which don't do too well. Energizer
Lithium did better, but I still get nowhere near the thousands of shots

For various reasons I want to mount a camera "sideways", i.e. I want
do do the equivalent of taking a vertical picture with the camera on a
tripod, while keeping the tripod head horizontal.
The obvious way to do that is with an L-bracket that screws into the

Can anybody explain to me if there is a connection between the dynamic
range of a digital camera/CCD-/CMOS-Sensor and the bit width of the
analog-to-digital converter - does a 12 bit converter lead to a larger
dynamic range than a 8 bit converter - and if so why?

I posted this a couple of days ago in rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
but haven't received any responses, so I thought I'd try here.  Is
Canon's drop-in PL-C filter the only reasonable circular polarizing
for a Canon 300mm f/2.8L IS?  I see that a drop-in threaded adapter

Is there any commercial or free software for creating an online
gallery direct from NEF images?
IOW one that, in addition to resizing for thumbs and display size
photos and coding the HTML, will convert RAW to JPEG in a single

I just bought a Canon PowerShot A530 digital camera.  I chose it because it
is inexpensive and has an "auto-stitching" function.  This feature, when
used with the included software, makes the process effortless.  I can stand
in the center of a room and use the "stitch assist" ...

Adpbe just published a list of new additions to its Camera Raw plug-ins
support. The Nikon D80 was not on the list. In the past, such Camera
Raw additions have been made every 4 months or so. Is there any
evidence that the D80 plug-in will be published any sooner than the

well one of them anyway
check it out on http://marc.shutterchance.com
let me know what you think

I got a new 2gb Scandisk SD card for my wife's SD400 and found that I cannot
format it.  It allows about 145 5mp pictures to be taken and then gives and
error message.  I figured the card might be bad (got it on Ebay) and the
seller sent me a new one.  I tried the new one with the ...

For example, say I have an 8x10" view camera transparency with lots of
fine detail.  I scan it in a flatbed scanner which uses a linear CCD
sensor at 300 dpi.  
Do these scanners have any AA filters?  If not, don't I get aliasing?

I am considering purchasing the Canon A710 IS.  It has what they call a
"digital teleconverter" feature that, if you shoot at lower than the
max resolution of 7.1mp, allows you to zoom in past the optical limit
of 6x without any image degradation.