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  Canon EOS 1 focus is off.
I have owned a Canon EOS 1 with the power booster for 10 years and I love it. I noticed 6 months ago that when using autofocus, subjects look slightly out of focus when the camera claims they are s...
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May 18, 2005
 
  What's wrong with my shutter release?
My Nikon FM3A, started having a problem yesterday. I rewound a roll and went to load another. I pressed the shutter release once and then I could not advance the film. The film advance lever wil...
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May 15, 2005
 
  Image Quality with Canon 20d
Hi...I purchased the Canon 20d and absolutly love the quality, sharpness, and clarity I get with photos taken 3 feet or less.My photos taken with the subject more than 3 feet away seem to be not sh...
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June 16, 2005
 
  Getting good detail in photograph
I have a friend that is shooting a Cannon Rebel Digital, she paid $1500 dollars for this camera and she is losing a lot of the detail in her photographs. What does she need to do to get better det...
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May 15, 2005
 
  Exopsure
I use a F100 film camera and my pictures seem mostly over exposed, can any one help me to understand exposer or what I am doing wrong with my camera, I usually use it in Auto. and the last roll of ...
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May 20, 2005
 
  Digital Rebel - exposure issues
I have a Digital Rebel and I'm quite pleased with it. I have recently found a curious behaviour though and I hope someone can help me figure out why this is happening.In an effort to learn mor...
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May 12, 2005
 
  Using an extension tube
I was just testing my new Canon EF 25mm extension tube attached to my f/2.8 100mm macro lens (all with 20D camera). The first extension tube I received, the focus did not work. This is the replac...
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May 12, 2005
 
  How to use Photoshop with Raw Nikon Files
I have a nikon digital camera but I am unable to open my Raw Files with Photoshop. How do I get Photoshop to read my Nikon Files?...
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June 09, 2005
 
  Focusing with a macro lens
I just bought a Canon 100mm 2.8 macro lens and when I take pictures, it seems that only the center is focused and the rest is blurry....how can I make the whole picture in focus when taking close-u...
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May 10, 2005
 
  Close-up Problems with 70-300mm lense
Hey guys.I have just bought this package of 3 close-up filters.They work quite nicely, except for when I zoom in to above 150mm. Then the image gets all blurred. not like if you focus a bit in fron...
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March 14, 2008
 
  Kodak 8500 paper jam, how to fix?
I have a kodak 8500 and have had it for over a year. All of a sudden it is saying paper jam and not loading paper. This will happen over and over and never print the photo. There is not a piece of ...
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November 06, 2005
 
  Image discolouration
I have owned my Canon i9900 photo printer for about 9-months and it has made beautiful images for me until the other day. I have aligned and realigned and done everything in my rather limited know...
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May 09, 2005
 
  Printing problems with Photoshop CS
I have the Canon 20D and use an Epson Stylus Photo 2000P printer and am having trouble printing images. The image looks correct on the screen, but each print comes out red. You can see the other ...
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May 08, 2005
 
  Pentax SF1
I have a Pentax SF1 that has froze up.It will not load or rewind film. the motor seems to work, but the spool will not move. It is like it is jammed. I took it to a local camera shop, but they w...
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May 08, 2005
 
  How to use the automatic mode on a metz 45
I am shooting my sisters wedding and have not pulled out my flash in a long time. I know how to use the GN in the manual mode, but I would like to use the automatic mode though. So my queston is-...
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May 10, 2005
 
  How to Avoid Glare from Flash on Paintings
I am having problems photographing byzantine icons. These are either framed in glass or not, and they have golden or silver areas. As I cannot move them from their place (they are hanged in churche...
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May 10, 2005
 
  How to shoot a wedding indoors?
I have a wedding to shoot indoors. I'm planning on getting a new flash. I want a dedicated Sunpak 120JTTL shoe mount flash. Would it be possible to get a slave unit so I could have the flash ne...
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May 06, 2005
 
  FISH EYE LENS
WHAT PROBLEMS COME ABOUT USING A FISH EYE LENS 15mm. MY FIRST EXPOSURE FINALIZED OF A POWERFUL FOTO OF MY FEET. WHAT OTHER PROBLEMS COULD HAPPEN. WHEN IS A GOOD TIME TO USE THIS LENS,FOR WHAT PUR...
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May 06, 2005
 
  What is a Dedicated Flash
Thank you for your response. So it sounds like I would need to use a Non-dedicated Flash. I like to shoot everything with manual....
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May 05, 2005
 
  Flash: Dedicated Vs. Non-Dedicated
What is the difference between a dedicated flash and a non-dedicated flash?...
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June 27, 2005