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Quote: Originally Posted by DougAxford In the past 10 days I'm getting inundated with Nigerian junk. Every message is from a different .com site and each message, subject and sender are unique. I haven't had this problem in a long time. I've upped my general blocking as high as I can without risking blocking emails from customers. Anyone else getting this? Any ...

I love the 24-105 as my general use lens. It's a walking around lens, albeit a little bulky. When I was a Nikon user, I had the 28-70, and although it was an excellent lens, it didn't have enough range for me. The 24-105 fulfills 90 percent of my needs. Wish I could afford to buy your 28-70, though, as I know it's an excellent lens.

Yes, I would shoot in RAW mode, unless you have an immediate need for the image, or if you can process the image right away. You will get good backstage flash results with a powerful flash used in bounce mode with a diffuser, so I would suggest the 580EX series of flash. It will appear very top heavy on the 450D, so you might want to consider a flash bracket which converts for horizontal/...

Clearly, the display profile you're winding up with is garbage. There are various possible explanations, including the possibility that your calibrator is defective. Other possibilities include Windows 7 compatibility problems and misuse. Do you have access to alternate hardware to try?

I'll take a stab at some of these. Most pros still use flash meters in the studio. Yes, you can use a grey card, Drew's Color Parrot or whatever you please. I use a Kelvin setting of 5300 deg for everything in my studio but that's my setting, yours will not be the same. Once set, it should remain the same unless you paint the walls or go on location where you get bounce effecting the ...

Hi I new, here, so bare with me. I had a portrait studio thru 2000. The time I closed down my studio(had baby) was just about the time digital was starting to take over. I always shot Medium Format (Mamiya645)as I sold large wall portraits. I'm now wanting to reopen a studio. Since I've been out of the biz, for quite some time, many things have changed. As I'm starting to research ...