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Monthly Photo Assignment :: RE: May-June Monthly Assignment - What is it?

Author: OddPrime
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 2:22 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 13

well it does say Macro on the lens, but its no were near 1:1 or anything I would really consider a macro.
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Post Processing, Workflow & Archiving for the Digital Age :: RE: imac or more equipment

Author: Mike Panic
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:35 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 4

20" imac refurb, lightroom and left over buy a lens.
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Post Processing, Workflow & Archiving for the Digital Age :: RE: imac or more equipment

Author: jlcharles
Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:22 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 4

Honestly, I'd worry about the ram more than the processor. And you can buy the ram on the cheap by yourself. And I'm sure, regardless, they are going to scream compared to mine with CS2. (Not a universal binary)
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Post Processing, Workflow & Archiving for the Digital Age :: RE: imac or more equipment

Author: skotbot
Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 6:49 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 4

any reccommendation on the imac?

id probably have to buy it in canada incase i have any problems with it.

the lowest here is 1299$ and next up is $1599 - double the ram and faster processor and better graphics card. I would assume processing large photos through photoshop/photomatix pro could cause some work.

i would save about 300 that could go towards sigma 10-20

hmmm

Post Processing, Workflow & Archiving for the Digital Age :: RE: imac or more equipment

Author: jlcharles
Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 5:48 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 4

Get a 20" imac and with the money left over, get a wide angle. and even better, if you live near a state with no sales tax, you save even more money.

I have a 20" imac and have no problems with the screen size. And you'll also need to get an upgrade for photoshop.
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Post Processing, Workflow & Archiving for the Digital Age :: imac or more equipment

Author: skotbot
Subject: imac or more equipment
Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 4:55 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 4

if u had a choice between an 24" imac or mulitple lenses for your camera what would you think would benefit you more creatively.

I currently have a 15" hp laptop with vista.
i have photoshop cs
however find it hard for processing as I am trying to learn more and more photoshop work.

i really do want a wide angle lens though as well. haha

any ideas?

Post Processing, Workflow & Archiving for the Digital Age :: Stitching in Aperture 2?

Author: DefenseEngineer
Subject: Stitching in Aperture 2?
Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 2:05 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 0

My father recently upgraded to Aperture 2. I personally don't use it as I use CS3 and saw paying for both as overkill.

He is looking for an automated function in Aperture 2 to stitch photographs together into panoramas similar to the photomerge function in CS3. Is there a similar feature in Aperture 2 and if so, where is the feature located?

Thank you for the assistance. Aloha!

Monthly Photo Assignment :: RE: May-June Monthly Assignment - What is it?

Author: ChuckL35
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 10:11 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 13

OddPrime wrote:

I have no macro lens
I feel so inadequate.

time to update your signature, then?

Monthly Photo Assignment :: RE: May-June Monthly Assignment - What is it?

Author: DefenseEngineer
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 1:48 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 13

OddPrime wrote:

I have no macro lens
I feel so inadequate.

Chuckl35 provided a link on how to use a reveresed prime lens as a macro. Additionally, with a high megapixel dSLR, you can always get as close as you can and then crop the image. Just a thought.

Monthly Photo Assignment :: RE: May-June Monthly Assignment - What is it?

Author: TTL Kurtis
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 1:04 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 13

So just do some abstract type stuff then - doesn't HAVE to be macro.
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Monthly Photo Assignment :: RE: May-June Monthly Assignment - What is it?

Author: OddPrime
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:26 am (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 13

I have no macro lens
I feel so inadequate.
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Monthly Photo Assignment :: RE: May-June Monthly Assignment - What is it?

Author: TTL Kurtis
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 3:44 am (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 13

Nobody else has anything yet? This is a fun one, c'mon, get out there and shoot. I'll probably take another stab at the topic later this month if I decide to grab myself a 65mm macro....
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Accessories :: RE: Tripod Recommendations

Author: 602crew
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 10:45 am (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 4

Mikey_C_922 wrote:

ooh, not 5 minutes after a post i found something i kinda like

Bogen Manfrotto 190XPROB 3 Section Aluminum Pro Tripod

I have the 3001pro which i think is just the same thing, just an older version. I like how the newer one can go from vertical to horizontal without having to take apart the center column.

I'd say go for it.
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Accessories :: RE: Tripod Recommendations

Author: OddPrime
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 9:52 am (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 4

I have the promaster series 1 tripod, and its just too damn heavy anymore.

I find myself using it more as a lightstand for my Speedlights than my camera.
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General Photo Discussion :: RE: Mackeydesigns.com Version 5

Author: mackey
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 10:38 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 5

TTL Kurtis wrote:

Nice design, Josh. FYI, on mouseover your top navigation tabs disappear for me. I'm using latest Firefox.

On refresh, they now show up. Might want to use a pre-load on those bad boys. Or use one image with each state in that image stacked on top of eachother (if button is 80px tall, the image will be 240px tall with normal, mouseover, and active states in the image) and use CSS to change the background-position.

Ya, that something i've been working on fixing. I'll probably end up redoing the code to have the images stacked. Kinda lame for now tho.

Thanks for the comments everyone.
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