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Should I buy a DSLR to get started?
I'm really interested in getting into serious or even professional photography. I've read some articles about fundamental concepts like aperture, exposure, ISO sensitivity, etc., and I want to get the feeling of how changing different setting…
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Is it true that shooting in live view mode adds noise to the picture?
I heard from some experienced photographers that shooting in live view mode creates additional noise compared to shooting through the view finder under the same conditions. I assume that while using the live view, the sensor heats up and this causes…
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How do I explain that post-processing is an important step in producing good photos?
Yesterday I shot a few very good pictures, went home and post-processed them. After a few hours, I showed the results to my friends. They told me "you did that with Photoshop", as I which is true, but nothing special: changed saturation and…
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Is there a film scanner that can read the data from APS films and include it in the EXIF metadata?
I've a bunch of APS films that I'd like to scan but all the film scanners I've seen on the market today are 35mm scanners; and whilst some have little carriers to allow you to physically scan APS, none seem to exist that read the metadata or even at…
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Can anything be done to reduce the shutter sound on my SLR?
I know there's lots of talk around here about 'noise' levels in photographs, but what about the actual sound that the shutter makes on an SLR? Is there anyway to silence it a bit, or is it just a reality that we have to deal with?
I currently have a…
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How can I create a map with GPS data from EXIF?
I've been taking photos all over the country last year and now I want to create a map with all the places I've been. Luckily all my photos are geotagged which makes the whole process easier.
The main problem is that I haven't found a program that…
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How does focus work on mobile phone cameras?
How does focusing work on mobile phone cameras?
Aren't their optics simple enough to not have any moving parts whatsoever?
If so, how come most smartphones have an auto-focus, and with various Android releases it always wastes huge amount of time…
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How do the stars in this photo appear without star trails even at a long shutter speed?
I found an image of the night sky taken by James Sainty at http://500px.com/photo/11615131.
It has the following EXIF metadata:
Camera Canon 5D Mk II
Lens Canon 16-35mm L
Focal Length 16mm
Shutter Speed 140 sec
Aperture f/4
ISO/Film 1600
As I know…
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What is so special about ISO 1600?
I have heard many times that to minimize noise, the highest ISO you want to use is ISO 1600, and that no matter what camera or sensor you use, once you have passed this (ISO 1600) threshold, the noise grows exponentially.
Some say this is math, but…
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What surface to use for food photography?
Most of the photography I have been making recently has been for my Cooking.Stackexchange blog posts. I have run into some problems when choosing a surface to put the food on. Maybe somebody can suggest a better idea?
This is what I have used so…
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What exactly is "base ISO" and how do I find what is base ISO on my camera?
If I understood correctly, base ISO is in full stop steps from the lowest possible ISO setting on my camera. For example if the lowest setting on my camera is ISO 100, than the following table would be base ISO:
100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200,…
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How do you protect a camera and lens while photographing in rain or snow?
I've been trying to photograph lightning lately, as we have had some great storms in Colorado. I've had some difficulty getting a good vantage point, however, as almost all of these storms include rain as well. To keep my camera from getting…
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How do I create a "day-night" scene in a photo?
I recently came upon the image below, and more like them on Stephen Wilke's website, and was wondering how the image was made.
It really seems that there would be some form of post processing, but by the seemless flow of the image, it looks like…
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Will stacked ND filters perform as well as a single 10 stop ND filter?
I have the Tiffen 0.9 ND filter which gives me approximately 3f stops reduction. I like to really slow things down and although it's sufficient in low light it just won't do in daylight.
Should I get a pair of 2 more 0.9 ND filters to stack or…
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What are best practices for using Lightroom libraries?
How do you organize your lightroom library (libraries)?
Since I am a casual photographer, I have a single huge library with all my photos in it. Then I create smart collections to be able to find my photos faster.
For instance, I have a smart…
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