T.E.S.T

Along with rethinking my obsession with sharpness, I am also
reconsidering my outlook on noise. Yes, if I can take steps to avoid
noise that's a good thing, but if I don't completely succeed, should I
beat myself up or toss the image? Is it really that terminal to have

The Photoshop wars are heating up again, with politicians in the UK and
France calling for legislation to regulate digital nipping, tucking, and
smoothing of images in ads and elsewhere.
MORE: <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/29/photoshop_laws/>

This is a copy of some info that I found on the web. Tried it and it
does work!!
First - Download ACPCS4 Trial from Adobe
Important Note: You must block APCS4 with your firewall. If you don't

I have recently gone back to photography after an absence of 15 years or so.
My previous hobby was usually pictures of flowers, leaves and insects
typically with Kodachrome 64. I find that digital photography is not as
challenging because it is so easy to change the exposure and ...

Sony and Samsung are now talking about going with a mirror-less
interchangeable lens camera.  But the focusing system in the
Panasonic's is better than anything in DSLRs at the moment.  If there
is a large shift to mirror-less systems, companies like Nikon which

Hi rpd!
I'm searching for a tool to batch convert from NEF to JPG format if
possible from command line.
Are there any programs that do this job?

I have an older digital   camedia  c360 camera and  wonder  if  it still
holds up well now  a days in terms of  quality ?
             tia

Think again.  Here's a $600 Canon Powershot SX1 versus an Olympus
E-620 ($799, two zoom lens kit) at 200 ISO.
http://www.pbase.com/image/117651018

Playing back still pictures on that camera gives me all shooting
information on the monitor for 3 seconds and then they disappear. I
don't want to display that info at all when I am going through my
pictures. Do you know how I can adjust that feature on this camera? 3

I am a newbie, so please tell me if this question is inappropriate
for this newsgroup.
I had 72 photos on in my Samsung SL310W internal memory, with room
for 30 more photos.  After connecting the camera to my Mac computer,

I was looking at getting a EF-s 17-85 IS lens. B&H has the import
white-box version for $419, and it includes a 1 year warranty (from B&H
if Canon won't honor the warranty, which is sufficient for me).
On craigslist, I found someone selling one for $340, and I offered $300

As usually, www.esnips.com/web/dimtzortsPhotos , the dog's name is Tessa,
she belongs to my godmother. I also shot some new photos of Obama the cat,
who is now grown up, almost an adult cat;-) He wiil be very busy this term,
hunting the mice!

If I keep some Kodak low self discharge AA cells in my car, how
would the high temperatures effect the self discharge rate of the
cells?  Thank you in advance for all replies.
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