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To photo or not to photo.

Naji Filali 14.05.16, 21:14

Quote: Cursty Kistner 22.10.16, 17:33oh, and most important: if you haven't used Photoshop ever, then don't. Most people use Adobe Lightroom nowadays, it's perfect for editing, unless you really need to cut something out or need a completly new background. With the Lightroom, you can make an average photo into a little masterpiece. Watch 4 or 5 vieos on it and you are started
I cant be agree with you on this! Photoshop can be a better choice for editing photos if someone is comfortable with it. I am using it and totally satisfied for any kind of editing task including removing the background!

Anila Jain 02.03.17, 12:56

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How the Histogram Works

Ken Piros 29.07.15, 01:40

Yes, the histogram is shown in Lightroom.

Ken Piros 18.11.16, 12:13

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Within the frame

Ken Piros 11.02.14, 15:41

Descriptive and helpful +1, :-)

While I think you can use of better frame with bulk exif tool:
http://www.watermark-software.com/exif-editor.html

Well, your photo is very tasty. Like your style.

Bob Proposki 17.05.16, 14:27

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How lose is too lose?

adgshdgjfhjdhsg 24.08.15, 14:57

The crop is to loose in the Flicker image, too much space above the head, but that is my opinion someone else most likely will not agree with me. The bigger question is what is your vision of the shot? When you close your eyes and visualize the image how do you see it? That is your style. Then again what is the difference between a new photographer learning to do the shot per acceptable standards and developing your style?

No clear cut answers.

Ken Piros 25.08.15, 01:05

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Lenses

sabrinaBBG 15.05.14, 15:20

We should be aware of a couple of concepts.
A 35 mm lens for the Nikon 3100 requires a silent wave motor build into the lens in order for the camera to autofocus, hence the -s. Although the D90 was a short lived product, it was actually a great concept since the camera could focus either a lens with a silent wave motor, or use the motor build into the camera. It provided for the greatest set of existing lenses on the market.

What is a 35 mm lens?
A 35 mm lens designed for the D3100 is actually a 50 mm focal length equivalent lens. The camera does not use a full frame sensor. It is a little bit confusing, because the D40, D90, D3100, none of them are full frame cameras. By full frame I imply the 35 mm film equivalent. Therefore a 35 mm focal length is equivalent to 50 mm, which is also equivalent to human vision (what a person sees). This is why a 35 mm lens is preferable. It is a bit confusing because most literature refers to 50 mm, not clearly referencing full frame or 35 mm film.

A short time ago, full frame sensors had 12 Mega pixels, and they cost a lot of money. The problem is that the resolution decreased because the pixels had to be spread over a larger sensor surface area. No real benefit in that.
It is the person that takes great pictures, not the camera!

Holger Findling 08.12.14, 01:55

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Memory Card

mkaye 04.03.14, 21:04

If you can keep a backup of your images in PC then you don't need to worry about formatting or deleting images from your memory card.

Anila Jain 16.07.14, 11:01

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