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  How to Build a Stand for Muslin Backdrop
Hi Jim!Love the website!!!I have just followed your instructionson how to make a muslin backdrop, butnow I would like to now how to make a portable stand to hold it. It needs tobe sturdy but light...
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August 24, 2002
 
  Blue water?
I am new to "photography" although I have owned a digital camera for 3years and have just bought my second, a Sony CD400. I have only taken photographs where I just pointed and shot, most came out ...
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August 25, 2002
 
  Epson 820S Printer: Any Good?
Is the Epson 820S a good printer? I've been looking to buy a photo printer when I've saved up enough money, but my regular printer just took a dive, and now I need a printer. I figured, m...
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August 24, 2002
 
  how set studio lights with flashes ?
I want take studio photos and I have buy two flashes and a backdrop and I have de flash of the camera but there is a srong shadow behind of the people could you please tell me how set the lights th...
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August 24, 2002
 
  Still Not Sharp
Hi, I own a Canon EOS IX7 and have ISO 400 films. I've been taking pictures for about a month and a lot of my pictures have come out...
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August 27, 2002
 
  Problem Scanning My Negatives
Recently, all the photos I scan in with my film scanner look soft when I post them to the web. The original photos are sharp, but the scan looks bad. When I first started using my film scanner, I n...
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August 24, 2002
 
  baby steps for a beginner
Now I've been taking some fairly interesting images recently, and was just wondering about a STEP-BY-STEP guide to selling them. Like how many copies can I sell of an individual image? (My prim...
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August 24, 2002
 
  How much to charge?
Hi I took a photography course in high school and for about 15 years have just taken snapshots. Most recently I have taken some really good pictures of my kids, which caused me to photography up ag...
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August 24, 2002
 
  sigma lens is it real "scrap"
4 mo. ago I purchased Sigma 50-500 1:4 6.3D lens.Iwas very happy with this lens until I tock to Nikon sales-rep.He told me that this lens "is a piece of scrap"...is it true??? Andre...
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August 27, 2002
 
  how to unroll 50 year old negatives
I found some family negatives that were developed in 1945-47. They appear to be in excellant shape, but they have been rolled up for over 50 years. I am afraid to try to unroll them for they may ...
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August 23, 2002
 
  What is a Teleconverter?
What does a teleconverter do?...
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December 05, 2002
 
  What is the general rule for cross processing?
Is there a general rule for cross processing? I have doing some for some time now with more or less success, I can't seem to be able to keep a consistency. thanks...
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August 24, 2002
 
  Where to buy black and white film
What stores can I buy black and white film?...
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February 04, 2003
 
  Picture Size
I recently bought an Olympus XB400 35mm camera. The first set of films that I developed, the people look far away, even though I was close to them when I shot the pictures. This didn't happen w...
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November 16, 2003
 
  I think my flash is messed up!
Ok I am back with another question about the Konica Autoreflex T.....Here goes.......I had to purchace a flash unit that didnt come with the camera...It is a cold shoe flash and has the wire that p...
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August 22, 2002
 
  Scanning Slides
How can I get better color when scanning Velvia slides? I seem to lose several shades of color and light in the scanning process. My photos look great on a projector, and horrible when scanned.Th...
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August 29, 2002
 
  Macro Accessories
I have a 35mm Rebel X with a 75-300 lens on it. If I want to take close ups of flowers and bugs is there something I can get to help me without getting another lens?...
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September 10, 2002
 
  Wanted! Nikon 105mm f/2.8 macro lens
Hello everyone. I'm on a mission to find my dream lens for under a gazillion bucks. If anyone out there has this lens and wants to sell it, please e-mail me at pcwrites@attbi.com.THANKS!...
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August 21, 2002
 
  How Do You Evaluate Your Work?
Do you have any suggestions for objectively evaluating the quality of your photographs? I have a goal to be able to sell some of my photos in a national market, but don't know whether I am dre...
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October 31, 2002
 
  Camera Settings on Older SLR model
I have an older Konica Autoreflex T.On the top where you adjust the shutter speed is also adjustments for "ASA" and "DIN" I know they effect the quality of the photographs and there are certain se...
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August 24, 2002