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I was wanting to ask the Architectural Photographers in the forum the different ways they correct for color in both interior and exterior shots.

I learn most of what I do by trial so i’m not sure if my method is the right way but I typically use a 18% grey card for RAW balancing interior shots and manually adjust for color in RAW for sunny exteriors.

So just recently I sold a bunch of my lenses and 7D to trade up to a 5D Mkii and zeiss 50mm f2.0. A couple of weeks later a family called me to do a portrait session. I was a little nervous because my zeiss is manual focus only, and I would be shooting 3 dogs, and a 2, 5, and 6 year old. I did the session and it went great

I thought some of you might be interested in how this went as well as how the lens performed. Zeiss recently started making manual focus lenses in canon and nikon mounts. In the canon version, you have all the usual metering, aperture control, and even focus confirmation. The missing element is autofocus. This zeiss lens is a couple hundred bucks cheaper than canon’s 50mm f/1.2L, and the build quality of the zeiss is far superior (all metal, even the hood, and buttery focus ring), but you do lose some weather sealing, and an f-stop. Most of the reviews state that the sharpness of the zeiss is better than canon’s L, at least in the corners — they may be equivalent in the center.

The manual focus (MF) requirement of the Zeiss lenses was the biggest adjustment after relying on AF for many years. That said, you’d be surprised at how quickly you get accustomed to MF. The first obstacle I ran into was that manually focusing the Zeiss was almost impossible with the stock focus screen on the 7D and 5D. The stock focus screen is optimized for both fast and slow lenses, but if you look through your viewfinder with a 50mm f1.4 lens, you aren’t viewing a DoF of f/1.4 (even with the depth of field preview button on). Instead, the depth of field you’re seeing is only about f/4.0 — this is due to the microprisms embedded in the stock focus screen. So, step 1 was buying canon’s “S” focus screen, optimized for f2.8 and faster lenses. With this screen installed it’s WYSIWYG when you look thru the viewfinder, and manual focusing is a much easier.

My first worry when shooting portraits with the Zeiss was, “how many shots am I going to miss?”. After a bit of practice, the answer for me is “not many”. Even with AF, when shooting kids, you’re going to miss shots. One issue with shooting AF is that you have to rely on a focus point. Previously, I usually set the middle focus point, focused on the eyes, then reframed the shot. The problem with this technique is that you have to move the camera when reframing the shot, and the subject or camera may move throwing off focus in the process.

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Just posted. What do you think of Michael’s views on TTL vs. Manual Flash?

http://www.about-photography.com/2011/1 … ual-flash/

I purchased Lightroom 3 and I am very impressed so far. A question though, does anyone know how to automatically apply lens correction on import?
I have a couple different cameras and the exif data is available on the 5D and 20 D, and I have set a preset to apply
Lens Correction but it simply will not work. I have to go into each pic and enable profile correction. I can apply corrections to multiple pics with Sync Setting once imported.

I have gone thru 2 manuals and various queries thru Adobe but I can’t see where it says that Lens Correction can not be applied – it does say that Develop Presets can be applied on import.

Now let me clarify, I am importing from my hard drive – not the camera. I have not tried importing from the camera/memory card. Would that make a difference?

Successor to the two year old 50D, the EOS 60D offers a number of key highlights, including an 18 megapixel CMOS sensor, 3 inch vari-angle LCD screen, Full HD video capture with manual controls, etc. Just like the 7d and 550D / Rebel T2i models, the EOS 60D offers a choice of 24, 25 or 30fps when recording Full HD video clips, and 50/60fps when shooting at 720p or VGA resolution. Regardless of 1080p or 720p, Canon EOS 60D DSLR records its movies as MOV files using variable bitrates H.264 compression.

To the EOS 60D users who would like to burn EOS 60D Videos to DVD for viewing thru a DVD player hooked-up to your HDTV, you may need to convert EOS 60D MOV video to MPEG-4 compatible with DVD burning tools such as iDVD. Now I will share you the solution about convert EOS 60D Video to iDVD with high speed conversion.

Preparation: Install and launch Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac.
After downloading the converter, install it on your iMac/Macbook and then run it. The software interface will appear in front of you.

Step 1: Pull Canon EOS 60D videos into Brorsoft EOS 60D Converter.
Connect your Canon EOS 60D DSLR with your Mac, copy all the MOV videos in Canon 60D to a file folder. And then click the “Add” button to pull them into the converter. All the video clips will be listed in the imported file field.

Tips: If you want to get only one single editable file, you can use this mac EOS 60D converter’s “merge into one file” feature. Load all of your separate H.264 MOV files to the program; check the box “Merge into one file” on the main interface with only one click.

Step 2: Set the output format as “MPEG-4” compatible with iDVD.
Click the “Format” drop-down list below the imported file field. Then you come to the output format menu, where you can choose a right output format. In the “Common Video” section, select “MPEG-4(*.mp4)” as iDVD friendly format ). Set the output routine in the “Output” box so that you can easily find the converted videos.

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1. after a new installation of XAMPP on Windows XP on two computers this script gets an error:
<?php
for ($i=0; $i<10000; $i++){
$mysqli = new mysqli(‘localhost’,'root’,'admin’);
$mysqli->select_db(‘applicationDevelop’);
$result = $mysqli->query(“SELECT * FROM test”);
echo $i. “<br>”;
$result->close();
$mysqli->close();
}
?>

error:
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Warning: mysqli::mysqli() [function.mysqli-mysqli]: (HY000/2003): Can’t connect to MySQL server on ‘localhost’ (10048) in C:\xampp\htdocs\application\testGetError.php on line 9

2. on another (third) computer we installed Apache/PHP/MySQL manually (instructions here: http://tanguay.info/web/tutorial.php?id … evelopment) and this script always works fine without errors, hence I assume the above error has something to do with the xampp settings somewhere.

3. I can also use my apache on the third computer and use the mysql server on one of the xampp machine and it WORKS which tells me it has nothing to do with the mysql server itself but with the apache settings (Timeout, KeepAlive, mysql.connect_timeout, etc.) but all of these are the same as on the computer that works.

4. I also tried using both mysql.dll and mysqli.dll and both get the same error on those two machines.

Does anybody have any idea which settings in xampp could be causing the connection to fail on even on localhost on heavy loads?

Thanks,

Edward Tanguay
All my projects: http:://www.tanguay.info

I am currently building an “interactive” doc enabling precise localized navigation within a PDF. Just wondering if there is an automated feature in OOo 3.2.1+ allowing 2-way linkage between numbered Footnotes and their referencing counterparts. This option would not only allow a User to click on a numbered reference in order to jump to the relevant numbered Footnote but also allow clicking on the numbered Footnote in order to jump back to the referenced counterpart. I think this feature should exist and be optional via the Cross-reference dialog box, like providing a checkbox enabling or disabling “Mirror linkage” between any cross-referenced objects? Is there such a feature that I missed, or, any easy manual way of achieving this?

, and functions in a Writer doc, but functions half-way when exported to PDF: Clicking on Footnote number (at bottom of page) does not redirect insertion bar to source target.Footnotes] This feature only exists for partially[Solved

Also, is there a feature in OOo 3.2.1+ that allows forcing the cursor to jump in front of any numbered Outline or Header when navigating within a doc via cross-references, anchors, and hyperlinks? It would seem that the cursor (at least in OOo 3.2.1) jumps to the front of the first character of an Outline or Header after the numbering, and regardless of numbering style applied. This becomes problematic with an exported PDF when navigating within a page which size displays bigger than the screen (while using zoom and/or because of screen clutter and accessibility issues, etc.) where numbered Outlines or Headers are fixed inside the page margins. In such a case a User cannot read or access any text or items left of the cursor without having to scroll horizontally towards the left. I think the best option would be to provide, via the Cross-reference or Hyperlink dialog box, a radio button that would allow the cursor either to jump to “Item” (as default) or to “Margin” (page left margin) as an option. Does such a feature exist? Any way of easy manual tinkering?

The Lumix DMC-ZS7 (Also known as DMC-TZ10) is Panasonic‘s range-topping travel-zoom camera. It has a 14.5-megapixel multi-aspect CCD sensor with a maximum image size of 12 megapixels, an extra-sharp 3in 460k monitor with a wide angle of view, optional manual exposure and a built-in GPS receiver for automatic location recording, with a database of over half a million named locations and landmarks worldwide. Besides these, it records video in AVCHD Lite format which is a subset of AVCHD format, in which HD-recording is limited to 720p/30.

However, yet the compatibility between AVCHD Lite and Mac system doesn’t perform quite well, it is not easy to view/read/playback/edit movies in this kind of format on Mac as it requires high configuration to handle Panasonic DMC-TZ10(DMC-ZS7) AVCHD Lite videos. After going to several forums and collecting all the helpful tips, I realize that professional converting software is necessary. In terms of handling the Panasonic AVCHD Lite videos on Mac OS X, I decided to try Brorsoft AVCHD Lite Converter for Mac which helps making the playing/editing easily &smoothly as a result.


So much gratitude overwhelmed me and I can’t wait showing the tutorial that specially written for those who are also stucking with such troubles. If you would like to make Panasonic AVCHD Lite compatible with your Mac, and easily read/play/edit Panasonic DMC-TZ10/DMC-ZS7 720P AVCHD Lite videos on Mac QuickTime Player, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, or Final Cut Express, etc, just follow tutorial below with Brorsoft AVCHD Lite Converter for Mac.

Step 1: Load Panasonic DMC-TZ10 AVCHD Lite footage to the best Panasonic AVCHD Lite Converter for Mac
Download and set up MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac. Run the program as the most easy-to-use Panasonic AVCHD Lite Converter for Mac. Click the “Add” button on the up-left corner of top tool bar, by clicking it or dragging & dropping the video directly you can import the .mod files to the program. Plus, multiple files are allowed to be imported altogether.

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Successor to the two year old 50D, the EOS 60D offers a number of key highlights, including an 18 megapixel CMOS sensor, 3 inch vari-angle LCD screen, Full HD video capture with manual controls, etc. Just like the 7d and 550D / Rebel T2i models, the EOS 60D offers a choice of 24, 25 or 30fps when recording Full HD video clips, and 50/60fps when shooting at 720p or VGA resolution. Regardless of 1080p or 720p, Canon EOS 60D DSLR records its movies as MOV files using variable bitrates H.264 compression.

To the EOS 60D users who would like to burn EOS 60D Videos to DVD for viewing thru a DVD player hooked-up to your HDTV, you may need to convert EOS 60D MOV video to MPEG-4 compatible with DVD burning tools such as iDVD. Now I will share you the solution about convert EOS 60D Video to iDVD with high speed conversion.

Preparation: Install and launch Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac.
After downloading the converter, install it on your iMac/Macbook and then run it. The software interface will appear in front of you.

Step 1: Pull Canon EOS 60D videos into Brorsoft EOS 60D Converter.
Connect your Canon EOS 60D DSLR with your Mac, copy all the MOV videos in Canon 60D to a file folder. And then click the “Add” button to pull them into the converter. All the video clips will be listed in the imported file field.

Tips: If you want to get only one single editable file, you can use this mac EOS 60D converter’s “merge into one file” feature. Load all of your separate H.264 MOV files to the program; check the box “Merge into one file” on the main interface with only one click.

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Hi,

how can I get Subsonic to show me the IP-addresses of anyone streaming/uploading to my server? Also, is there any way people can “register” an account without me setting it up manually? Like when signing up to this forum with a username/password and email.

thanks
kleiner_philip