I've been looking at  purchasing a scanner to digitise approximately 3,000
35mm slides, mostly non glass mounted but some still un-mounted in strips of
6.
I can't justify purchasing a new model right now so thought I would look on

I'm wondering if a tablet would pay off in retouching photos,
Obviously its really for graphics artists but do many of you use one
for removing faults?

I am looking to upgrade from my Fujifilm Finepix S5600.
I have read a few user reviews on the canon G9 and it looks like a nice
camera. I need something smaller, more compact that can be a little more
discreet than the FF.

I have a huge amount JPG photos WITHOUT EXIF date indo.
But it seens like the PS3 only uses EXIF date for sorting.
Så all images without EXIF date ends up in the current
year and month (like "FEB 2008" or "2008") when sorting.

I seen a recent post on this group of a link to some wedding
photographs and was amazed at the quality of some of the photo's, what
caught my eye was one photo was in complete focus. The background and
foreground was focused, as a complete newbie to photography, could

...for a first digital SLR.
Or is there really not much difference...or is there a third option.
(my last SLR was a Minolta X300)
And a good on-line place to buy?

For auction on eBay: Two very detailed books on Nikon equipment;
NIKON SYSTEM HANDBOOK by B. Moose Peterson - EXC++
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190196523969
(auction ends at 8:00 PM)

The camera I use is an old Olympus Trip 35. I might get something decent
later - I use a measuring tape to focus it. It has a PC socket and
f-stops. I'd like to get a flash for it so I can take decent photos in
my house -  diffused, bounced, off-camera flash so should I get

Has anyone had any dealings with 7dayshop.com in the last couple of weeks?
I ordered something at the beginning of the month, I received a query about
the credit card used so updated the details. It quoted the order number etc
so genuine.

Hi. I hope, my question is not off topic here. I want to know how I
could take photos for the new biometric passports. The photos must
meet strict requirements as defined by ICAO. Therefore I'm looking for
a program that is able to check if an existing photo (*.jpeg file or

I'm just wondering if anybody else here is into using cheap cameras.
I've got a Yunon YN 300, which is one of those cheap plastic cameras
that looks like an SLR.  Amazingly good results!  I've also got a cheap
flash with the make Ouyama.  £2 each off a market stall.  Got the ...