Jeff Peterman

I've noticed that before, too - but in the old days before I always carried a camera. It appears to happen whenever the light goes through some type of aperture, such as the gaps between...

Great! My experience with State Farm has been good - even if insuring camera gear on an "Inland Marine" policy is a little strange. I've never had to file a claim for camera gear, but other here...

Yes, and it is certainly worth the money. I use PSE 8 on my laptop to supplement LR4, and it is a very competent image editor - it can be as good as the full version of PhotoShop for many people (I...

I agree with what others have said about State Farm - my policy (I think it is called "inland marine" - at least it was), covers me against all risks, anywhere in the World, for replacement cost,...

Hmm, there's a flaw in your logic. If the exposure meter was giving the correct exposure at +\/-0, then the image should have been slightly over exposed at +1\/3 and +2\/3. What you results really...

Obviously just trying to get people to reply and defend Canon over a non-existent issue. Well, I'm not going to bother replying! -- Jeff Peterman Any insults, implied anger, bad grammar and...

I loved the idea of RAW+JPG when it was first an option, but in reality I find it just slows the camera and fills the memory card. I now just shoot RAW - I can convert to JPG very quickly/easily...

I'm in the area too (Silver Spring) - other than the main one at the Convention Center in January, which ones did you have in mind? -- Jeff Peterman Any insults, implied anger, bad grammar and...

Having just discussed this in another forum ... Pixel count alone isn't worth much. Here's some math to help: To avoid seeing the individual pixels, the general consensus is that you need 200...

Watch a movie. You'll notice that the subject to camera distance rarely changes within a shot, instead the view switches to different cameras as the subject moves. When the subject/camera distance...

"LOL" The phrase is "lots of laughs", not to be confused with "lots of love", and LOL is an abbreviation used by someone too lazy to write the whole phrase. ;) -- Jeff Peterman Any insults,...

This question comes up pretty often. And many of us ran into the problem and had to track down the solution. Happy to help. -- Jeff Peterman Any insults, implied anger, bad grammar and bad...

With a formatted memory card, set the shot counter to be new (so it starts at 1 each time) and take a shot. Remove the card and change the file name to the highest number you already have (such as...

That sounds fine, but I was wondering how the dynamic range of the D800 and the 5D MKIII really compared - if the D800 is better in the shadows (I don't have the data to say either way), how do...

what you're suggesting is essentially the same as HTP. If you use HTP at ISO1600, the camera will actually shoot at ISO800 and then boost everything but the highlights before saving the file. This...

So much of this depends on the dynamic range of the sensor (including electronics). If you have an 8-bit sensor system, you're not going to be able to recover much from blown highlights or the...

I've thought about having one of my older bodies, a 10D or a 20D, converted, but would really like to have one with Live View so that I can see the same thing as the sensor. Right now, my 40D is...

Darn, I threw mine away thinking it was just an old piece of junk. -- Jeff Peterman Any insults, implied anger, bad grammar and bad spelling, are entirely unintentionalal....

Which conversion are you going to get? I know that there's one that simply removes the IR filter, so the camera sees the normal range plus IR, and another where they replace the IR filter with one...

There are times to use manual exposure, but most of the time, why not just use something like aperture priority auto exposure (where you still have control) and adjust the exposure with exposure...