Feelings you can see.
Visions you can hold.

Sorry for your loss but you have already covered all the obvious bases and the fact of the matter is that $1,700 is simply not enough for law enforcement or insurance companies to get real excited about. If you weren't interviewed by a local detective where the theft occurred then an active investigation is not underway.

If you made a claim with your insurance company the that's about all you can do.

If they deny your claim your only choice is to file a small claims suit against the facility. But you will have to fight hard to convince the judge that they were negligent in some way.

Lack of follow up by house security would cause me some concern but on the other had if it were an inside job the gear may still be in the facility simply waiting for a good opportunity to walk out.

Again, the small amount even @ $1,700 is not enough for an investigator to get excited over. It's more likely to show up at a pawn shop later this summer. If it does it may be discovered in a routine check by local police but hopefully you will have replaced it before that happens.

Page 159 in the camera manual. It's a menu item in the menu area under the area with the pencil as an icon. It's called Custom setting, file number sequence.

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Horse has a post growing out if his head in addition to the barrel and amputated tail.

What type of camera are you shooting?

Well they only have about one f stop advantage if minimum depth of field is what you are after. So, since your lens is f3.5 at it's widest aperture you have to do something else. You can set the camera to aperture priority and set the lens to f3.5. To simulate the narrow depth of field you will have to set the lens to about 75mm and back up a little to accomplish the same composition as you would with the 50mm. This telephoto setting on the lens will give you similar compressed image effect. You may have to use a little more telephoto to increase the effect.

This isn't exactly the same as shooting with an f1.4 or f2.8 but it's as close as you can get with the lens you have.

Note to self for the second time:

Always stop and read the original post twice to completely understand what was being asked.

Always move on when an innocent discussion turns into an argument.

First off what type of "shop light" are you using? Is a quartz lamp or florescent?

What are you referring to "DOF"?

Nice technique. Uniform quality on all the images, very nicely done.

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Yes, edit TIF after converting from JPG.

Fill Flash.

Has anyone happened to run across an IPhone app for UHH?

NEVER use Picasa to "import" your photos from the camera or card. Manually copy them to a directory of YOUR choosing then tell Picasa where to find them using the folder manager.