Any tips for photographing young children (always on the move) in quite
low light condition? I don't really like the flash I  have as I find it
changes the skin natural color. Unless I tune it with my PC, but I
guess there are some good tips I can learn from some of you having a

Hey guys. i would like to know how good is the Tamron lens next to the Canon
lens. do they have the same photo quality or is one better then the other.
am looking to get one of these but how well will the Tamron proform on my
Canon Rebel XT

what are the most common cameras/lenses for street, documentary and
photojournalism work? (including war reportage)
I don't really know this field so I wonder what kind of equipment is
best suit for it.

After shopping for my Max 7D and getting the best possible price last
March, you can imagine how dismayed I was when the Canadian rebate offer
came out valid from May 1 ...
But, I tried anyway, along with a letter explaining my long loyalty to

Most specifically do you use filters? I don't have any filters yet, but
I'm looking at some polorazing filters for landscapes, etc. I'm just
wondering if filters work when taking posed and candid shots of people.
Also any good books or info on shooting people in general: posing,

This is not a troll.  I dislike the idea of Nikon reduced
to a "stuggling" company, being punished for trying to
maintain quality.  It smacks of "Walmartism" on the part
of the American consumer.

Since I asked earlier how to rescue some panoramas that I took I think it's
only fair to report on the results.
Image #1  Since it's highly unlikely that I could re-take the pictures [it's
a long way from Maryland to the Colorado/New Mexico border area on US285, I

Can the SB-600 do anything that the SB-800 can't?

Earlier I posted problem with my camera, the sub mirror that controls or
works autofocus broke the little plastic spring thing on the right side as
you look at the camera from the front. The manual focus will work if I push
the mirror up, not work if its down because it block ...

I have been consedering buying the canon eos1ds mark 2  for a while.
was wondeing since this is a 16.7 megapixel camera what are the chances of
canon introducing a newer model maybe like an 18 or 20 megapixel  in the next
4-6 months ??

I will soon purchase a D70s. The topic of "white balance"  to improve
digital photo light and color rendition is occasionally mentioned in
this group. It is my understanding that the white balance in the
camera needs to be adjusted whenever light conditions change. I'm

How can I turn off the built in flash whilst in Manual mode?
Can't find the answere in the instruction manual!
Angus.

Does anyone have the user manual for this device or can steer me to an
electronic version?  Any resources for how to use it (well).  Thanks.
DJM

http://www.geocities.com/angels2000photos/bayer.jpg
The large text on that image is at 400% - you can see the pixels
clearly.  The smaller text is 100%.  Desaturated crops for comparison of
how it *should* have looked.

I've noticed different "looks" to pictures in
tests done on various DSLRs.  Not just the result
of pixel count differences (there may be none, say,
between the Olympus E-300 and Canon Rebel XT)