Recent content by PurdueDood

The "Focal-Length Multiplier Effect" or the "Crop Ratio" as you call it is not dependant on the lens. It's all due to image sensor (CCD) in the body of the camera. The CCD in the particular camera is .6 the size of a 35mm film frame.

Hey, I sound like I'm 15. I broke my camera by doing something stupid. I have poor grammar. I want to lie and make the good folks at Best Buy give me a new camera. I'm going to lie, cheat and steal. I need to get advice on how to lie to Best Buy from my peers. Mostly because I'm not...

Ah, young one, you have learned your first lesson. Your best learnig experiences are from your worst blunders Every great photographer will have their share of screw-ups. You'll forget to charge your batteries, take your lens cap off your Holga, leave your exposure compensation under two...

Sorry, I had to laugh at this.

If you're going to bother with bouncing a flash, why would you use ISO 800 film? If your flash is sufficient you could easily get away with an ISO 100 film. No sense in burning an extra 4$ per roll in film and losing color/adding grain if you're going to use a flash anyway.

I would have to disagree. P&S digital cameras use different size lenses, CCDs and metering than 35mm film cameras. Therefore you will not be able to transfer these settings over to the 2nd camera and expect the same results. Yes, you will have to make sure that you're properly exposed...

Bought the D70... Best pro-sumer DSLR I've had the pleasure of using. The stock lens is one of the greatest stock lenses included with a DSLR kit; they really get you hooked on IF/USM/LDG etc. Though, I must say the 1300$ camera has cost me over 3500$ in the end. Lenses, remotes, flashes...

Congrats! You'll find that the 50mm f1.8 is a GREAT lens. The depth of field at 1.8 is awesome, though the lens is super shart at f4. I just recently purchased the 35-70mm f2.8D, this is a neat japanese glass lens with macro. Don't discount the kit lens 18-70mm for a second, that really is...

I will compose a quick and dirty guide within the next few days. You'll get the first copy. :) -PD

I edited the post with the picture, if you can't see the picture, try to right-click save-as on the link below the picture. Or.... here... http://www.photographology.com/tfp/2134purduedoodmed.jpg -PD

Point-and-shoots accomplish this by using a fixed focus/wide angle lens, like those found in disposable cameras. These cameras are set to focus on an area from ~3ft-Inf by default. I have had a great deal of success with a 28mm f1.8 and 50mm f1.8 on a dSLR. These fast lenses are great, you...

My wife, the photoshop expert helped me out with this, let me know what you think. If you like the work, I can tell you how it's done. -PD http://www.photographology.com/tfp/2134purduedoodmed.jpg (right-click, save as?)

Auto Levels, Auto Color, Auto Contrast, some healing brush and some dodging... -PD

Thats funny... ...I can burst twice as many shots on an ultra card than I can with a regular card. All on a Canon A70. -PD

Since hot/dead pixels are always in the same place.. Go into photoshop and make a mask for all of your photos. The dead-pixels will be assigned a value that is the average of the 8 pixels that surround the dead-pixel. I have it set up for each of my cameras. -PD