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Jun 10, 2014 15:00:17   #
Akozub wrote:
Trying to get a ballpark idea of when my(and your) Nikon mount 150-600mm will be getting ready to ship. I preordered mine on May 3rd. Let's start keeping track of the latest preorder date vs delivery date. Who has preordered a NIKON mount and received. Please enter your order date and receive date. Let's keep it ongoing by date, ie, let's only update with a preorder/receive date newer the last posted date.


I preordered from a large, local camera store (Berger Brothers) on Feb. 7. Got the call yesterday to come pick it up today, June 10, which I just did.
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Jun 10, 2014 14:54:41   #
lone ranger wrote:
Hi guys, I recently down loaded the 30 day trial of Topaz Photo Software, and I"ve been playing with it, and some of its features, I was wondering, how many of Topaz features have some of you experienced users, purchased? , have you purchased the entire suite?..........I was wondering what your reccomendations would be, Up untill now, I have been useing Nikon"s NX-2 Software
but I like the more so creative freedom, that Topaz offers
any Ideas??


After trying out the Topaz plug-ins for Pshop, I wonder how I got along without them. DeNoise is a must, like breathing. I also use Detail on almost every image. Best way to acquire them is to go to their site and sign up for their free, live 1-hr webinars. They offer nice discounts at the end of each one, and they usually give away a plug-in to a couple of people.
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Jun 10, 2014 14:44:39   #
MikeMcK wrote:
Has anyone had any dealings with the EBay vendor, Berger Brothers of Amityville, NY?

thanks.


Just now returned home from picking up the Nikon-mount Tamron 150-600mm lens I pre-ordered back in February. Lisa helped me make sure it fit on my current tripod. Deliberately ordered from them because they are good to do business with, have been a fixture on Long Island for many years, and are relatively close to me. A few years ago they scanned about 200 Kodachrome slides for me, great job.
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Jun 7, 2014 09:59:20   #
At work, back in the 90s through early 2000s, IT had us log off/shut down at night so they could access our computers over the LAN network. At home, I've always shut down whenever I was going to be away from the computer for more than an hour. Even with a UPS, I'm concerned about power spikes -- it would alarm if I even turned on the vacuum cleaner from an outlet nearby! I'm also paranoid about being hacked. (I realize that, being connected to cable, it won't prevent hacking, but like I said, I'm paranoid.) So I usually start up and shut down several times a day. My current iMac is 6 years old, and never had a problem.

elliott937 wrote:
I've just learned that it is better to put my Mac to sleep when not in use, rather than turn off for the night. This came from a guy who is very deep in the Apple world. He has had a computer on for seven years now, just putting it to sleep when he's away from it. He finally said that 'sleep' is almost the same thing as 'off'.

How many of you leave your computers on, and only put them to sleep when you are not using it?
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Apr 27, 2014 08:38:37   #
Mr. Smith, your work is the photographic equivalent of a Dürer drawing.
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Mar 10, 2014 12:28:28   #
TheDman wrote:
ppi, whether 300 or 72, is meaningless for digital images.


Really? In desktop publishing using Photoshop, Illustrator and Quark Express, everything is digital. If an image was less than 300ppi, it printed pixilated. In fact, our program was customized so that Quark would not accept a low-res image. That's why I made the distinction for online viewing, where 72 ppi is the standard.

When sending digital images to magazines, whether online or print, they still require "hi-res." For them, and for making traditional prints, I just use the old 300ppi rule, and don't worry about any of the other measurements, and everything is fine.
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Mar 10, 2014 08:54:44   #
countrydan1 wrote:
This really drives me nuts. I have always lost quality in Photoshop Elements when I downsize an image. I have been told to do it in increments, but don't know the actual workflow to do this correctly . Sure could use some advice. I usually shoot in JPG 16MB and the file sizes are huge. Thanks.


The way we learned it in the publishing company I worked for was to choose 300 ppi (pixels per inch) at the final size, i.e. 8 x 10 in., if it's going to be printed, or 72 ppi if it's just for online. If you want "hi-res" (300 ppi), then you have to start with that from your original.
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Jan 23, 2014 07:47:29   #
Very interesting question. My gut reaction is that you manipulated various images to get what you wanted, and that took more creativity, planning, and skill than just standing in front of a painting and snapping a photo of it. And the screenshot itself is a visual recording, or capture, just like a digital photo. In my publishing days, whenever we manipulated a photo or scans of objects in any way to create a graphic, we called it a "photo illustration" in the credit line to differentiate it from an actual photograph. In other words, to show that it was not meant to represent physical reality or to fool or mislead anyone. If you were to show or sell this photo-illustration, the ethical (and maybe even legal) thing to do would be to credit the source of the images somewhere.



JasPetrie wrote:
Thanks to all for the responses. Bob may be right, and I don't mean to be argumentative. But if I stood in a gallery in front of an oil painting and photographed it with a digital camera in Program mode, it would be a photograph even though I made little effort to get positioned and let the camera make all the choices.
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Jan 4, 2014 09:34:11   #
Thank you.
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Jan 4, 2014 09:25:49   #
Pixelpixie88, I have the 55-300mm and it's my favorite walking around lens. Light enough to use handheld in daylight and extremely versatile. I didn't even know the price until recently. In probably one of the biggest strokes of luck in my life, I got it for free with Visa card points! But even at full price, it's evidently a bargain. Since pictures are worth a thousand words, here are two thousand! The first is a hand-held close-up in full daylight, the second was at dawn, on a tripod.

Friendly Parrot


Sandy Beach, Acadia, Maine

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Nov 17, 2013 07:48:29   #
magnetoman wrote:
I like the composition of these two, but the feel of the picture seemed seemed to shout 'Poster' - perhaps I should add 'I do like to be beside....' Which version do you prefer?


Hello, what a great capture! I've always liked the posterized look, and have used it often. But here I would go with the original, because it is such a great capture and well done. The posterized version could be interpreted as a painting, whereas the original shows clearly that you took this in real time, as it actually happened. I also like the softness of the background. It's just enough to anchor and "place" the photo without detracting from the action.
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Nov 5, 2013 10:32:13   #
KChris: Speaking not as a photographer but strictly as someone who worked as a page designer, graphic artist and art director for a national business-to-business publisher for more than 25 years, I was immediately struck by the technical quality and creativity of your images. You might want to look into stock photography as a venue for your work. as for the landscape images, I agree they are maybe too empty or spare for the general market, but they would be perfect as backgrounds in ads or other projects. I've been out of the business too long to offer any names, so just Google stock photo sites and take it from there. Best of luck.
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Oct 1, 2013 10:58:43   #
see above. really sorry for the confusion.
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Oct 1, 2013 10:56:32   #
Here is the next set, comparing the 50mm w/ the Zykkor adapter on the D3100 to the same subject under similar conditions with the 50mm lens on the Minolta XG1. The film was old (but refrigerated) and it was developed and scanned to disk by a quick photo place. Both pix were taken at night with available room light, handheld, so please ignore the bad exposures, my fault, not the equipment.

Nimby, 50mm on D3100


Nimby, 50mm on film camera

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Oct 1, 2013 10:55:08   #
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