Phil Rose

Having a used, old(er) model as a backup would minimize that. In fact, often a good reason to keep rather than to sell one's previous camera. Warranty seems to me to be of little comfort when one...

I( just realized that I had a usable sequence of several shots of the rainbow (2 preceeding the one I posted earlier). I did a bit more editing for exposure and color balance. In the first two...

...enough. I was a passenger in my son's car last weekend and happened to look up--I don't know why--and noticed a pronounced circular rainbbow. I had my E-3 with the Zuiko 14-54 mm lens handy, so...

Look again at that label...that's the range of *voltage* that the charger will be able to use. So no transformer needed!   It probably also states 50/60 cycles. Your other charger should state the...

You ought to post an example of what you've been doing (or trying to do). Otherwise no one can give you a meaningful tip as to what you've been doing wrong (or not doing enough...or too much)....

It's curious that you start with a raw file, but then do so much of your pp on the jpeg version. Is that your standard procedure? If so...I wonder why? Phil

Nicely done--with the entire body in good focus.I tend to concentrate so intently on getting a dragonfly's eyes in focus that I often fail to notice that DOF has "run out" by segment 10*. And then,...

This White Admiral butterfly was very attracted to my bicycle's handlebar to which it repeatedly returned. The bike had just been brought up from the basement where I do a lot of woodworking. So a...

In response to the specific question posed by the OP: I believe that special (Olympus E-5) compatibility should not be  of any concern in regard to the software used  for stacking. IMO, the matter...

The disappearance of those BLM-1 equivalents may not matter much since the BLM-5 cells will take their place admirably (although you need to buy the inexpensive BLM-5 charger, too). I've been...

Yes. Makes good sense.And also keep in mind that when a CCFL monitor is used for photography purposes (esp. when printing is involved), the relatively low white-point luminance that will be used...

I do not believe that this is (in general) true--at least not just because a lens is called "macro". All you should expect with a "macro" lens is:a) close-focusing ability andb) flatness of...

All images start out as "raw" data, and sooner or later some kind of "raw file processing" is required to see any image. It seems you're asking if the quality of the raw processing that Oly uses to...

Flexible indeed! The sort of setups you illustrate (using long extension arms) are not known for providing best stability-- because having the camera placed so far off-center tends to negate the...

There have been many threads and  many, many posts about this topic  in this forum.Phil

Haunted by electronic flash?

Just for future reference, those are Torx head (not Allen) screws. But glad to hear you found an alternative solution.Phil

All very nice. I especially liked the backlit butterfly (though I'd have cropped it a bit).Phil

This thread made me recall the only Butterfly Bush I've ever encountered. It is called "Blue Butterfly Bush" (Clerodendrum ugandense), and I encountered it in the Lamberton Conservatory located in...

A free version of that app is available. When I got it (a year ago or so), it was called "My Photos"; but now it appears to be renamed as "Private Photos". It has the same interface as the "Pro"...