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  Lost images?
I did a shoot over the weekend with my two Nikon D70's and a D200. One of my camera's was on eof the first D70's and has some mileage on it. As I was shooting I noticed that the counter...
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March 23, 2006
 
  where to find a lens?
where can I buy a lens assembly for a Sony DSC-P100?...
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March 22, 2006
 
  gitzo tripod
I've got a Gitzo tripod that cost more than $300 back in the 80s, and I think its a studex. Is there any way to determine what serial number it is? I can't find anything okn the legs. Also,...
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March 21, 2006
 
  Chromatic Aberrations With Telephoto Lens Add-ons
I recently bought a Fuji S5200 with some attachments, such as lens filters, tripod, and lens attachments. The attachments mostly work well so far, except that the Opteka 2.2x telephoto lens not on...
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January 31, 2007
 
  Banned Tripods
Last night I was at Union Station in Washington, DC and wanted to take a few shots of the wonderful ceiling in the main lobby of the train station using a tripod. I was told by the security guards...
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November 17, 2006
 
  16 Moons in 1 shot??
Hi folks... Rushed home to try to capture the lunar eclipse this evening. While the wind was out of control, so that nearly every image ended up with too much jiggle, ONE image is really, really w...
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March 18, 2006
 
  Olympus Film Cameras Recalled
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop...
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March 14, 2006
 
  How to connect 2 teleconverters together
I would like to at times connect my 2 teleconverters together. I have a Nikon af-s TC-14EII (1.4x) and nikon af-s TC20EII. I have tried to connect them but it feels like something is keeping them f...
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March 14, 2006
 
  the camera didnt roll the film
the film didnt roll when I snapshot. sometimes it automatically rolling to 0.thanks...
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March 22, 2006
 
  Cannon Camera-Vivatar Macro Lens
I have a Vivatar macro lens and a Cannon A-1 35 mm camera. The lens will not attach to the body, is there some kind of a converter piece that is available to use this lens on this body?...
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March 23, 2006
 
  Noritsu 2301 Printer Processor
Other than the obvious things like cleaning the light house, checking the chemicals, what can cause color shifting problems in a Noritsu 2301 when printing same size photos from the same negative ...
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March 06, 2006
 
  Nikon 8700 help needed, please
Okay - this was a gift to me. But, even with trying to read the manual, I am lost. Can anyone tell me if it is possible to capture wrestling images with this camera? It seems so slow in taking the ...
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March 18, 2006
 
  scrim material
i need to know what the material is that is used on the scrim jims (westcott) I dropped a light stand on 2 of them and they ripped. the replacement from westcott is insanely high priced,as were the...
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March 06, 2006
 
  xD MMC
I got a fuji finepix S5200 it supports xD memory card, the problem is that I have tons of MMC cards is there anyway that I can use them instead of xD cards, like convertors \ adapters ?thx ...
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March 05, 2006
 
  zoom lens lubrication
I use a Sony Cybershot Digital Zoom Camera at work to take hundreds of pictures every month. The camera is exposed to dirt, heat, dust, paint. Lately, the zoom lens and plastic shutter cover stic...
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February 28, 2006
 
  D300 Wedding photography
I've used my Digital rebel with 420Ex Flash to photograph a wedding and experienced underexposure issues....and I'm aware of the lack of exposure compensation....I'm planning on doing ...
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February 28, 2006
 
  An Odd Error Message
The camera is the Nikon D70. An error message will sporatically occur, reading, "CHA" with a lightening bolt next to it. The camera will power off instantly. The memory card has to be removed an...
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February 26, 2006
 
  No Ready Light on the Norman 12/12
I just got my brother's Norman 12/12 powerpack from storage, it fired 5 times or so with the test button. Then I plugged the light meter in (which had a bad battery at first) and now the ready ...
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February 26, 2006
 
  repair my camera
i dropped my campact digital camera , and now my lcd screen does not work , can you help me point me in the right direction how to fix it .. its a sony dsc-p100 ..thanks wayne ...
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February 25, 2006
 
  camera bags on airplanes
Planning a trip to the Low Country of South Carolina in a week; going to take a fairly full camera kit with me. Backpack will include one camera body, four lenses, assorted filters and accessories,...
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February 26, 2006