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  10'x20' Backdrop Storage Ideas
I was wondering if anyone has found a way to successfully store a 10x20 hand-painted muslin backdrop in a way to minimize wrinkles. I have even tried rolling mine on a 10'x2" section of PVC bu...
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October 26, 2005
 
  Filters
what is the difference between a Polorizing filter and an Neutral Density filter?...
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October 26, 2005
 
  How to assemble a boom??
I just purchased a boom with stand and a soft box to do product table shots. I tried to assemble the boom. No instructions!! I see how it all should come together, but do I attach the weight first ...
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October 26, 2005
 
  Calibrating My Monitor&Printer
Could someone please sent me to a site or article that explains to me how to calibrate my LCD monitor and Epson300 printer without spending hundreds of dollars in calibration software??? I dont und...
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November 05, 2005
 
  CS2 9.0
Just curious. I just got Photoshop CS2 9.0 Has anyone else noticed any problems from going from 7 or 8 to 9? Well it still works good but its SOOOOOOOOOO slow. I clicked layer mask the other da...
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October 25, 2005
 
  Image Stabilizer Problem
I have owned the EF Canon 70-200 IS L 2.8 lens for about 6 months. It has worked great until today. When the image stabilizer is activated and I am looking through the viewfinder my picture starts ...
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October 22, 2005
 
  580 exposure problem
I have been having a problem with my Canon 580 flash. So many posts I've read here mention their problem is underexposure, but I have the opposite problem. I'm not what is happening, but so...
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October 20, 2005
 
  Canon Digital EOS Rebel
I recently bought a Canon Digital EOS Rebel XT. It is my first digital camera, I previously owned a few Canon 35mm slr cameras, which I loved. My problem with the Canon digital camera is that the m...
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November 05, 2005
 
  Timmer on Nikon 5005
The little light that indicates the timmer is set flashes and then stops. No picture is taken and it will not go away. I have tried everything the manual has listed....
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October 18, 2005
 
  Protective sealer for backdrops
I specialize in children's portraiture. I use full length backdrops for much of my work. I'm wanting to put some type of clear sealer on my painted canvas backdrops (ie. polyurethane or v...
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October 18, 2005
 
  Problems uploading photos
I'm having trouble uploading pictures to my computer. I've had my camera, a Canon Powershot S50, for almost 2 years. I haven't had trouble until now. When I attach the camera to the cor...
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November 05, 2005
 
  quantary lens
sam here,i recently acquired a quantery cn mc 500mm mirror lens with minolta mount.was told it would work on my maxxum camera.it mounts fine and sets a shutter speed,but no aperature sets?i've ...
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November 06, 2005
 
  2X converters and auto focus
own a Nikon D70,& Sigma EX 70x200, 2.8 lens, purchased a Teleplus Pro 2X converter. Auto focus on Sigma doesn't work, but fine with the Nikon 18X70. Is this the way it is? ...
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November 05, 2005
 
  equipment quandry
bought a Nikon D70. Own a Quantry 70 -300 zoom lens Minolta mount. Are lens adapters available and worth the effort to use? Thanks...
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October 14, 2005
 
  The images are dark..?
I have canon A80 digital camera.Recently a problem has occured,when I put it on automatic mode or any other mode without flash on the images are getting photographed as if they are snapped at night...
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November 11, 2005
 
  So I see these bluish spots when I look through my
camera. I have a Minolta Maxxum 5. When I look through the lense there is a bluish tinted half circle on the left and a fainter bluish half circle on the bottom? Does anyone know what this is??Plea...
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October 13, 2005
 
  How To Use Fill Flash
I recently bought a Canon 580EX Speedlight for my Canon Elan Ne camera. I am into portrait photography and right now is only interested in using flash as a fill light. This is my first flash and I ...
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October 12, 2005
 
  PC Flash Terminal polarity
HelloI just bought a Canon EOS 10D DSLR and it has a PC Flash Sync terminal. I have a Soligor MK-4 flash unit and I need to know whether the terminal polarity of the flash unit is the same as that ...
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October 12, 2005
 
  Old lens
My old camera is a Pentax ME Super with a Vivitar 35-200 lens with macro.Is there an adaptor which allows me to use this lens on my Pentax *istDL ???Would there be any complications ???Any advice w...
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October 11, 2005
 
  Domke Bag Model Question
I have been looking for a bag that would hold my camera, tripod, accesories and one additional lense. Recently I went to a store an hour from my house and found a Domke bag buried under some other ...
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October 11, 2005