Has anyone used/adapted a hot-light softbox to a contractor's-style
halogen worklight? I'd love to buy a Photoflex setup, but the budget of
an amateur looking to try out hot lighting just doesn't allow that. I of
course am not looking to create a safety hazard either.

/rant
I have come to the conclusion that the US TV producers couldn't give a toss
about skin tones. I have seen far too many orange faces on US TV shows. The
colours are super-saturated beyond all realism. Nice effect maybe in some cases,

Can someone please point me to a good compariosn of following 7MP
cameras: Canon S70 and Sony DSC-P150.
I am looking for a 7MP with a large (2.5in) LCD as in Sony-DSCT1. Is
there such a camera yet (Sony, Casio, Canon, ...)?

Wonder if anyone can give me some advice on a good darkroom reference
book. I recently completed a short photography and darkroom course and
now embarking on building my own darkroom. i'm looking for a good
darkroom reference book to remind me of the things I learned on the

Anyone know of a chart I can download & print that is a quick reference
to equivalent exposures in the same light?
For instance;   ASA 100        is F8        @ 1/8 second
    equals    ASA 100        is F11        @ 1/4 second

   I have recently lost my darkroom in the loft to a nice new
conversion, the plus side is I have electricity, hot and cold running
water etc, the bad news is I now have a Velux window in the roof.
Could someone please suggest a method to make the window light proof

Have pentax zx-50 with sigma 28-105 zoom and 100-300 zoom. my problem
is that the pictures i take are no better and sometimes worse that the
ones my wife takes with her $50 olympus (non digital). i like clear as
a bell pictures even if the picture is a dud. i keep getting the

I was wondering if anyone has any favorite close-up photography sites.
I've been taking some semi-close-up and a few extreme shots of some
unusual objects that I've collected over the years and I've been
looking for other sites with similar photos.

Hi, I am a new high school photography teacher. I have not been
formally trained in either photography or the art of teaching
photography. I am currently in the process in trying to rewrite the
photography course. At the school I am in photography is not

Cannon EF 100mm F/2.0
http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/controller?act=ModelDetailAct&fcategoryid=152&m
odelid=7310
Can someone explain the quality of the above mentioned lense especially
in reference to taking portraits of people without introducing barrel

I am thinking of buying a Sony TV that has a memory stick reader. Will
it be able to read CF (Compact Flash) cards through some adapter? Or
do I need to buy a memory stick camera now (other than using the video
in, of course)?

Guys I am new to this group and was wondering what the opinion of the Canon
Digital Rebal is as a starter digital SLR camera.
Thanks in advance
Mike

I have been using a FujiFilm digital point-and-shoot after I look at them I
find dots all over the pictures, big dots and some small. I've checked the
lense but thats clean. does anyone have any idea?
you can see one example at the following URL (154KB Photo)

I need to use the full 7 optical zoom on my Minolta Dimage 7i to get close
enough to the airplanes. I noticed the fibration correction on the new
camara's. Does that really help? How does that work? Soft or hardware?
Regards

I have a few pictures from a recent holiday which would look really great if
they were enlarged quite a bit. I was dissapointed when Boots told me the
largest size they can do is 10"x12".
Can anyone recommend somewhere in the UK that I can get them blown up bigger