Has anyone put this facility on their own personal web site?

Any experiences with installing it, or with it in use?

Is it a good thing (that is, for us photographers) to promote?

I'm toying with the idea of putting it on my own website.

A friend of mine wants to buy a telephoto lens for his 14-year old daughter for Christmas, and is asking my advice.

He regards me as the fount of all knowledge with regard to things photographic      but I'm a Nikonista so I'm not completely up to speed with Canon possibilities.

Can anyone recommend anything? She's using a Canon EOS 400D

Thanks for your help.

Check this one out ... six photos from the French edition of Vogue.

Same model in every one.

Chimping is scorned by Serious Photographers. It's seen by them as a mark of the amateur.

 

But be honest - this is an anonymous poll - do you engage in it?

... as a little backup p&s camera to carry everywhere and be unobtrusive, I'm tempted by the G10.

Read this review on Luminous Landscape, where it was put head-to-head with a $40'000 Hassy.

If you've already got a G10, sounds like you've got yourself a bargain.

Great news! For me, anyway 

After nearly 2 year's work my new book has been published today.



You can take a peek inside by clicking on its cover here

Okay ... so most of the tips in it are probably known by all you gals and guys on here - though I'll wager it's got one or two you don't know - but I wrote it with the beginner in mind.

Hardback, 200 pages, fully illustrated in colour, I think it's a bargain at less than �10 (even cheaper on Amazon). But then I'm biased 

For the photos in it that are not mine, the publisher has used stock sites - principally Fotolia and Dreamstime. I've included the photo credits page in the preview (the link above).

If you see your name there drop me a message and I'll happily send a copy of the page with your image on.

... who wants one of these?



(As seen on Gizmodo http://gizmodo.com/5050805/zoom-lens-coffee-mug-helps-keep-photographers-caffeinated)

I was reading a photo magazine and one of the articles referred  to 'low frequency' and 'high frequency' images.

I thought I was pretty well-versed in photography, but I have no idea what those terms mean.

Can anyone tell me what's the difference between low and high frequency images?

Thanks

In an interview in a UK newspaper this weekend, the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) warns that the economic times faced by Britain and the rest of the world "are arguably the worst they've been in 60 years". To deepen the sense of gloom, he adds: "And I think it's going to be more profound and long-lasting than people thought."

How will that affect us? Will sales of images slump too as businesses/publishers/newspapers/magazines cut back on costs?

Or will they remain buoyant as advertisers/editors/etc desperately try to drum up new custom?

One aspect in favour of this 'industry' weathering the storm is its global nature. For example, just this morning I learned that I'd sold an image in South Korea. The global span of stock makes it different to other more localised industries.

Any other ideas?

(P.S. you can read the article here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/30/economy.alistairdarling)

For those who are into Nikon, what model do you use?

I've put the Coolpix models as a single category as there are way too many to give each one an individual box. Maybe, if you use one you could state the model in a separate post.

I have also given a maximum of 4 votes as many photographers have more than one camera. That should cover it, don't you think?

I bought myself a spare Ansmann battery for my Nikon D3 (EN-EL4 to be exact) and the d**ned thing doesn't work in the camera.

It charges up okay in the charger (which seems to indicate that the contacts are all right) but the camera remains completely dead when I put it in. I've even tried 'calibrating' the battery. No joy. The camera works perfectly with the official Nikon battery.

Does anyone know if Nikon have sneakily inserted some electronic thingummy in their batteries so alternative brands don't work? (Like some printer makers do with their ink cartridges.) I can't find out anything about it in Nikon information, other than 'only use Nikon batteries', which is what you'd expect them to say.

Or anyone got any other suggestions? I returned it to the supplier and they sent me what they claimed was a replacement (but how can you tell ... it was in the same packaging) and it still doesn't work.

Or any other words of advice - other than stick with the official batteries. I know I shouldn't have tried to economize. Won't do it again. Promise.

At the moment I carry my gear in an old and rather battered-looking ordinary backpack, everything wrapped in its own padding/bag to stop it rattling around, filters in he side pockets, etc.

Summer's a'here in Europe, and I'm looking for a decent dedicated backpack to carry the camera body with medium zoom fitted, a wide angle lens, telephoto, flash, small portable storage unit and various other bits and bobs (spare battery, cards, filters, etc.)

I don't need space to carry a laptop as I don't have one.

However, I do want a bit of extra space for carrying a rain jacket, water bottle, etc, as I walk in the mountains a lot. Facilities for carrying a lightweight tripod would also be useful, but not essential.

Can anyone recommend a make/model? Please note, I live in Europe (Switzerland) so US-specific models will probably be out of reach for me.

Pop down to south-west England and pay a visit to the Creative Growers Association. You could find just what you need there ...


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