Comments on: The 21 Most Popular Photography Posts on DPS in 2009 http://www.digital-photography-school.com/the-21-most-popular-photography-posts-on-dps-in-2009 Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:25:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marilyn Armstrong http://www.digital-photography-school.com/the-21-most-popular-photography-posts-on-dps-in-2009/comment-page-1#comment-202865 Marilyn Armstrong Sun, 21 Aug 2011 04:53:30 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11584#comment-202865 I miss my Powershot A650. It fell. Nothing new can touch it. Wound up buying a DSLR which can't do one bit more than the 650 did except it cost much more and I still am trying to get enough decent glass to do what that one camera used to do. I avoided getting a DSLR for all these years because I didn't want to go back to hauling a pile of lenses and dealing with all that weight, But, I'm back. Sometimes, there are no good choices. To date, to replace the functionality of the A650, I've spent $600 for the camera (Canon T3). $399 for the 85mm lens. $329 for the 35mm lens. The kit lens sucks. and I won't use it. Oh, and another $200 to update PhotoShop so I can use RAW files.And I've barely started. And this isn't counting miscellaneous filters, camera bag, spare battery, etc. ad nauseum. I don't actually feel the T3 is better than the 650, either. Hrrrrumph. I miss my Powershot A650. It fell. Nothing new can touch it. Wound up buying a DSLR which can’t do one bit more than the 650 did except it cost much more and I still am trying to get enough decent glass to do what that one camera used to do. I avoided getting a DSLR for all these years because I didn’t want to go back to hauling a pile of lenses and dealing with all that weight, But, I’m back. Sometimes, there are no good choices. To date, to replace the functionality of the A650, I’ve spent $600 for the camera (Canon T3). $399 for the 85mm lens. $329 for the 35mm lens. The kit lens sucks. and I won’t use it. Oh, and another $200 to update PhotoShop so I can use RAW files.And I’ve barely started. And this isn’t counting miscellaneous filters, camera bag, spare battery, etc. ad nauseum. I don’t actually feel the T3 is better than the 650, either. Hrrrrumph.

]]> By: Richard Schmidt http://www.digital-photography-school.com/the-21-most-popular-photography-posts-on-dps-in-2009/comment-page-1#comment-83579 Richard Schmidt Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:25:29 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11584#comment-83579 I purchased a Tower Camera, 35mm, from Sears 30 plus years ago and it was the greatest camera ever( I now own digital cameras $400 range, but none of them have the features that the Sears had: when I turned the lenses body, one of several wheels, the camera would automatically, manually, adjust other settings; the f stop, etc. Several other parts of the lenses body would turn in other directions by the one wheel I was turning until I reached what I wanted to achieve. Then I would adjust the focus? In any case, the pictures, portraits in particular, would come out PERFECT. What kind of digital camera does this and are they affordable? We lost most everything in Katrina (2005) or house flooded and the two digital cameras purchased since then are not the same, that is, the multi wheel feature. Suggestions please-I would like a digital that can do this at an affordable price-$300 or so. Richard I purchased a Tower Camera, 35mm, from Sears 30 plus years ago and it was the greatest camera ever( I now own digital cameras $400 range, but none of them have the features that the Sears had: when I turned the lenses body, one of several wheels, the camera would automatically, manually, adjust other settings; the f stop, etc. Several other parts of the lenses body would turn in other directions by the one wheel I was turning until I reached what I wanted to achieve. Then I would adjust the focus? In any case, the pictures, portraits in particular, would come out PERFECT. What kind of digital camera does this and are they affordable? We lost most everything in Katrina (2005) or house flooded and the two digital cameras purchased since then are not the same, that is, the multi wheel feature. Suggestions please-I would like a digital that can do this at an affordable price-$300 or so.
Richard

]]> By: Carolyn Dillinger http://www.digital-photography-school.com/the-21-most-popular-photography-posts-on-dps-in-2009/comment-page-1#comment-82753 Carolyn Dillinger Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:33:52 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11584#comment-82753 Darren and Staff, Happy New Year to you and may 2010 bring you the best of everything. Having joined DPS in December 2009, I was delighted to have the information from the previous year made available to me on the start of the next year. Am a 70 yr.old retired teacher and purchased a Nikon D5000 several months ago. You have helped me to learn so much more about Photography; but I have much more to learn also! Keep up the great work and know that I deeply appeciate your time and experience. You make each day of mine a little bit brighter. Darren and Staff,

Happy New Year to you and may 2010 bring you the best of everything. Having joined DPS in December 2009, I was delighted to have the information from the previous year made available to me on the start of the next year. Am a 70 yr.old retired teacher and purchased a Nikon D5000 several months ago. You have helped me to learn so much more about Photography; but I have much more to learn also!
Keep up the great work and know that I deeply appeciate your time and experience. You make each day of mine a little bit brighter.

]]> By: Mark Stone http://www.digital-photography-school.com/the-21-most-popular-photography-posts-on-dps-in-2009/comment-page-1#comment-82687 Mark Stone Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:14:55 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11584#comment-82687 Nice reminder of some of the great resources and articles that can be found on DPS. It was great to browse through and remind myself of the articles that I had already read and great to read the ones that I had missed originally. Nice reminder of some of the great resources and articles that can be found on DPS. It was great to browse through and remind myself of the articles that I had already read and great to read the ones that I had missed originally.

]]> By: Milts http://www.digital-photography-school.com/the-21-most-popular-photography-posts-on-dps-in-2009/comment-page-1#comment-82651 Milts Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:14:51 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11584#comment-82651 Thanks for the round up Darren! DPS is my main resource for tips and inspiration and it gave me the confidence to move into professional photography in 2009. I never tire of reading your daily newsletters or re-reading previous posts such as these so keep up the good work and all the best for 2010! Thanks for the round up Darren! DPS is my main resource for tips and inspiration and it gave me the confidence to move into professional photography in 2009. I never tire of reading your daily newsletters or re-reading previous posts such as these so keep up the good work and all the best for 2010!

]]> By: Doug Pruden http://www.digital-photography-school.com/the-21-most-popular-photography-posts-on-dps-in-2009/comment-page-1#comment-82549 Doug Pruden Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:26:42 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11584#comment-82549 At the risk of stirring up the pot 10 years later, here we go...2010 is NOT the start of the second decade of the 21st century, but rather the last year of the first decade. (there was no year 0). This is the same silliness that we all argued about when 2000 happened. I thought I would start this year off with a little harmless controversy. Happy new year, regardless of the decade! At the risk of stirring up the pot 10 years later, here we go…2010 is NOT the start of the second decade of the 21st century, but rather the last year of the first decade. (there was no year 0). This is the same silliness that we all argued about when 2000 happened. I thought I would start this year off with a little harmless controversy. Happy new year, regardless of the decade!

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