Someone on one of the pro photo groups suggested I check out NeatImage after he
found the background in this ISO 1600 pic to be a bit noisy ( I didn't have a
prob with it):
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/35429440

I've been reading a few reviews and user opinions of the 20D, and there seem
to be some complaints regarding it's ability to focus on moving objects. Not
many, but a few. Have you experienced any of this?

Last year's scanner bake-off was a runaway success, with almost 18,000
hits on the results page alone.  It was based solely on scanner
resolution, measured scientifically with Norman Koren's Imatest
software.  This year a panel of judges will rate the results on

I am using a Conon EOS 33 and a Speedlite 520EX. If I am taking a pic,
for example, at a wedding of a group of people I need a fairly deep
depth of field to get everyone in focus. If I set the camera to manual
and choose say f8 how do I know that setting the speed to 1/60th or

I'm looking for recommendations for an affordable telephoto or telephoto
zoom for Nikon.  I would like a good quality lens, but it does not have to
be of the quality of a 80-200 VR f2.8.
Just something I can acquire for $500 or less and will give me good

For vacation.  I'll have plenty of bland tourist pictures for you when I
get back.

Ever wanted to use a Zeiss lens on your Canon EOS?
www.DSLReXchange.com has adapters made to mount Zeiss Contax lenses to
a Canon EOS camera body. These are high quality CNC machined products
from aircraft aluminum.  These are great and I use them on a 1DS MArk II

Visiting next week. Looking for real camera stores, esp. with used
equipment.
Know of any?
Thanks

I got a flash unit without TTL capability, it equips with an AUTO mode
of course. The GN number of this Flash unit is 20 (ISO 100 in meter).
In the back side of the unit, there is a sheet, which said, in it's
auto-mode, the aperture has to be f/5.6 for a ISO 100 film.

  Anyone know of a powerful ring flash? I don't want it for macro work
  but portrait work.
  Thanks
  J

I bought myself a little mini vacuum cleaning kit from Jessops today,
containing a little battery powered vacum cleaner and a cloth, lense
tissues cotton buds and spray. I gave my camera a hoover then went to
work on my lenses and fliters with the spray and tissues, doing my

I hope I am not ruffling too many feathers here, but I haven't been able to
locate the appropriate newsgroup for the kind of information I need.  Maybe
someone here can provide a lead to two.
I've been a 35mm film enthusiast for years, but my current computer isn't

Dear Newsgroup Membership,
I have bought a Nikon F70 for which I do not have a set of instructions -
any idea where I can purchase / download a copy of the instructions for this
camera.

In some early posts on this group, a paper with url
"http://www.princeton.edu/~law/bokeh/" was mentioned, but the link
seems no longer valid. Does anyone here get know a newly right address?
Thanks.