I know that in certain industries (automotive and transportation,
civilian and commercial) trade shows still matter, but do they matter
for cameras?  The lack of substantive releases during CES and the PMA
point out perhaps that they don't.  Canon avoided the CES and various

Of competing with this: (check the images)
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1022&message=34656972

The UN disease is seen where people use overly diplomatic language
which is designed to water-down problems to describe clearly serious
situations.  The situation being that the new $2600 Nikon 70-200mm
lens when set at 200mm and used on short distance shots is actually

I'd say yes, recent tests on the Panleica 45mm macro confirms it.  It
costs over $1000 and yet it is blown away performance-wise by the
recent Canon 100mm.  In addition, the kit lenses for the Panasonic are
not great lenses (especially the 45-200mm) and they cost over $300

Can a Canon FD lens fit a Rebel with or without an adaptor, can it be
used manualy or at all. It would be nice to get some use out of them.
Auto exposure - focus, isnt important to me anyway

Looks like DPreview shaved some points off the D3s review owing to the
cost of the camera.  The Brit magazines have been doing that for
years.  I've used the pro Nikons and I love the bodies, the control
you have, the responsiveness, but honestly, would owning the D700 at

A friend just bought an inexpensive Sanyo digital camera.  There is no
detailed instruction book - only a CD which can download the
instructions.  The problem is that when she sends a photo in an email,
there are numbers and icons that are part of the picture.  How can these

This was one of those "countdown" sites.  Five days left, if it ever
really meant anything.  The marketing morons at Olympus have terminal
foot-in-brain diseases.
http://www.evolve.com.my/

I have just received a "last chance" discount coupon to upgrade to ACDSee
3.0 Pro. The last time I researched this program  it still had the defect
(along with version 2.5) of significantly lowering the brightness of NEF
files which had been taken with the Nikon D90 after they ...

In our Raw image compression software (Rawzor), we are exploring an
option to allow users to reduce quality of Jpeg preview included
inside most Raw images. These Jpeg previews take a lot of space,
sometimes upto 1-2 MB per raw image (10-15% of total size).

I have a Canon Powershot A710 IS, and as I have a need for some
wide-angle interior shots, hoped to be able to buy a wide-angle
attachment for it to do this. I know these are pretty hopeless quality,
but it would do the job here.

It seems to be testing well, even though the camera is an oddball.  I
wonder where the sensor came from?

What do you use for testing your lens for front/rear focus alignment?
The LensAlign looks to be a good tool but a bit on the pricey side for
a hobbyist.  Anything out there that is lower cost or maybe even free -
that would be nice...

I have one idea: Facescape-find a face with a lot of character and
shoot it in excrutiating detail, up cose. No points for beauty, lots
of points for character.
Any other ideas?