My question is this: Using a digital camera which can zoom in on a photo
THAT IT HAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN (i.e. not using digital zoom in order to
capture an image) and the crop the image, again in the camera: will the
resulting image be better than opening the first/uncropped image ...

Good news for all you budding photographers looking to improve your
photographic skills; the inauguration of a new photographic club, based in
Watton and serving the Breckland area has just been announced. The first
meeting of the newly formed Watton and District Photographic ...

I have promised to buy my daughter a new camera as her old one is playing
up.
She is at University studying veterinary medicine, and her most important
criterion is good macro performance, so she can take disgusting pictures of

Dear photo-fans!
I am thinking about getting rid of my analog negatives, of my dia positives
and of my analog dia projector. But which equipment is really good? I want
to keep the resolution and optical quality of my analog material. The films

Thought I might add my recent excursion!
http://www.ifyoucan.org.uk/Santiago/index.html
I was trying out a new Canon 40D and 18-200mm lens. Tied myself in
exposure knots with a fair few of those photos, but luckily shot RAW, so

Well, it arrived and it fits on the camera (D50) and lens (Nikon AF-S
70-300 f4.5), which still appear to work as designed. It seems reasonably
well made.
The VR seems to be a little frantic, but it still works. The AF is a bit

in The Register today
Met warns officers off photographers
The return of copper plate photography?
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Anyone recommend a 500mm or thereabouts telephoto for a Nikon D50 that isn't
going to cost about 50% of what I paid for my first house? The Nikon f4.5
(IIRC) is six *grand*!!!!
It's for photographing the birds in the garden - the 70-300 I already have

I haven't read a photo mag for 20 years, I used to get AP (from 1953-65)
and Leica fotografie (from 1956 - 1984). But they all seemed to repeat
themselves.
Earlier this year, courtesy of Panasonic, I received three free copies

I have an unusual requirement to take a still image, a few megapixels
or so, every second.
It should be saved over USB if possible but that may be a bit
difficult given typical USB speeds, so saving to an internal 8/16GB SD

I think I've been a little stitched up...
My niece took loads of pictures at my daughter's wedding and I offered to
cover her costs.  I've just received a 'bill' from her not only for her
train from London to Southampton (£80+), but also for the 'processing' of

It’s not that long ago that Kodak announced they were closing one of their
processing plants and I think it was then that it hit me that Digital was
here to stay and indeed take over from film.
I was particularly concerned when I found my Minolta lenses would not fit the