On my D7000 with release mode set to S and Max continuous release set to 100 (the default -- I never changed it), I can hold the button down forever and it won't fire more than once. I think the problem is elsewhere.
Depends on the image. Glossy inkjet papers will give you bolder colors, deeper blacks and more fine detail. It makes for a somewhat "harder" look than a matte paper. As Jim said, the paper can affect the mood of the image.
For example, I have a print of a red rock formation at Arches National Park. It's a "hard" image by it's very nature and it looks great on glossy paper. It's framed behind non-glare glass and the glossiness of the paper really doesn't show -- you don't see reflections off the surface of the paper.
I've occasionally tried printing the same image on more than one paper type and some look better on glossy paper and some better on matte and a lot look best on luster.
Preachdude wrote:
On-camera flash is seldom effective beyond 10-12 feet (3-3.5 meters).
I've certainly used on-camera flash at much greater distances than that. Are you referring to a built-in pop-up flash? Those are seriously range limited, but "on-camera flash" usually means any flash used on the camera (as opposed to, say, on a light stand). So a Nikon SB-800 mounted on a flash bracket qualifies as on-camera flash and the range is a lot more than 10-12 feet.
toptrainer wrote:
Thank you for the advice, but like I said earlier I have calibrated my monitors with a Colormunki.
Yes, I know. I had profiled mine as well but it still wasn't dim enough to match the prints.
RAM is usually the key to PS performance. I have 16GB on my Mac Mini and it runs fine.
I went through this with my first Mac. It took a lot of time and effort to figure out that the problem wan't that the prints were too dark, but that the monitor was too bright, even at its dimmest setting, I found a piece of free software (Dark Adapted) to dim the monitor and never had a problem again.
Check that and see if your printing service provides ICM profiles for their products.
hlmichel wrote:
It's funny. Everything I can find has the TTL flash on camera with the manual flash off.
To do TTL flash, an on-camera flash or one connected via a dedicated cord (the master) is used to control the others (the slaves). With the Nikon units, for example, the master sends infrared signals to control the slaves.
Your manual on-camera flash has no capacity to signal the off-camera flash and with no connection between the off-camera flash and the camera body, there's no way for them to communicate either.
It sounds like the D90 needs repair. The question is how much it would cost. You could send it to Nikon or an independent repair shop for an estimate, but I suspect you'd be dealing with at least a few hundred dollars worth of work. If it were me and my budget would tolerate it, I'd replace the D90 with something newer. Just what I'd buy would depend on how much I was willing and able to spend. Used and refurbed cameras would be cheaper, but I'd only do that with a reputable merchant like B&H or KEH. Something brand new and modern would certainly be preferable, but, again, that's strictly a budgetary matter.
singleviking wrote:
HISTORY LESSON:
You better read your copy of "Pirates of Silicon Valley" again since you have your facts all wrong. Yes, Ethernet was invented by someone from Xerox and was used as communication within Xerox Research Park first. They also invented Email and GUI and the mouse cursor controller.
However, the board of Xerox decided that the company was in the paper copying business and not the PC business and allowed both Jobs and Gates to observe their research tools and inventions. The scientists and engineers objected but the board prevailed.
DOS was a registered and patented invention of a seriously failing company named MERCURY but Gates saw it's usefulness and outright bought it for $50,000 so he could supply a working disk based OS to IBM for their PC. He then contracted to be paid on "a per copy sold" basis instead of outright. Brilliant move on his part.
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Never read the book, but I was using the word "stole" figuratively, in the sense that Xerox had the idea first and not literally, implying that Microsoft or Apple took Xerox's ideas dishonestly or illegally. Happy now?
Kuzano wrote:
Linux/Unix... be more fast and quite stable, but drivers.... ??? and software available????
Didn't say anything about that. :lol:
But why is it that we can't get fast and stable AND drivers AND software? But that's a whole 'nother conversation, probably not for this forum.
I've had outdated film give some whacky color balance but not out of focus pictures. Anyone know what would cause that?
I never liked the word "upgrade" either. It carries the assumption that more expensive gear automatically means better pictures. I wish it were that easy.
So I buy a new piece of gear only if it gives me some specific capability that my current gear lacks.
Kuzano wrote:
Windows 8 is an incredible operating system, faster, stabler than any operating system prior.
Sight correction: faster and stabler than any Microsoft operating system prior. :)
TucsonCoyote wrote:
DOS is still there ...just got Windows as an overlay which Bill stole from Jobs..who stole it from ...I forget now....:)l
Actually, they both stole it from Xerox. In the 80's Xerox tried to get into the PC market with some very good stuff. They were the among the first to offer ethernet and had the first windowing GUI. Problem was they wanted about $3000 for a PC and in 1980's dollars, that was huge.
In the world of Unix and Linux, the GUI is called X-Windows. The X is for "Xerox".
If you're looking for things from major makers like Canon or Nikon, the manufacturers pretty much set the prices. Nikon has an assortment of rebates going on for a limited time. Check the site of the manufacturer you're looking at.