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Hmm..
By which I mean that I'm not judgemental, Chris!

Comment by johnriley posted on Wedding changes at 19/01/2008 - 23:00

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If you take on a job to do any social photography then you do it to please those involved and the photographer's feelings don't really come into it. If you have really strong feelings against something just don't take on the job.

By the way, I've deleted the other thread to avoid two discussions runnig at the same time. It splits and confuses the discussion. Don't worry, people will find your post!

Comment by johnriley posted on Wedding changes at 19/01/2008 - 22:52

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The first rule of cleaning lenses is don't. At least, unless absolutely necessary.

Personally I would not use spectacle cleaning wipes because they are impregnated and may have an adverse effect on the lens coatings.

I use the Pentax microfibre cleaning cloth and this seems to be totally satisfactory.

Comment by johnriley posted on lens cleaning at 19/01/2008 - 15:34

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Some cameras do have built-in digital frames, but, as george says, it's really a much better idea to add these on the computer.

Personally I'm not a great fan of digital frames and prefer just a simple white line or black line arounf the image at the most.

Comment by johnriley posted on Adding frames from internet to E40 at 19/01/2008 - 13:24

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Another reason I still hesitate is the weight of the K10D. I tried a friends and found it heavy in comparson to the Ds. Not sure my increasingly arthritic hands can cope with it.
If you wanted to upgrade to get the benefits of SR and dust removal then the K100D Super is very similar to the *istDS.

Comment by johnriley posted on Refurbished cameras. at 20/01/2008 - 10:18

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The *istDS is a very nice design and capable of excellent quality.

Comment by johnriley posted on Refurbished cameras. at 19/01/2008 - 22:53

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It's a good idea but I think for it to work at its best then the subject should be critically sharp.

For this subject that would mean a tripod and smallish aperture, perhaps f16 or so.

Comment by johnriley posted on extreme vignetting at 18/01/2008 - 15:19

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Photoshop 6 was a major leap from 5 and I would suggest at least trying to upgrade to 7. I actually use PS7 quite a lot as it does not require so much memory as CS2 and hence is much faster.

CS2 does have some nice improvements to sharpening and resizing as well as adding in some photo filters.

Comment by johnriley posted on Photoshop upgrade? at 18/01/2008 - 15:15

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It is very accessible in the Fn menu though.

Comment by johnriley posted on K10D...how to change ISO? at 17/01/2008 - 22:04

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All this is very difficult to assess on a forum image, but the differences of different methods do become very important when printing to A3 or larger.

Photoshop resampling is now so good that resampling in stages (although that was usually done when upsizing) is no longer necessary. In fact, it's debateable whether programs such as Genuine Fractals are needed either.

Bicubic Smoother will very effectively upsize in one step.

Bicubic Sharper will maintain sharpness for web application when downsizing.

Bicubic (the only option with PS7) is also very effective anyway, but the newer options are better.

Comment by johnriley posted on Resizing and sharpening at 17/01/2008 - 21:58

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