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Thanks!

Okay, got the Canon 400 5.6L in today. Though its primary use will be
mounted on my 10D for bird shots at distance, if I wanted to take
hummingbird photos from about 10 feet, what size extension tube would I
need? Is there a formula for figuring this out? The minimum focus distance

I recently acquired a Nikon FE2.  Unlike my other cameras, it
has a split image focusing screen. Using a Nikor 80-200 f/4
set at 200, and focusing on a small sign a considerable
distsncr away, I found that there was a clear disparity

While waiting on the arrival of my Canon EF 400 1:5.6L from B&H which I am
purchasing for bird photograpy I have been wondering about the effects of
teleconverters. Specifically, the loss of sharpness and whether that loss is
somewhat diminished by the change in aperture. If I put a ...

I need to scan about 3,000 color slides from my grandfather's collection to
a CD for his viewing enjoyment without the hassle of setting up a projector.
I will also need to do a digital capture from his fifty or so 400' reels of
8 and super 8 films but that's another issue.

I was just looking at some negatives I just got back from the lab the other
day.  They were shot on Ilford XP-2 at the Salton Sea, a salt lake in the
desert east of San Diego.  I was shooting a silhouette against the setting
sun over the water with a 28-135 IS on a Canon 1n, and the ...

Just to know the interested (not me) know that c|net "asked Sports
Illustrated contributing photographer David Bergman to take the two
top action-photography contenders out on assignment"
Here's are the reviews written by him

I've never used one, so I'm asking...  can you get decent shots with a
mirror lens? The idea of having so much magnification in such a small
package seems kind of appealing. Has anyone else given one a try?
Rob

Generally speaking which category has better optics:
Auto-Focus or Manual Focus?
Thanks,
Mike.

When do you guys think we'll see a full frame sensor  digital camera
from Nikon in the $1000 and under range?  They've got the D70 which
seems to be a winner but damn that lens multiplication factor.  I was
fooling around with some of my nikon manual focus and it would be nice

Hello, what is the fair value for a used Nikon F body plus a 50mm 1.4
prime lens? What should I be looking at in order to test whether they
are in good working condition? If they are in good working condition,
are they any good for landscape photographing? Thanks!

Here's an image I took recently with both the Fabulous EOS-1V and the Totally
Digital D60.
http://www.pbase.com/image/31516270
Now here are actual sized crops from both the 5400dpi scan of the 35mm slide

Shapes, light, shadow, colour, contrast, depth, form, texture,
feeling, relationships, tension, ...
When you pre-visualize (or compose in viewfinder), what beyond
selection of the subject, dominates your composition.

Whats a decent single use waterproof camera to get?
I know Kodak, Fuji and Polaroid have them..

How good is the dust & scratch removal and photo restoration functions
on the Epson RX510?
Thanks
Mike