All,
I'm going to be jumping into digital photography this week.  I'm planning on
purchasing a Canon 20D camera with the 17-85 f/4-5.6IS USM lens and a Canon
580EX speedlight.  In addition to that gear I would like to experiment with

I've an SB 24 that works just fine, however the plastic flip down
diffuser that is normally hidden above the flash in a little slot has
been broken off. Does anyone know of somewhere , if Nikon USA is the
only place so be it, that I can send it for repair. Shops in the SF Bay

firstly, I am complete novice - so do not be too hard - I posted here before
about my pics on www.wallacehighrugby.org and was slated :(
I have updated my homepage with some photos I took this morning - any advice
on lens etc greatly appreciated.

please visit my website www.podroze.strefa.pl

Do you recommend the following set of flashes to complete my home studio ?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7501941037&rd=1&sspagename=ST
RK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Here are some recent photos that I took of a tree frog that my cat
dragged into the house, literally...  He brought it in through the cat
door, and into the kitchen, where it proceeded to climb up the wall
using its sticky feet.  I rescued it, took some pictures of it, and

Having searched high and low without results, does anyone know of a Canon
300mm f2.8 for sale ?
I will consider a 300/f4.
Non IS preffered but it looks like I can't be too fussy on this one.

I would appreciate your opinions regarding pushing slide.  Which
slides react best to being pushed?
I am most interested in pushing ISO400 slides to 800 and 1600.
Look forward to your feedback?

Aside from DOF, any RAW conversion/post-processing critiques, both
positve and negative are appreciated.  Pics are from this morning w/ a
D70S, Nikkon 55M MF lens:
http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/44929178

Greetings. I am new to the digital format. I have set my Canon Rebel
XT to capture B/W RAW images. When I preview them in Photoshop Bridge
they preview as black and white but when I open them in Camera RAW 3.1
they open in color. The only way I know of, to get them back to B/W,

I was asked to shoot some portraits tomorrow, so I broke out my old Vivitar
SL-2 remote flash trigger. I planned to use my second flash to get some
backlight/sidelight. However, I can't get the slave to trigger the flash. I
used freshly charged batteries, but no luck.

Yesterday visit the tattoo convention in Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
If you want to look
at the startpage and the keekweek
www.petervantuijl.nl

Would anyone care to comment on who of the major film manufacturers best
supports those of us still shooting film. My personal feeling is it is Fuji,
but I could be wrong.

Come join LGP!
Great forum for the professional photographer just starting their business!
Of course, we'd love to have the more experienced too, how else would we
learn :)

I just realized I shot a roll of 200 ASA film in a 35mm camera that was set
for 400 ASA (I had a roll of 400 ASA film in my hand, then I grabbed the
roll that was behind it thinking it might be a little fresher.
Unfortunately it was 200 ASA).