In light of all the recent trolling and OT posts, I've put together a
gallery of my best portraits from over the years --- of all beautiful
women in various settings. Please visit the gallery and post your
feedback.

.......are a good place to get used gear. I recently bought a Canon
Elan 7N with vertical grip for $285.00 from a guy who went Totally
Digital, there. This recently released model has ETTL II flash metering,
a backlit LCD display and supposedly it has faster AF than the previous

Hi, I have a nikon FE2 camera and I would like to but a 300mm lens.I saw
some good prices of these lenses, but I'm undecided.Is possibly the old AI
300mm f4.5 lens better the the current F4 AF-S?Because I have the feeling
that the the old AI lenses are better built then the AF ...

I have a Minolta 3500xi flashgun. It works impeccably with my Dynax
(Maxxum) 800si camera, both on-camera and off.
I've recently bought a Dimage A2 digital camera. The flashgun works
fine when mounted on the camera. However, I can't persuade it to work

But then you knew that!
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/39418808

I'm looking for armatar flash equipment?  Are they still made.
I believe they were a modification of the Vivitar 283.

I still have my old telephoto lens 1:35, f = 200 mm made in Japan for Image.
This telephoto has not been used for about 18-20 years. It was stored in a
leather container.  I had no problem cleaning the outside of the lens with
the appropriate cleaner.

If I pull a 50mm lens off the camera body so I can focus closer how
accurately does that simulate what a 50mm macro lens would do? I focused on
a negative and I could fill a quarter of the view finder at roughly 4 inches
or so from the front of the lens which I think simulates 1 ...

... Bought this from Ebay ... it worked for a while, then the film advance
began skipping frames.  Finally the mirror stuck in the up position, and
the film rewind button is stuck in the depressed position.  Fresh batteries
didn't help.  Any ideas out there?  Thanks ...

I got back some prints from Walmart the other day and they had red
(developing fluid?) on them and the negs. Is this from dirty equipment
or not changing chemicals? I have put many rolls of C41 through there in
the last year and this is the first time this has happen. It happen

A thanks for all those who've stood up for me during this harassment while the
troll appropriated my name and then tried to make false allegations about me.
Thank you Mark, Chris and the others  who've stood up for me.
For the newbies, here is a link (reposted from someone else's ...

I currently have Paint Shop Pro, which is a nice, inexpensive alternative to
Photoshop.  However, I'm getting ready to send scanned images to my stock
agency, and they need copyright, embedded ICC profile, adobe RGB colorspace,
etc.  Do I need Photoshop CS to add these things, or ...

My name is Tony Polson and I have a confession to make.

I am very ill.