I am thinking about buying a Nikon CoolScan V ED Film Scanner to
digitize my vast 35mm neg collection. Has anyone here used the
following combination: Nikon CoolScan V ED, PowerMac G5, OS X 10.3
Panther, & Photoshop 7? If so, I would love to hear your comments

I am looking to take some black and white portrait photos at the weekend.
The photos are to be taken either outdoors or in a hall indoors and I will
be using Ilford FP4 film.
I would like gather some advice on which type of filter to use.  I have read

You're all so f.cking stupid you should be put out of your misery...
You're stupider than slugs...

Give me a grasshopper, a 20D and the MP-E Macro
lens and I can have a very enjoyable evening.
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Some years ago I scanned many, many old family kodachromes
and ectachromes for playback on a PC. Works really great.
They all look wonderful.
So ... bought a DVD player. It plays CDs as well. But

I having been doing a lot of negative scanning and I am quickly coming
to the conclusion that the wide dynamic range that film is suppose to
have it mostly a myth.  I struggle much more with getting a good range
with film then I do with photos from my digital camera.  But I am

I used to have a Yashica T4 Super, but trashed it.
Recently I bought another on eBay for about $170.
I haven't tested it yet (but it appears in "new in box"
condition as advertsied).  However, I just realized it

I just checked the light readings on an overcast day with everything
on auto comparing the 2 lenses I was planning to take on my trip to
Scotland. The Tamron 24-135 3.5-5.6 gave readings of 1/15-1/20 at f3.5
and 24mm & 200 ISO film. The Tamron 70-300 4.0-5.6 gave readings at

On a scale of 1 to 10, photographers are -30....
Write back and show me that you're -40......

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A very convenient resource.
Deryck

Does anybody has any comment about buying form CCI Camera City Inc?

I am new in Stuttgart, Germany. I am not so fluent in German. I have
been looking for some developing labs which are good especially for
black and white negetive (preferably hand developed) and colour slide
films. I have not been able to find any so far. I would greatly

I received a D60 without an eyepiece.  I'd like the regular one, but I see
lots of extender eyepieces out there like the EP-EX15.  Are these more
convenient or anything?  I shoot with glasses sometimes, but usually with
contacts.

I have just seen on a web site that exposed but unprocessed film is a
phohibited item when entering China. Does this apply to entering Hong
Kong, or only to the rest of China? Does this apply to film exposed in
Hong Kong when entering the rest of Chibna?

I'm new to photography and am learning on an old Olympus OM10. One
thing I haven't been able to find out is what the unmarked settings on
the film speed dial actually are. Does anyone know?
I.e.: the numbers go: 25 . . 50 . . 100 . . 200 . . 400 . . 800 . .