Photography Weekly Newsletter - Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Top new questions this week: How would a professional have taken this shot? It is less than a month I started photography and find that every day life kind of shooting is one of my interests. So for example here is a shot I took this morning: So I would like to know given ... [photo-critique]   asked by Blake 12 votes answered by Olin Lathrop 9 votes How can I fix the overly-bright background in my landscape photo? I am pretty much a complete newbie to post-processing, since I don't normally post-process my pictures: if I don't like a picture as it is, I consider it a bad picture and discard it. There is, ... [post-processing] [brightness]   asked by fkraiem 10 votes answered by mattdm 8 votes How can I reduce the recycling time between shots when the built-in flash is enabled? I know with external flash we can just use better batteries, but what about the built-in flash? Can we reduce its power or give it an external charger? I use a Nikon D5200. [nikon] [flash]   asked by sino 4 votes answered by Nick Miners 3 votes Does hyperfocal distance only apply to manual focussing? At any given aperture and focal length, I can still focus on something near or something far away by simply touching the lcd on my dslr. Does that mean that because I may not be focussing at the ... [focus] [manual-focus] [hyperfocal-distance]   asked by Dave Lent 3 votes answered by Ornello 3 votes How well will a nonweatherproof Canon Rebel DSLR hold up in the cold and snow? I'm going to Prague for a week and I'll be all day out in the cold and in the snow. I have a Canon 600D and I just discovered that my camera is not weatherproof. Is it safe for my camera? At the ... [canon] [cold] [environmental-dangers] [weather-sealing]   asked by Theaa 3 votes answered by Andy Blankertz 4 votes CCD sensors use a digital shutter. Why don't the more expensive CMOS sensors? This answer mentions that CMOS sensors "cannot" use digital shutters where as CCD sensors can. Even if some models have the ability to, it is certainly typically for CMOS sensors to use mechanical ... [sensor] [shutter] [camera-design] [cmos-image-sensor] [electronic-shutter]   asked by Good Gravy 2 votes answered by Nir 1 vote Is there a way to 'lock' an image's history stack in darktable? Does anyone know if there a way to prevent accidental modification of images in darkroom view once happy with the image? I was working through an image's history stack the other day to see what I ... [darktable]   asked by Ric 2 votes answered by Rmano 0 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: What can be done using a 18-55mm lens? I have a Canon EOS 1000D with 18-55mm kit lens (entry level, as many say). Whenever I go out for a shoot, I always end up feeling handicapped because of the limited zoom range. Most of my friends ... [lens] [kit-lens]   asked by essbeev 41 votes answered by Russell McMahon 49 votes How do I calculate the distance of an object in a photo? If I took a picture of a windmill on the horizon — given that I know the sensor size and the focal length of the lens and other factors to do with the shot — could I calculate how far away an object ... [focal-length] [subject-distance]   asked by Rob 22 votes answered by Matt Grum 24 votes Can you answer this? Canon EOS SL1 - Manual focus stopped working I recently purchased a Canon EOS Rebel DSLR SL1. My 18-55 mm lens shoots amazingly, and I have been using it in auto and manual focus. About a week ago, my manual focus randomly stopped working. The ... [canon] [troubleshooting] [focus] [manual-focus]   asked by Olivia 1 vote

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