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EOS Bodies / Re: Canon USA Account and Product Registration Benefits, ie instant firmware updates

« on: June 02, 2013, 08:30:53 PM »

Why highlight 10GB free when Yahoo raised the bar by giving all yahoo account holders 1 TB of storage for free

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Technical Support / Re: Going medium format for studio work?

« on: May 28, 2013, 07:01:42 PM »

Talk to your CPA to determine what level of revenue you need to support a DMF of at least $50k

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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: I've had a revelation

« on: May 10, 2013, 03:31:18 PM »

For the same reason, I haven't sold my Mamiya 7.

Also, I have been using a global craigslist search to find old rolls of vericolor

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / External Live View Monitor for Canon 60D

« on: March 31, 2013, 04:58:12 PM »

What is your experience using an external live view monitor for Canon 60D? or, another Canon body

I just want a bigger view. I'm planning on some macro photography later in the Spring, and would prefer an external monitor for live view.

Can I use a laptop that has an hdmi input and see the image on the screen?

Anyway to do this with an ipad 3?

any specific monitor-only brands to review?

Don't need remote control or capture

Thx

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Landscape / Re: Post Your Best Landscapes

« on: March 22, 2013, 09:52:11 AM »

Seascape off the coast of Pescadero, CA.

D60, 70-200, a little bit of Color efex, a little bit of Silver efex, finished up in picmonkey

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Software & Accessories / Re: Help with Home Office Setup for Photo Editing

« on: January 22, 2013, 04:11:45 AM »

1. Black out drapes from JCPenney/Walmart

2. Good surge protectors

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Lenses / Re: 4 weeks Trip around California

« on: January 03, 2013, 11:22:49 AM »

Suggested route:

San Francisco, San Jose, Monterey, Big Sur, San Jose, Yosemite, Mono Lake, Las Vegas, Ivins Utah, Page Arizona, Monument Valley, Moab

For Yosemite, I recommend Michael Frye's Yosemite app - you select the time of year, time of day, and it provides the best times to photograph popular locations. It also provides a sunrise/moonrise graph.

Also, suggested joining meetup.com's multiple photography groups in Northern California, joining is free, there you will receive a lot of detailed info about where to photograph.

BTW, you could spend a month in Northern California, or a month in Moab by themselves.

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Third Party Manufacturers / Sony RX-100 Samples

« on: December 16, 2012, 09:51:35 PM »

I'm liking the images so far from the Sony Rx-100. This image was taken Sunday afternoon at the San Jose Municipal  Rose Garden.

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Landscape / Re: Help Me Get Better - Crashing Waves

« on: November 23, 2012, 08:16:24 PM »

Make sure whatever tripod head you settle on, that it can support your rig today, and a few years down the road.

The attached is a quick makeover =cropped tight, ran though Nik and finished with Alien Paint software.

This is the time of year when plug-ins go on sale.

Note: if you take a course at a local college, you can purchase Adobe and other products at an educational price, though, right now, Amazon has LR on sale for 99, and I'm seeing PSE11, as low as $49. PSE11 uses the same version of the RAW conversion as CS6, but, without as many ways to tweak it...keep shooting/have fun

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Third Party Manufacturers / Compact Street Shooter with crazy fast auto focus

« on: September 29, 2012, 03:33:05 PM »

I'm looking for a compact street shooter with crazy fast auto focus and would like to hear your real-world suggestions.

In my kit today, I have a G11, D60 and a Mamiya 7

With a crazy fast focus on a compact body, there are some of the other filters that will guide me:

-excellent IQ (for the size)
- articulated screen
- sharp lens/sharp lens availability
-SD card
-ability to use an intervalomiter
-Macro
-Short minimum focus on wide/normal
-fixed lens ok
-shirt pocketable
-RAW

Thinking maybe the Sony Rx100, (RX1 if I win in Vegas) don't know enough about the Canon Mirror

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Software & Accessories / Which Pelican case?

« on: July 01, 2012, 01:18:57 PM »

Amazon delivered the Pelican 1400 and without opening the box, it looks to be too small.

Which size case should I get for 1 dslr body and 3 lenses, 1 mamiya 7 body and 1 lens, ipad, cable/battery/small gizmos

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Lenses / ND Filters for Southwest Red Rock?

« on: June 17, 2012, 07:32:23 PM »

I saw the other thread about landscape filters.

What would the forum suggest when shooting the red rock from Valley of the Fire outside of Vegas, Antelope Canyon, both upper and lower, Monument Valley, various places around Moab, and probably some Death Valley and Mono Lake. Widest is a 10-20 zoom, med tele is 24-85, and 70-200 tele

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Third Party Manufacturers / Secret Canon Powershot killer due in a week or two

« on: June 13, 2012, 03:30:51 PM »

In Pogue's NYT article, he writes about how good his pocket Canon is, but reports he will be switching in a couple of weeks when a new camera is introduced, and it won't be a Canon

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/what-pogue-actually-bought/?src=me&ref=technology

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / 60d AEB steps?

« on: May 27, 2012, 03:27:48 PM »

I've read the manual (really), have a couple of d60 books, and yet I haven't been able to figure out AEB on the D60.

I am coming from a g11, and with that, AEB was a snap.

I'd appreciate it if someone could detail the steps necessary to set-up AEB for +1/-1 and one press of the shutter

Thanks

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Canon General / Re: Suggestions on new Canon DSLR -- thinking 60D

« on: May 18, 2012, 11:59:06 AM »

I recently bought a 60D and like it. I'd suggest trying to budget for L glass, image quality is king.

As for software, I use Photoshop Elements 10 to edit and Picassa to manage images. Most of the 3rd party edit apps from Nik, Alien and Topaz work with Elements.