I would like to present you the picture of
the week.
Square and in color this time.
http://www.monochromatique.com/photosemaine/

The fake (I think) sound of film winding through the camera on my new Rebel
XT is driving me nuts.  Is there any way to shut it off?  There is nothing
in the manual.  My old Sony DSC828 also made this sound, but it could be
shut off.

I'm trying to understand apertures.  I know that if F2 @ 1/500s then F2.8 @
1/250s and F4 @ 1/125s and F5.6 @ 1/60s..
Where do the seemingly odd numbers 2.8 and 5.6 come from?  This must have
something to do with PI and area of a circle?

I recently found this one-page writeup of photographers' rights and
want to share this with fellow photographers.  
http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf
This was written by an attorney in the USA, and might not apply in

...."It doesn't look like an SLR!!!"  "What's a live preview???"  "We
only need an optical
viewfinder!!"  "Why is the viewfinder not centered!!!!"
"If man were meant to fly, he'd have wings!!!!"

My neighbor just gave me a Meade ETX 90 telescope, and I just purchased a T
adaptor for it and a T-Mount for my D70.  The book says to put the telescope
in polar mode and use the motor, which I understand, but anybody have any
other tips for shooting through a telescope?  I don't ...

Canon's NB-2LH battery pack (for the EOS 350D) seems a tad pricey.  Can
anyone recommend a good alternative?  I saw some really cheap ones on
eBay, but I'm not keen on one without any name on it.

I have a Canon EOS Rebel  35mm camera, which came with a 35-88mm lense. i
also bought a 80-200mm EF lense. If I buy a canon digital slr, will these
lenses work? Possibly a silly question, but if you don't ask...

For anyone interested, here are some Olympus supplied images from the
E-330's new, unknown-quantity, 7.1Mp sensor.
http://www.olympus-esystem.com/dea/products/e330/sample/
Sadly I've only got a crappy LCD monitor at the moment and of course

Is there a good source of information I read up on regarding using raw
format in my workflow (camera->Adobe Photoshop CS), I have heard that I
may not be able to diddle the raw files directly from photoshop. I
would also like to get the skinny on what the advantages are in using

I am thinking about buying this camera:
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1188
Why this is 8 megapixel considerably cheaper than other 8 megapixel
cameras? Of course, lesser price is great, but it almost raises a red

What are people doing for the long term storage of digital photos?
CDs/DVDs have a life of about 2-5 years
Hard Drives 3-5 years
Am I supposed to back up my personal photos to tape?

I recently purchased a Nikon Zoom Telephoto AF Zoom Nikkor 80-200 f/2.8D ED. I would like to purchase a converter for it.  I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this lens and a converter.  It is my understanding that I would loose the auto focus ability and loose a ...

Dear Members:
I am about to archive images to optical media and in light of recent debates
surrounding the issue of CDs x DVDs in terms of reliability I decided to do
some research first before choosing the media for the job.