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  Is my Digital Rebel Metering Working Correctly?
Hi,I've had my Digital Rebel for the past 4-5 months. With the original lens kit that come with it, I notice that it struggles in low light (vey slow shutter speed of below 1 sec in a dim fluor...
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May 17, 2005
 
  Canon Ae-1 Program
I just started really using my AE-1 p about six months ago even though I've owned it for about ten years. Recently, as I was checking the light in the room with the camera, I noticed that the ...
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May 04, 2005
 
  stupid ??, I have a Nikon N80 and I don't understa
This is really dumb to other people I'm sure but I'm new to photography and got this camera for Christmas. I don't understand what the numbers in the viewfinder mean when I am trying t...
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May 04, 2005
 
  Creating a collection and archiving it.
I am amasing a large amount of images, both digital and scanned 35mm. My ultimate goal is to create a database which will allow me to search by subject, composition, color, theme, or location. But,...
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May 05, 2005
 
  Will this light kit work?
I currently have this light kit:http://www.smithvictor.com/products/detail.php?prodid=98&id=14&pid=1&s1=Lighting+Kits&s2=Photoflood+Kits&nm=KT500+KIT Can someone tell me if this kit will ever be us...
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May 03, 2005
 
  can re-chargeable batteries die?
hi,lately i've been having problems when shooting consecutively (@ 1/80 sec) even tho I charge them just before shooting.......i thought they were endless re-chargeables.i recharge using one of...
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May 03, 2005
 
  How to Scan Slides
Hello, I just recently had a roll of Velvia 100 developed (my first slide film). The pictures look great looking at them with a light table and an 8 power loupe. All the pictures were taken using a...
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May 04, 2005
 
  Lens on Fuji 3800 won't open
Can anyone help? When I turn the camera on it makes the usual sound but then makes it over and over and the viewfinder is black. I took out the batteries and let it set, put them back in butit di...
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May 26, 2005
 
  Which lense is best for wedding photos?
I have a Minolta Dynnax 9xi camera, and have been taking infromal photos for a few months now, and the response from the development company I use, was very pleasing. So, I would like to say that I...
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September 11, 2005
 
  how to make a bounce flash
Can't afford extra flash attachment. Want to make my Built In Flash into a Bounce Flash. And would it effect the Shutter Speed on Automatic. Thank You....
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April 29, 2005
 
  Night Photography: Painting with Light
I am shooting a night scene of a building using the Canon 420 EX speedlight and 400 speed film for photo class. I need to use bulb setting on the camera, but I can't get my flash to do multipl...
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June 07, 2005
 
  Coolpix 2100
My coolpix 2100 will no longer take more than one picture at a time without view the previous picture. Can anyone help with this frustrating problem !!...
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April 27, 2005
 
  dust on sensor 20D
I got a Canon 20D for Christmas, since then I have shot very little and had to have my sensor cleaned. I just put my lense on and 2 weeks later I have dust on my sensor again. Is it me? I am get...
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April 29, 2005
 
  Fill Flash using built-in D70 speedlight
Recently I found that I could not get the built-in speedlight of my D70 to fire, when trying to fill-flash a backlit subject outdoors. The camera was set on 200 ISO, Program mode, and matrix meter...
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June 20, 2005
 
  Camera eats my film!
Problem cam: Fuji STX-2, '80s modelI bought a used 35mm SLR camera off of eBay. I've only shot two rolls of film with it, and it ate both rolls!What happens is this; I load a roll of fil...
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April 25, 2005
 
  Canon 420EX and slave strobes
My daughter fell at school last week, and has a very swollen black eye. She had to have her picture taken Saturday to put in the program for her upcoming dance recital. So there's my little p...
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April 26, 2005
 
  Using Studio Equipment
I am using the Canon Rebel Digital Camera and have the Novatron strobe lighting equipment. I am having trouble getting my lighting to fire with the camera. I have done a test fire on the lighing a...
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April 25, 2005
 
  compact flash problems
Hi, I own a fuji finepix S2 Pro, and I have a compact flash card in there. I was downloading my images as I usually do, and when I was done I turned off my camera. This morning I went to turn on th...
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April 22, 2005
 
  my focusing meters won't focus
Hi,I am shooting some prom pics this weekend. I was test shooting on my backdrop last night. I shoot with the canon10d and I am using a canon 70mm 70-200 lens. I have my focusing meters set on eval...
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April 20, 2005
 
  Why does the d70 blink when I look at the photo in
Why does the d70 blink when I Look into the monitor also white balance...
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April 20, 2005