Can anyone familiar with the newer Nikon scanners offer some advice here?
Just got the Coolscan 5000 as a gift (yes, I have a VERY wonderful wife) to
replace my aging Minolta 5400. The colors on my Velvia scans are turning out
really flat.  All the saturation has been removed. As ...

And takes the 5D along for the ride.
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Rita

Back in 2004, there was a thread here titled "Nikon Coolscan 5000 ED"
with lots of discussion on the relative merits, especially speed, of
the Nikon 5000ED compared to the Konica Minolta 5400. I have the 5400-2
which is a slightly newer model, but want to add something to the

The totally amazing and legendary 58mm f/1.2 Noct Nikkor is going to set the
bar up another notch.  For anyone that wants to see what a real lens looks
like.
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Tornado's in 'bama... snow in Montreal...

JESUS in the QURAN
The Islamic view of Jesus lies between two extremes. The Jews , who
rejected Jesus as a Prophet of God, called him an impostor. The
Christians, on the other hand, considered him to be the son of God and

  I have recently been trying to photograph human eyes to try and see
the patterns in the iris. i would just like to know if anyone has and
tips it would be greatly appreciated.
thanks michal Philips

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I like it. It's like someone is bouncing in from the future.  You win
the Bounciest Kid Award.

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When I was a child of ten or eleven,  my dad had an expensive camera (my mom
told me it cost $300,  this was 1961)
I recall it looking similar to the leica's I've seen about this period.
It's body was  like a rangefinder,  though I can't say for certain if it had

I have a photo of my family dated 1948. We've been going over the
photo to determine who is who. We are having a difficult time trying
to figure out who took the picture. One of my brothers said that maybe
the camera had a self timer. My question: When did self timers become