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January 31, 2012 at 10:10 pm

I’d be interested in this lens. Where can it be viewed. I’m in Dublin City Centre,

cheers

Dave McKane

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January 30, 2012 at 2:40 pm

I fully endorse Paul’s suggestion of using Lightroom, Aperture for Mac users is another option. Right now Lightroom 3 is €153 direct from Adobe.

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July 19, 2011 at 7:06 pm

I’ve put the 50mm Series E on both my D200 and D300 and it works fine on both. I have the 35mm Series E as well and I’ll try that tomorrow to see how it fares,

Dave

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January 13, 2011 at 11:33 pm

We’re hosting a free HDR Free Shoot on Saturday the 29th of January, all are welcome. Registration link is here: http://www.instituteofphotography.ie/freesessions/hdr.htm” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

Dave

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November 28, 2010 at 8:24 pm

I have a loan of the new D7000 to shoot some podcasts on it. I think this is the one you should go for. I think it matches the D300s is all areas (including mirror lockup!!) and is cheaper,

Dave

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October 25, 2010 at 1:33 pm

I was in exactly your situation (D300 + mainly DX lenses) and I too wanted to go full frame for all the reasons you stated.

For me, the 21 megapixels in the 5DII was the deciding factor. 18 months later I’m so glad I did as I find lately that with my 16-35 at the 16 end I’m cropping more than I ever did on a current project on abandoned farmhouses. With 21 megapixels I have such leeway to crop yet maintain sharpness. When a 24 megapixel Nikon that’s not a D3 comes out I might reconsider my position, but only then,

Dave

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October 11, 2010 at 4:19 am

550D
Sigma 10-20
Canon 17-35 f/4
Canon 50mm f/1.8

Then save up some extra money for:
24-70 f/2.8
70-200 f/2.8 IS
(preferably with a 5D Mk II)

Dave

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August 23, 2010 at 9:09 pm

Chris, the Raw version isn’t showing for me. I just get the question mark. The original is showing fine,

Dave

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August 7, 2010 at 1:43 pm

Are the pins bent inside either the card reader or the camera? I’ve seen this problem with students cameras before, if a single pin is bent then pushing the card fully home flattens it. In cases like this data gets corrupted as it’s written to the card,

Dave

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August 4, 2010 at 12:20 pm

We’re doing a lot of one-on-one sessions with Jewelery companies at the moment. We’re training them to shoot and process their own shots and advise on camera and lighting equipment and techniques as well as postprocessing. PM me with your number if you want to chat more,

Dave

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July 13, 2010 at 7:51 pm

We run Beginners Photography Night Courses in Dublin City Centre and in Leopardstown. More details can be found here: http://www.instituteofphotography.ie/courses/improvers.htm” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

Dave

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July 3, 2010 at 11:08 am

Book arrived safe and sound. The pictures are even better on paper. Good luck with the ongoing project. Have you tried any ‘then and now’ shots?

Dave

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June 26, 2010 at 7:09 pm

Lightroom 3 is built on top of Adobe Camera Raw 6.1. This means that the same noise reduction is available in CS5 but interestingly a cut down, but still effective, couple of noise reducing sliders also appear in Elements 8 if it’s updgraded to Adobe Camera Raw 6.1.

If you have CS5 or Elements 8 then you can also use this new noise reduction feature inside Adobe Camera Raw on Jpeg and Tif files. When in Photoshop or Elements:

FOR PC USERS go to “File” then down to “Open As…”. When you choose your jpeg or tif file click on the “Open As” Pop-Up menu and choose “Camera Raw”

FOR MAC USERS go to “File” then down to “Open”. When you choose your jpeg or tif file click on the “Format” Pop-Up menu and choose “Camera Raw”

Now your Jpeg or Tif files are inside of Adobe Camera Raw letting you do many (but not all!!) of the things you can do to a Raw file.

Dave

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June 22, 2010 at 12:44 am

Fantastic series of photos from an era that seems far distant in time. A book of this kind for the year 2035 starts right now. Who’s capturing the Dublin of today in such a methodical manner?

Thanks for sharing. Book is ordered for our student’s library and is on it’s way,

Dave

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June 21, 2010 at 12:22 pm

Digital Photo Professional (DPP) is very good Raw processing software that came with your camera. You can make all the changes you want to the Raw file there and then send it Transfer it directly to Photoshop.

Bear in mind that Picasa is not letting you access the Raw elements of your file. You’re essentially working with the Jpeg preview,

Dave