Can anyone please give me some recommendations for RAW conversion
software
for the Nikon D200.
                   Thanks !

I just picked it up at ritz and it looks great!  I can't wait to try it.

We have two Canon SD100's in the family, both about two years old, and
within 30 days of each other both went suddenly "blank" - the LCD
monitor, that is!! Nothing!! When you turn the camera on, you get the
on-screen "Canon" display for about 5 seconds and then it goes

Does anyone know of software which will correct convergimg verticals in
architectiralphotography?
Laurie, U.K.

http://www.ng2000.com/news.php?tp=digital;cameras
Sony said it has found defects in some of its popular Cyber-shot
digital cameras, the latest quality problem to strike the Japanese
company whose image was severely tarnished by a massive battery recall

Between the following two camera's is there a winner? maybe?
Maxuum 7D or the New Sony DSLR Alpha.  They both use the same lens.  I would
imagine the Sony has a better sensor/processing chip would in this case make
the Sony's pictures more sharp than the Minolta?  Or in the end ...

I have uploaded a few of my photos to www.thegallops.net I am a complete
novice and any tips the pros out there have for choice of lens or how to
take the types of photo I am attempting to take would be greatly
appreciated.

Costco:
http://tinyurl.com/ybhh2o
(after rebates)
That makes the 5D basically $2150!

...not the lens speed, but the speed with which the lens changes focal
length...
I've noticed that when zooming, it's hard to control, and easy to over
or undershoot the length you want.  Is there a setting to slow down the

I came upon this photo of a great white catching a fur seal in South Africa:
http://celestart.com/images/publiques/shark.jpg
It was on bbc.co.uk/planetearth
I fixed the "original" at 1280 x 1024 for my desktop and left it as is at

I have the plugin to make Photoshop CS2 work with my olympus raw files
(.orf) but the Adobe Bridge part of photoshop does nto work with these
files. any suggestions?

Does anyone know if the Minolta Xt will address SD cards up to the 2GB
limit? I know it uses FAT16 and therefore can not address over 2GB, but
this does not assure me that it can address 2GB.
Thank you in advance.

For ISO 100, and only 6 seconds...this shot looks VERY noisy!!!
Yipe!
Very disappointing.
Here's the smaller version...

I notice when using bridge to preview NEF RAW files, I only get a
small thumbnail in the preview window.
This makes it harder to decide which shots are worth opening for
further processing.