SLR digital camera

[seminolewind]

I have an all in one printer. Pictures I take have these skinny vertical lines thru them. What causes them? It ruins the pics.

 

[NYREDS]

You can get a Nikon D40 for well under your price limit & it's an excellent camera

 

[SterlingAcres]

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I have the same problem. I was told to clean the 'head' of the printer... but I don't know what that is...

Until then, I'm printerless.

 

[Trollkiller]

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They will never fully replace film, just like CDs never fully replaced records. Like records it will only be the purist that buys films.

 

[Trollkiller]

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I have the same problem. I was told to clean the 'head' of the printer... but I don't know what that is...

Until then, I'm printerless.

The head would be the ink cartridge bottom (the part that squirts ink). Most likely you have some dried ink plugging up the jet.

Remove the cartridge and gently clean it with a alcohol dampened Q-tip.

That may or may not cure the problem. My suggestion is any photograph you want to keep, have processed at Walgreen's or Walmart. It is cheaper and better looking.

 

[johnmayersquare]

I have a Nikon D40 and really love it! It is still relatively new to me, so I am still learning here and there, but overall, I really like it.

 

[aiwetir]

noise can be a problem with higher mp as the sensor gets hotter during capture. that's why nikon doesn't make cameras with as many mp as canon. canon only makes them to fit a demand. a demand by people who don't really know that the lenses can't really resolve more than 14 mp in a FULLFRAME sensor let alone a cropped one.

i have had a few film scanners (and still have one), have a question ?

 

[reallemons1]

NYREDS, yea, I am between being tempted to go for the Nikon d 40 now or save more money for the d 60.

I want to be satisfied with the one I get with no regerets that I had waited a little longer for the other. I keep hoping for that really big rediculeously low price sale! Not holding my breath ,well not too long anyways.

Noise....Can someone explain what it is... in simple terms? Thanks!

 

[seminolewind]

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Great! Could you just explain it to me, and if it works well, if you like it. Is it worth buying one? If I buy one, what should I look for?

 

[aiwetir]

heh that was a bit of a rant, but if you google 'digital camera noise' there should be plenty of info on it. it's generally nothing to get too worked up about. noise is simply random signals that get sent into the image either from just random variation and in most cases increase with the temp.

if you do a google image search there are plenty of good examples of noise in a digital image.

a quick search turned this up

noise can be avoided in almost all cases by shooting at the lowest iso (film speed) which of course will make it harder to shoot moving chickens without blur.


a scanner depends on your end use of your photos. you have to make a determination if it's cheaper to pay someone else to scan a few images or buy your own machine because you have a lot of them and want to save money, have the time, and / or want to do it yourself. for casual use finding a scanning service would probably be the best or finding a friend who has a scanner.

when i shoot my 'art' photography i prefer to use film and thus need the scanner. for anything else digital is absolutely the easiest. since digital is more prevalent, i'm guessing that there aren't many low-end or cheap film scanners out there, but even a very good one can be had for about $500. typically the process is pretty simple, put the film/slide in, set some settings and then it puts the file on your computer in a few minutes where you can photoshop (or whatever you have) away.