Comments for www.SpeedLighter.ca

Comment on Technology or you? Try manual focus. by Ron

Ron — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:27:14 +0000

Eh! “screeds” should be “screens”

Comment on Technology or you? Try manual focus. by Ron

Ron — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:25:52 +0000

It’s too bad that when auto-focus was introduced the old split prism focusing screeds were discontinued.
The built in diopter is an improvement though. ‘Coarse you have to make sure it is adjusted to your eye, or you won’t have a clue if the lens is focused or not.

Comment on Lightroom issue by Matt Marsh

Matt Marsh — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:35:52 +0000

Just wondering, what are the dimensions of the logo PNG file? Some rescaling algorithms that do poorly with scale factors near 1 are more-or-less OK with much smaller scale factors, say 0.2. In other words: If you start with a far-too-big PNG (3000x1000px, for example), does it scale down to corner-watermark size acceptably well?

There clearly is a bug; it looks like Adobe admitted this 9 months ago but doesn’t want to fix it on account of breaking existing workflows (but doesn’t every Adobe update break an existing workflow?).

Comment on Camera Setting II by Richard Davies

Richard Davies — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:59:23 +0000

Michael,

what is your opnion about Highlight Tone Priority? should you leave it on or off, and when is the best time to use it? does it only apply affects to JPG or RAW also?

Comment on Last call for…. by Michael Willems

Michael Willems — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:58:10 +0000

Next time then – there will be more!

Comment on Last call for…. by Kimberly Paterson

Kimberly Paterson — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:57:32 +0000

Hi Michael

I Would love to have joined the class but I have to work late! Hopefully there are more classes coming up soon! I will keep an eye on your sight for future dates!

Kimberly

Comment on Hidden worlds by Michael Willems

Michael Willems — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:38:00 +0000

No problem, and a good idea. You will,lose some light and possibly control over focus and metering, so it’s all manual and a tripod.

Comment on Hidden worlds by Matt Marsh

Matt Marsh — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:55:05 +0000

Michael, any thoughts on using extension tubes with a less costly lens (the common 50 f/2 or 70-300 f/4-5.6 for example) for macro work?

Comment on Tiger Direct, II by Michael Willems

Michael Willems — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:05:09 +0000

I am detecting a pattern. Canada Computers it is.

Comment on Tiger Direct, II by Matt Marsh

Matt Marsh — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:10:20 +0000

Wow. Just… wow. I guess if you’re big enough, you can afford to screw over a few percent of your customers. Reminds me of XKCD’s bobcat…

Not trying to be overly commercial here (and I have no affiliation with them) but Canada Computers really does an excellent job… their return policy is “If it’s broken, bring it back and we’ll replace it on the spot for free” and their pricing policy is “if another authorized dealer online or in the same city sells it for less, we’ll match their price”. Their regular prices are usually within 2% of Tiger, Newegg, etc.