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what is your favorite brand of Digital SLR?

is it nikon, canon, rolley, leica, kodak, pentax, ollympus, or something else..

say what you prefer so you choose the certain brand. both advangate and disadvantages.

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My current (and I suppose it's my favorite) brand is Canon DSLR. Part of my job requires me to travel with models and take some stock photos for the company I work for. It took me good 6 months to decide on which brand I should go for. I considered Nikon at first (my father had his and I just had that warm fuzzy nostalgic feeling about it). But the whole point of owning a SLR, rather DSLR, is that you have the unlimited choice to change the lens that is fit for your shooting. It's amazing how Canon advanced on lens technology. Everyone has ultra wide angle lenses. Everyone has telephoto lens that can pick up a foot print on a moon (and yes, we landed on the moon--according to some other thread). But this IS [image stabilizer] technology from Canon is simply AMAZING. Instead of spending $800+ for f/2.8 lens, I can get the similar result with $400 f/3.5 with IS!

 

Canon's DSLR sensor chip is unique, too. Their proprietary invention CMOS sensor is not only highly sensitive to low lights, it also produces less pixel noise than LCD sensor. This is great for your bulb setting exposures for steady night shots or high ISO shots. And the built in processor that combines the whole camera together--DiGiC chip. Canon is the only company that has a cpu, if you will, for the digital camera that is made just for a digital camera.

 

So, let's count... Canon makes their own 50+ lenses, body, sensor, processor chip and own accessories. I don't think Nikon or Sony comes close to that kind of dedication in photo field. I think you get my point...

 

Good luck.

Well, I didn't think of making this topic here, till one of the members asked me how to retrieve full email headers.

I would like to add for Outlook users (perhaps same for Outlook express):

The default setting is "show no header" so right click on the message and select the "options". A new window will open up and read the bottom box titled, "Internet Headers".

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Hello Styx,First of all, I do not know what kind of studio you are referring to. I have to assume that you are looking into a sound studio rather than a video (editing) studio judging by your name. I hope I am making that correctly...And I will also assume that you are looking into the recording (computer system) system first because you will be doing your mastering and mixing in the computer system as well. With this given ideas here it goes:I personally do not believe that "a particular machine will be the best for the job" routine. If it's a music studio I would rather research on the sound card (input hardware) first and then decide on the computer system to match that sound card. Otherwise, you are recording no better than 16bit with 64 wave tables that every one is advertising. Once you have your sound card, you might want to draw your attention to choosing the right speaker system to play back your sound. When you are editing your music and you "think" you are hearing things, chances are it's probably due to poor quality of your sound system. Choose carefully to fit your computer system. Some speakers have unshielded magnets that will destroy your monitor if it's set too close, you know what I mean? Lastly, have what editing/recording software you want to go with. Pick a company that's been around for very long time. It'll set you back more money then you anticipated but it's worth the money when it comes to support and some free upgrades later on. ****I want to take this time to place my thoughts on PCs. With latest advancement of HT technology by intel, it's actually cheaper and easier to multi-task with just one CPU. This means, your software might be tricked into thinking that there are two processors and it'll behave better than thinking that there is only one. HT technology is only available through intel Pentium, and I believe 3.06MHz or above speed.Few hardware suggestions: (this was years ago so use it as a reference)JBL 4208 sound systemAlesis RA-100 Behringer MX series external 8 channel mixerGood luck.

I have a quick question. Is Adobe Photoshop CS ( 8.0 ) worth buying? * LOoks at the rediculous 400$ sign* I mean I know it;s awsome but for building a website is it worth it I mean. See im making my own custom designs so I need to know is CS is really really good.

 

~Fuhrer Darkerr 333

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Perhaps I have not used Photoshop 7x as proficient as possible, however, I do not see major difference between 7x and CS. Although, CS is much more compatible with the newer Adobe Premiere titling (supports mask and layer properties), Adobe Encore (PSD can be imported without flattening the layers), etc. Therefore, is it worth upgrading... I guess if you couldn't do it on 7x before, chances are you probably won't find/do it on CS (like me). But your attention runs towards the entire Adobe suite, especially with Premiere 1.5, you should think about upgrading to CS.

 

*Note on price:

If you or anyone you know who are in high school or university, and you are in US, you can apply for educational discount. I purchased mine for 50% off the retail price PLUS a nice upgrade rebate.

 

Good luck