There has been a movement by some well known (Professional)
Photographers in recent times towards using software (Photoshop
perhaps)to manipulate their photos and produce what for want of a better
description I'll call works of art. I recently finished making the 2006

http://www.nikon.co.uk/press_room/releases/show.aspx?rid=201
"Following the success of our digital line-up over the last seven years,
which has resulted in more than 95% of Nikon’s UK business being within the
digital area, Nikon Corporation has made the decision to focus management

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/01/12/nikon.film.ap/index.html
Fun, eh?  I guess they had to wake up at some stage...

is now number 5.  And they reckon this strategy is working?

$69 medion graphics tablet.... A4 size
this weeks spaecial at aldi .... pretty good value.
reveiws in dpreview forums give it a huge thumbs up for the price....
it's no wacom, but not too far off! 256 pressure sensitivities on the

Here's a great guide for taking better night photos. Very useful for
those who have problems getting sharp pictures at night. Do check it
out:
http://www.basic-digital-photography.com/night-photos

Does anyone have one for sale?
Cheers
Jeff

I have just arrived in Melbourne and I have almost 30 rolls of slides
to develop. Does somebody know which lab has good quality E6
processing? Thank you.
Szymon

Anyone can recomend the best program to make photoslide shows that can be
burnt to DVD ?
Cheers,

Another question! I got a friend to build a computer system for me and
he wasn't impressed with the Matrox card I suggested. I really liked
what was said about them, but the recent ones seemed reasonably
expensive too, so I bowed to his wisdom.

I would like to show you the picture of the week.
This time is for romantic people ! :)
http://www.monochromatique.com/photosemaine/
Regards,

I had my 10 year old Tokina 400mm f5.6 lens cleaned and an element replaced
early last year, picked it up around May/June, and it is going/gone cloudy
again.  Should this happen so soon, and should I take it back and get
Andersons Camera Repairs to redo it?  It cost me $600 to ...

Are there any tripods which will extend to allow the camera to be 5+
metres off the ground? I did some experimenting tonight hand holding my
tripod high in the air, but with a 1Ds brick (and flash) hanging off
the end it's a bit hard on the wrist and biceps.

Is there anyone out there who could point me in the direction of
getting a second-hand copy of Photoshop? Ebay didn't look too helpful
when last I looked...
Would also be interested in a 2nd hand Matrox card if anyone had one

I desire to print long panoramic images created with my Canon A70 and
its associated photo stich software.
Any and all advice greatly appreciated.
Davidh

Has anyone ever had any problems with CF cards going through x-ray equipment
at airports.  Everything I've read says they are fine, but wanted to double
check.
Thanks,