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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:17 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:17 pm
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Photography resources and more. Photography technics, Digital & Analog photography, What to read, What and how to do it, Funny posts, etc. In time, according to the posts content, new, dedicated Topic will be opened.

submitted by Paul (funny shots)
http://fishki.net/comment.php?id=18351

submitted by LucisPictor (About dynamic range)
http://www.nyip.com/ezine/digital/dynamic-range.html

form LucisPictor (The Photographer’s Right (Are you travelling to the US?))
http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm

submitted by hacksawbob ( Manualy focusing on DSLR screen vs split screen )
http://www.jayandwanda.com/photography/dslr_man_focus/man_focus.html

submitted by Attila ( Sqwall's pretty site )
http://www.aquariasq.com/photos/content/section/5/28/

submitted by Attilla ( Borge's site )
http://www.winken-zemke.info/?page_id=23

submitted by Attila ( Film scanner )
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,10229,00.asp

submitted by Seymore ( 2000fps... )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LRhbIb00dI

submitted by LucisPictor ( Dictionary of Photographic Terms )
http://home.arcor.de/objektive/Phictionary.html

submitted by Attila ( Camerapedia )
http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

submitted by Attila ( Digital Photography School )
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/

submitted by lahnet ( Magnacrom Magazine )
http://www.magnachrom.com/MCHome.php

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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:50 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:50 pm
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Hello,

Here is a sample of compared viewfinders (film vs. digital). I wonder, when a consumer dSLR will have at least a K1000's viewfinder.
Unfortunately, the site is only in romanian, but the pictures are pretty relevant !

http://www.fotomozaic.ro/artikel.php?s=1&categ=0&idstory=69

In the table are some cameras (the column "Aparat" - where the LX is written I think it means Pentax LX with FE1 prism, ofr example -, "Magnify"= column "Marire", "Coverage"=column "Acoperire"), mostly Pentax-es (LX, MX, MX-S, K10D...) but Canon 350D too.


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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:21 am
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:21 am
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Hello,

Some tips about working with a monopod:

http://www.outdooreyes.com/photo5.php3

http://www.fotomozaic.ro/artikel.php?s=1&categ=0&idstory=41
(its in romanian, again. sorry. watch the pictures/positions)
The last one (Position 6) would be good when panning.


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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:10 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:10 pm
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Some useful information about f/stops:
http://www.digicamhistory.com/f-stopsdefined.htm


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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:43 am
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:43 am
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submitted by vilva ( Differences between RAW converters )
After the RAW conversion, there is no such thing as an unmodified photo. A test by Erwin Puts at

http://www.imx.nl/photo/technique/raw_developers_and_the_shar.html

submitted by LucisPictor ( Re: Differences between RAW converters )
That's true, but that is also true for JPEG and for films that went through darkroom development, isn't it?
A wrong temperature during the negative development process and the colours are different.

Anyway, thanks for the interesting link!


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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:15 pm
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:15 pm
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Here are some really good information, all on one site:

"Bokeh"
http://www.vanwalree.com/optics/bokeh.html


"Photographic optics"
http://www.vanwalree.com/optics.html


And some more links:
http://www.vanwalree.com/links.html


Really worth reading!


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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:20 am
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:20 am
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submitted by vilva ( The effect of the AA filter )
Here is an illuminating test concerning the difference between a stock Nikon D200 and a modified one with the AA filter removed:

http://www.maxmax.com/nikon_d200hr.htm

I wonder if a conversion of an existing 5D is possible.

Sure, see http://www.maxmax.com/hot_rod_visible.htm ,

but I don't think you'd like the Moire Smile

Veijo

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Two sites for beginners (and for the experienced user still nice to read, esp. the second one.)

http://www.usa.canon.com/content/rebelxt_tutorial/rebelxtlessons.htm


http://www.berniecode.com/writing/photography/beginners/draft-1.html

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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:32 am
Post subject: Lens angle of view calculator and more....
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:32 am
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Lens angle of view calculator - also works offline if you save the webpage.

Enter the number "6" in each of the width and height fields for 6 x 6 medium format etc.

http://www.imaginatorium.org/stuff/angle.htm

Exposure calculator for use with extension tubes and convertors - handy for those still using cameras with no TTL metering.

http://www.imaginatorium.org/stuff/tubes.htm

Understanding MTF tables:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/understanding-mtf.shtml


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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:00 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:00 pm
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A beginner's guide to digital imaging. Nicely done!
http://www.robertstech.com/pixel/intro.htm


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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:05 am
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:05 am
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An excellent collection of photo tips!

http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototip-archives.html


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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:10 pm
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:10 pm
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Photo Glossary

http://www.canadadigital.com/faq_gloss_photo.php


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Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:13 am
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Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:13 am
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Monitor calibration software:

http://www.quickgamma.de/indexen.html


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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:30 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:30 pm
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Repair manuals for some cameras:
http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/repairmanuals.html

Links to camera repair manuals:
http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/manualsources.html


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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:46 pm
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:46 pm
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About photography technics
http://diglloyd.com/diglloyd/free/index.html


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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:04 am
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:04 am
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Some excellent information (some are free)...
http://www.rogerandfrances.com/


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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:47 am
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Handy focal length comparison tool

http://www.tamron.com/lenses/learning_center/tools/focal-length-comparison.php


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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:08 pm
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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:08 pm
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How to test lenses:
http://www.normankoren.com/Tutorials/MTF5.html

http://www.bentecservices.com/software.htm

Some freeware software (photography related):
http://www.robertstech.com/software.htm

Great FREE! online gallery creator: WAG (Web Album Generator)
http://www.ornj.net/webalbum/index.html


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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:58 pm
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Although, not many of us are using all these theoretical composition methods, but this article provides some nice aspect,

http://www.diagonaalmethode.nl/


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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:04 pm
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:04 pm
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LOTS of tests:

http://www.cameratest.ru/

There's the English language choice.

It covers both cameras and lenses, many full size images.


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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:39 am
Post subject: About digital printing
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:39 am
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About printing and print sizes & more: http://bythom.com/printsizes.htm


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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:59 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:59 pm
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Spare some time and click through...

http://masters-of-photography.com/summaries.html


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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:27 pm
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Some very nice charts to download...

http://www.darkroomagic.com/Library/library.htm


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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:11 pm
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submitted by hacksawbob lens cleaning
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/6109/clean.htm[/b]


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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:13 pm
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:13 pm
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submitted by vilva :
At Nikonians JRP FAQs - What film to use
http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/jrp_faq/jrp_faq_what_film/faq_what_film_to_use.html

submitted by napalm:
A couple of links I have bookmarked about films:
http://www.wireheadarts.com/blog10.html < film descriptions (mostly fuji)
flickr film database (photos with film tags)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/546186@N24/
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