Hi, I have a fuji s5500, though I am beginning to feel the need to jump to a
SLR camera, I dont want to spend a fortune on an expensive camera. What is
the best affordable SLR to get, whether entry level or not. I want to spend
around the £550 mark.

Hey all,
 I have a question about pricing.  My friend and I were approached to shoot
a wedding.  The people want this to be as cheap as it can be so they told us
their budget is $300.  My friend and I think this is ridiculous even taking

Hi, I have a cheap Canon IP3000 (for now) and I was wondering what is the
best paper to use for macro (bugs/flowers) prints?
I have tried photo glossy, which is very nice.  Is matte good?
What do most use?

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I live in northeast Massachusetts. Does anyone know of any colleges,
art schools, etc. that let the general community come in and use their
darkrooms (for a fee, of course)?
Thank you.

I recently added a Tokina 12-24 F4/IF/DX lens to my Nikon D70.
Flash photography using the built in flash in "idiot auto mode(green
icon on selector)" is awful. All pictures are terribly blurred(out of focus.
Pictures in daylight outside and slow shutter speed on tripod in indoor

Hi new to DSLR photography, I need advice on a good photo editing
program I don't think I am ready for the steep learning curve of
photoshop and the added expense of same.  I have been debating the
various merits of the two above programs but am up against a stone wall

I'd like to show you my new photography gallery, which I'm starting to
build by selecting photographs from my trips all around Spain. I try to
avoid simple landscapes, and look for a view of each place which really
tells me something about it...

There is a strange man following my wife (bordering on stalking) on her
daily commute via train and bus.  He has yet to do anything illegal, but we
are both getting the creeps from him.
I'd like to walk up to him and photograph him.  I don't want to do it from a

I have an old print that has faded.  The negative is LONG gone (lost or
tossed?)  I'm reframing the print and didn't realize how faded it was until
removing the old mat.  The edges are vibrant and alive.
My question - Is there any way to rescue this print?  Maybe there are

Just bought a MarkII, and want to explore shooting RAW -vs- High .jpg's.
Can anyone suggest some software I should consider looking at.
Right now I use PS6 for my work.  Been shooting with D60's for 5 years now.
Need to move on.

I have made slight chages in my photo site
and now I am updating it in a weekly basis
I invite you to see my photos, as always:
http://www.al-farrob.com

Can you folks suggest some really good places where I can get digital
files printed? Seems like almost all the online places restrict files to
jpg (resulting in some quality loss).
Thanks,

I hope this isn't too far OT...
A local museum has a large number of "pre-film" Glass Plate Negatives
and they own an HP-500C flatbed scanner.
Can anyone advise us as to whether any kind of modification is

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