What bemused you today?

[rksmith51]

If one ND4 reduces by 3 stops, why does adding another not make it 6 stops   

Because each stop is twice/half as much light as the one on either side? So if you add one more filter you double its effect, adding one stop. Two more would add another, and so on.

Now your just messing with my head  , I'm a simple chap so must go and find some simpler way  to visualise that, but thanks for trying tohelp.

Bob.

[Graham]

Just booked a wedding.  For, err, Sunday.  43 hours from now.  (That's a new record for me BTW)

It's a Sikh wedding with only about 300 people there.  There will be 2 teams of photographers plus probably 3 videographers all covering proceedings.  Plus, err, me.  I've been hired to give a "creative spin" on the day.  Haven't met anybody from either family and haven't spoken to either bride or groom.  I don't even know their names....

This could be interesting.

        Sounds like the ideal gig to me. Seems like you've been employed to go and have fun!
                                         Graham.

[krennon]

Some of you may remember a couple of months ago or so I posted about getting a call purporting to be from Microsoft telling me my computer was infected with a virus.....a telephone version of a 419 scam.....Well today at work it got more ridiculous.....We got a fax version of a 419 allegedly from the son of the ousted ruler of an African nation, apparently he has 60 million USD that is currently locked away in a bank account somewhere and he wanted our company bank account details to be able to transfer the money into and of course we as a company would get a hefty slice of the 60million USD......incredible really....I mean do people really fall for this crap.....if they do then more fool them.....

If you get a phone call e-mail or fax requesting assistance from someone to help unlock an unimaginable sum of money then ignore it 'cos it's a scam and it's 

[Oldboy]

I mean do people really fall for this crap.

Sadly they do, as greed clouds common sense. 

[Alfonso_Frisk]

According to my in box this month I am self employed and doing a roaring trade selling little blue pills     

I'm getting emails from myself telling me so, and even offering to sell some of the blue pills to myself 

Hope the wife and tax man dont find out 

RR
Alf

[rksmith51]

The old saying, "If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is" is so much more relevant these days, I'm amazed at some of the stories\methods the schemers invent and so sad for the few that fall prey to their bogus deals.

Thanks for reminding us Krennon.

[ABERS]

Read an article in yesterday's Observer, apparently photographic Self Portraits are making a come back, with photographers trying to portray their inner selves and conceptualise how they view things as far as they are concerned. Well at least that's what I think it said, it contained so much Bullsh*t about self expression etc.

Haven't we on all the forums we contribute to jumped the gun here. Don't we call them Avatars?

[Graham]

  your absolutly right Alan.
                                      When I took my "SP" I was trying to conceptualise my inner feelings towards photography and life in general.
                                                                               Graham.

[anglefire]

Mines just a picture of me!

On another forum I frequent, its a picture of my car

[ABERS]

Mines just a picture of me!

On another forum I frequent, its a picture of my car

Ah yes, a bad case of schiz-car-phrenia!

[Hybridphotog]

What's bemused me?

Adobe and their bloody format lock. CS3 won't recognise Canon 50D RAW files... so I'll have to update to CS...whatever. Yet, CS3 is the best version that will install on my PC... I can't install any newer.

Sure, Lightroom 3 will load the files, but that runs like treacle on my aging 2GHz processor. I click a function, then sit back and watch the ensuing slideshow. Lightroom 3 is confusing enough, without having to sit and wait for it to respond.

[Jonathan]

Adobe and their bloody format lock. CS3 won't recognise Canon 50D RAW files...

Um, you know that's actually Canon's fault, right?  There's absolutely no reason for them to change the format for the 50D and yet they (and Nikon) always do.

[anglefire]

Either get the standalone Adobe converter to DNG, and then import that into CS3 - or use Breezesystems Downloader Pro, and use the option that converts to DNG as it imports the raw files. http://www.breezesys.com/products.htm

The latter will cost $30 - and you will still need the latest DNG converter - but it does save a step.

And is Windows only.

I've used Downloaded pro for years and find it works for me!

[anglefire]

Oh, Jonathan, I'm sure that Canon/Nikon/Whom ever, will tell you that there is a difference with the latest model.

And it had to be changed because they added feature X,Y or Z.

[Jonathan]

Oh, Jonathan, I'm sure that Canon/Nikon/Whom ever, will tell you that there is a difference with the latest model.

And it had to be changed because they added feature X,Y or Z.

Not if they used an extensible format.  Create a proper file format and "old" software could read the file adequately and new software could get the best out of it.  That's pretty much how XML works.  And DNG