I have a Speedlite 166A that I used a few times on my Canon S5is,
until someone told me I could damage the camera with it.  I quit using
it, but is it really unsafe to use on this camera?  The recommended
flashes are 220EX, 430EX, 580EX.  Thanks

Evening all,
I have noticed mention of Firmware Updates for the DSLR's namely the Canon
Rebel XTI.  If a Rebel XTI or Nikon D80 is purchased do they automatically
come with the latest updates to the Firmware or are we supposed to check and

Folks,
I'd like to buy a new monitor for my Photoshop work and have visually
compared the Samsung 206BW to the Apple 20" Cinema Display (side by side
comparision in a big box retailer)...  the Apple seems to be better

Hey, all.
I have a Canon 30D with a battery grip, and just ordered a 70-200 f/
2.8L IS lens.
I'm a little concerned about the overall weight of the setup. I've

I dropped my Panasonic DMC-TZ1 camera on concrete and now it makes a
horrible noise when it's on.  Sometimes the noise (sounds like
grinding gears) stops but the autofocus does not work.  It does take
pictures and the zoom works and video works.  But everything is badly

Hi All,
My real life name is Dan and I am new to your hobby and this newsgroup.
I have been lurking for three or four weeks and have enjoyed much of what
is here.

Some time ago in this group I asked about depth-of-field with a compact
digital camera.  I was told that because of the small sensor size, this
isn't really a problem compared to 35 mm film cameras.
A friend using her new Fuji (A610, I think) asked me how to get shots with

Hallo everybody
Here I am with something new:
                    http://www.spymac.com/details/?2299864
                    http://www.spymac.com/details/?2298811

Dear Everyone,
I noticed a serious problem at here: http://href.hu/x/3nfj
Anybody, who can figure out the solution, he or she will rock the
world!

The prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h) reported that Allah said, "I created my
servants in the right religion, but devils made them go astray."  The
prophet (p.b.u.h) also said, "Each child is born in a state of
Fitrah.  Then his parents make him a Jew, Christian or Zoroastrain.

Last summer I bought a pair of Powerstorm Canon NB-4L equivalent
batteries from ukdigital.co.uk, and the first one recently started
giving poor performance although I think it's only been through 20 or
30 power cycles.

I see that one common complaint against ps camera is the small size of
sensors. Is there any ps ir "bridge" camera that has a decent size
sensor? Thanks.

Where is the Minox sized digital, 4-5 megapixel, 1/1.8" sensor and (at
most) a fixed lens of about 35mm equivalent focal length, with 1 G
internal memory?

See this page for further details about anything mentioned below.
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK
New Cameras Supported:
Canon Powershot A560 fw v1.00a

After being pleasantly surprised by the answer to my post on DOF
Cheating, I thought I would ask another somewhat similar question.
If you take several aerial photographs, like the satellites do, but from
an airplane, is there any software to help put all the photos together