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Oh, yes! These huge 17-55mm and 70-200mm f2.8 lenses do feel great in the hands, and the do take some awful nice pictures

Updated: B/W images can be stunning, and converting digital color images to B/W can produce some surprisingly good results – provided you do it the right way.

Can you really control the urge to browse shop windows, surf B&H, KEH and read the same lens test in a magazine for the umpteenth time? Is there a cure? There just may be...

Even though you can't get to fabulous landscapes, mountains and widestretched plains, you might be able to shoot some 'scapes any way. Cityscapes...

Frames per second or FPS can sell cameras. This seems pretty crazy to me. The average Joe does not need 5 or 8 FPS...

A great and affordable short telephoto potrait lens with excellent image quality for the price. I bought one used, and I love it.

Sometimes you need to go a bit berserk, do the unexpected and surprise yourself by breaking some of the rules

Scanning slides was once the primary way of getting images into computers.

Should you shoot in RAW- or JPG-format? Or TIFF? Or something completely different?

I know very well that the perfect histogram does not exist, but knowing what to aim for can be a great help.

When you start shooting digital, you may also start shooting dozens of thousands of images, and it's easy to be tempted to clean out once in a while. Don't!

An amazing set of specifications for a small lens. Wide zoom range, inner focussing and vibration reduction. But the trees do not grow into the sky...

Why Minolta's way of using the large display on the backside of their DSLR's is such a brillant idea

What defines a professionel photographer and is it something you really want to be?

I always shoot RAW. Because of this I have been introduced to the concept of digital workflow.

The full name of this neat little lens is really AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED. Phew! It's the kit lens to most of us.

I'm still learning to know Nikon's flagship

This concept is a universal composition rule, which should be understood -- at least in part -- by all photographers.

A little something about the person behind this site.

Who's behind and why?

This is a standard medium zoom lens in the not-too-bright end

A standard zoom that came with my 7D. Nice little piece of glass, which I hardly ever use.

My specimen of this little gem is closing in on 10,000 pictures, and has been a very useful and versatile tool

The single best advice I can give with regards to configuring your digital camera is to systematically underexpose all images