Recent content by NikkiA

That would be 'direct drive' turntables - although there's really not much that says a belt-drive turntable can't have a variable speed drive other than direct drive is usually more 'accurate' wrt speed, and putting that kind of complexity into a belt-drive system wouldn't make much economical...

The key to both answer is in the 'linear' part of the name, because the tone arm isn't free floating, it can be moved to preset distances on the LP. Hence you can have repeat, skip and other features normally expected of CDs

I'd forgotten that life in general is supposed to be an olympic sport and that we should just cull those that aren't as fortunate. :sorry: edit: Oh, and to answer your question, no, there is no known genetic advantage for africans in running, it's just that they generally gravitate to that as a...

Had a complete flop last year, none of my jalapeños or peppers even germinated. This year, however, the windowsil garden is coming along nicely, the jalapeños rushed out of the soil the fastest, but the peppers (russian GMO bell peppers that are supposed to be the size of a small child's head)...

It should be noted that Northern & Shell are about the only UK media company that has NOT partnered with Creative Access to provide internships for non-white minorities, even the bastions of racism the Daily Mail have non-white only internships via them. Edit: OTOH, Channel 5 *DO* have a...

The 'non-whites only' thing is, as usual, the express misrepresenting the issue. Creative Access is a charitable organisation that *only* deal with helping minorities find jobs in fields that are notoriously difficult for minorities to gain access to. a) They are NOT the only way to get a BBC...

Looks like an old minolta disc-7 to me *shrug*

And it does, amazingly, work a little on that aspect, it would appear that the reflective properties of water aren't equal across the whole spectrum. I wasn't really suggesting it as an alternative to a good CPL - every photographer should have one anyway - just pointing out that it's not...

Technically, there is a way to simulate polarised sky effects in software, someone discovered a method that involves messing about with the blue and red channels of an image that does a fairly good job of mimicing a polariser. It can't bring back blown skies that would have been nice and...

Considering what it is (a cable with a solid-state relay in the middle), it's hideously expensive. But then you're getting the software too, I guess... When I saw the headline my interest was piqued, thought it might be a wireless solution (for which $70 might actually be reasonable), but no.

I think that's the problem... The EXIF doesn't tell us the distance to the subject, but I'm guessing it was around 6', at which point, with f/5.6 you're only going to get a little under an inch of DOF in each direction (about 1/20th of a foot, by my reckoning). The nose is going to be the...

Sure they are... Don't be too surprised when it takes 2 weeks to be delivered and comes with a 23% (~£100) bill from customs.

The E-1 has a 2.0x crop factor, yes? So the lens is 28-108mm equivalent on 35mm, so assuming a 1.5x crop factor for nikon you're looking at 18-70 ish. There's quite a few options for that range including, obviously, the uber-cheap (around £60) 18-70mm 3.5-4.5, although that will lose some...

Bear in mind that #3 is using 'auto' which will essentially take the JPEG settings and apply them to the raw. So it's doing white balance, sharpening, and probably tweaking the vibrance levels. Really it's not doing anything you can't do otherwise in PS, it's just saving you time by doing them...

It was simply the top of the line in the T series, which were the latest and greatest of the FD mount. Some might prefer the AE series for their retro charm. The T90 has the most modern 'canon' feel of the T series, feeling somewhat like a proto-EOS with a more modern style under-finger dial...