A lot of work Misha but very well done. I can just say "thank you" :-)

Sorry, can't explain that all to well but i try: Pan/Tilt head gives you perfect control in all 3 dimensions individually. Changing one doesn't hurt the other two so this is what you want if you're shooting non-moving objects. Poor if your objects are moving. The ball head allows you to change all three dimensions at once. Perfect if action is what you want to get. But if your object isn't moving, it's a lot less comfortable for you will constantly change dimension that should not be changed. Hope you can understand what i try to tell Michelle :) Btw.: Manfrotto is an excellent choice. Heard only praise about them!! Still working with plastic-crap too, dreaming of a carbon-gizzo .. sigh

Thanks to you too!!! :) The horizontally centered version is in the galleries right now. If i find some time this weekend, i'll try it off-centered too. Will post this here .. but before that, i have to repair our cappuccino-machine. Weekend is near and she decides to be on strike (?) :((

Thanks a lot to all of you!! :) I'm very tempted to do it the extreme way Michelle suggests - let's see what happens.

I still think it's a saw. Look beyond that thingie .. all that sawdust ... :)

Excellent choice! Thanks for all your great images Andr Always a pleasure to get a Zulaan-ebot :))

No prob with that size. Would have been bad to cut anything out of this just to keep it smaller. Thanks once again Misha! :)

Wonderfully done Gerhard! (image and dedi!) :-)

If these are not worth to be in the gals, i should not post any images any more. Love both of em!! Tom

They already are there Donald. The Canon EF-S works with the 300D only (not that any 10D-user could miss not being able to use that lens). Thank god it seems Canon gave up their plans of extending that series. sigh By just offering the analog-equivalents they let this problem (of different factors) be solved by the customer. Funny .. even now there are sites online telling us, there is no crop(or multiplying)-factor trying to prove this with images, confusing the people even more. And they are not totally wrong in terms of composing images. Tom :)

It's not really "wrong" especially cause there's no real horizon in this one ... it's just that my eyes immediately find that and i personally don't like this to much. May be, in a stronger angle it would be nicer? That way, one could see, it's intentional and not just an error? But by all means, if you like it as it is, please let it be that way. This things are a matter of personal taste ... and mine doesn't seem to be the best sometimes lol Cheers, Tom

It depends on the size of the ccd / cmos 'chelle. If this device is as small as on the Sony F828 for example, you'll need that 11 mm or even less (i think, the lens on the Sony starts with 7.5 mm to achieve cropped 28 and reaches 200 with just 50). On the 300D 18mm would work as 28 mm on your analog Cam. Thank god i don't need that ... About that digilens-hype .. i just think this is pure marketing. An analog film has (depending on what film u use) up to 25 Megapixels (equivalent) so why should it be necessary to use better lenses to provide light for - let's say 6 Megapixel? Of course, if you are using (simply said) an analog lens on a digital cam, you'll just use the inner part of the lens .. but for the lower resolution this doesn't matter at all. In fact, you'll lose problems with vignetting(?) and use that "sweet spot" as Donald stated .. but what should an even better lens be good for on a digital cam with a sensor that can't use that additional resolution? To me, this looks like the following: through the smaller size of the sensor, they can produce that lenses smaller (in diameter at first) and therefor cheaper. But that's not what the SLR-customer wants to hear so they sell it as "specifically designed" for the same money as analog thus making more profit and of course, people feel better when buying those "special" thingies. That's right what canon admits to have done on the kit-lens. But i may very well be wrong on that ... let's see what that article of you says and what Donald has to offer on that. Sorry .. if this sounds rude, it's just my inability with your language and not intended! @Identguy: have fun with your 300D and be welcome ... if there are questions about your new toy, there are a lot of others here gladly helping! Got yourself a great cam! Tom

Great shot, yep. I'd rotate it a little to the left to remove the tilt it has. Excellent work Chris! :)

hugz into that middle of a swampy nothing. Feeling with you dear wee one and take care not to get lured into that film thingie g. Btw: kitchen are great, be they in the house or outside. As Serious already stated, you could create great things in there .. that as an answer to your final question .. no use in eating anything out of the darkroom ;)

Wonderful shot Donald. Like the final framing best too. Keep it simple ... :) Tom