Looking for photo equipment tips & tricks? Ask all of your photo equipment questions in this Q&A.
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Canon 580 ex flash poor exposure
Hi all,I read every newsletter but this is the first time that I have actually had to publish a post. I have a Canon 20D and I am using the 580ex flash and most every picture is at least 1 stop to... |
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Canon 580 ex flash poor exposure
Hi all,I read every newsletter but this is the first time that I have actually had to publish a post. I have a Canon 20D and I am using the 580ex flash and most every picture is at least 1 stop to... |
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Flash Problem: Camera or Flash Unit?
When taking pictures with my Olympus OM-10 and my Vivitar 3500 Thyristor flash, the flash does not always go off when I press the shutter. When it does flash, the pictures are fine. Am I looking at... |
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Travelling by Plane and Tripods
I know this isn't the perfect category for this, but I couldn't find a perfectly appropriate place to pose this question and comment, so I apologize ahead of time for wasting anyone's t... |
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Nikon N55 Troubleshooting
I have Nikon N55. The last couple rolls of film I have tried to load have reversed and I cannot use them. Any ideas? Thx.... |
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Lighting in Photography: Tungsten and Strobe
I am unsure how to combine tungsten lights and strobe light, and also how you would meter for them.... |
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Batteries and Flash Photography
I am using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel with a Tamaron flash. They work excellent together but the problem I seem to be having is the flash batteries have been dying quickly. I have been photographi... |
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Using colored filters on an AC slave strobe
I recently bought a background lighting kit from Backdrop Outlet (http://www.backdropoutlet.com/product_info.php?cPath=47_54&products_id=2205)that came with 4 colored filters (I read somewhere that... |
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cleaning the glass on scanners
what would you use to clean the glass on scanners?... |
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Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 AF
I am testing this 2nd hand lens on my Nikon D70 and Fujifinepix S2 pro.I want a lens for portraits of people and pets and had heard that this was a fine portrait lens.Manual focus is fine .I loved ... |
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Tripods for Photography: Fixing a Squeak
I have a Bogen 3265 head (about 6 years old). In the last year it has been making an awful squeak when I move it. I am afraid to use anything on it--like WD40. But the squeak has to go. Any ideas? ... |
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Overexposure problem
I have a D70 and a Nikkor 70-200mm VR lens. I took a few shots and without changing any settings or lighting conditions, my photos would go from normal to severely overexposed (almost white) for a... |
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Flash Meter Know-How
I'm new to using a flash meter. I just got the Sekonic L358 and am trying to use it in a studio lighting set-up (which I'm also learning). I do not have the optional wireless module for m... |
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photoing a rainbow
Last evening, after a spring shower, there was a beautiful rainbow in the sky. I decided to photograph this. As I pepared to take the shot, all my camera would do was auto-focous, but when I presse... |
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Why do the edges of my 645 negatives have points?
I recently purchased a Mamiya 645 Pro with a power winder and a 645 film back. It looks to be in excellent condition, works smooth, and produces good looking negs. The problem is that there a lit... |
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EOS20D Canon
Question folks.I have recently bought a Canon EOS20D digital camera. I need to take VERY very high resolution pictures, as I work in a magazine. I have set the camera on a highest setting - L - whi... |
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printer
does anyone know if the Epson 1280 is and an archival printer?... |
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a-1 camera problem
My a-1 will not show the (M) when switched out of the automatic mode.It's not my fd mount lenses, because my other a-1 camera works fine with the lenses. What could be the problem, maybe the el... |
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The Half Roll Rewind
My mom bought a Pentax Iq Zoom camera used and without a manual. The camera has an automatic half roll rewind, so when she has a 24 roll exposure, the camera rewinds automatically at 12 pictures an... |
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bounce flash and fill in flash
hi everyone. I'm using a Canon powershot g6 with Canon 420EX flash. I am looking around to find articles about flash usage; especially on fill in flash and bounce flash. I am looking for articl... |
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