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My only point on quality control is that Tamron has a set of criteria that it uses when it looks at a newly manufactured lens for it to pass and be sold as a Tamron lens. Promaster may supply a different, less strenuous or complete list of criteria to Tamron it will accept to sell the lens as a...

I think the rebadged issue becomes sticky in that you may have heard that this particular lens may have been a particular manufacturer, but there's nothing stopping them from changing manufacturers as some point to someone else that might be cheaper, etc. So multiple lenses with the same name...

I'd say Tamron and Sigma are for the most part safe brands. Like anything else, even in the Canon line, is lens specific. There are certain lenses that have a bad reputation for quality. So it will come down to which Tamron, Canon, or Sigma lens you are looking at. One of things with the...

Here's mine too.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/caniswolfie

The others have said this in much more detail than I have, but I will add an analogy to the situation you have asked. Think about a normal kitchen oven. What you have asked is similar to asking at what temperature and time should I use on my oven to cook everything perfectly? To further the...

I think also it depends on the ride in question. Some of the rides with boats you may have more to deal with the bobbing boat motion in addition to the forward progress of the ride. Others may be a little smoother ride and you may have an easier time. I haven't tried enough to get shots from...

I'm glad that the person decided to leave and not escalate any further. I hope I don't run into anyone like that on my drive down to Disney. You've earned a vacation from people like that.

If anyone does see while I am there, feel free to come up and say hi. I look like this scary guy on my flickr account. I should print up some of the tags and have them on my gear so people can maybe see who I am.

Here are a few of my night photos: Most of these are sitting up on my flickr

If you have Windows Vista (or if you're adventurous and have Windows XP) you can install the Canon RAW codec from Canon's USA website and you will be able to view RAW files in windows explorer (Thumbnails, etc.) without having to boot up your RAW editing application. Also with the Canon...

What I do with my 40D is I installed the EOS utility from Canon and set it up to copy my photos to folders based on the date taken under the Windows My Pictures folder. When I hook up my camera to the computer using the USB cable and turn it on, it detects the camera and asks to copy the...

Flickr does allow embedding images. If you click on a photo in Flickr, click on the All sizes link on the top of the image and at the bottom of the page is the link to insert into a post.

One of uses I've heard described for Live View is in Macro photography where many people manual focus normally due to light and DOF issues. Since you can take live view and zoom in, it makes it easier to manual focus when doing that type of photography. I think the AF modes in Live view are...

I read the forums here and I also read at another site where Professional, Semi-Pro, and Amateur photographers. Asking for recognition is tame considering the discussions I have read when the usage of photographs is talked about. Why is this sad to ask for recognition? The photographer is not...

If I did have a catastrophic event, having the files at all will be important since it would have to take out both my computer and the external drive. The problem with external drives is having to move them back and forth from the computers to backup and then to the safe place which can cut...

I go with a double headed attack. My offsite backup is an online vendor that does file backup only, not photo sharing. These are places like mozy.com, carbonite.com, Amazon's S3, etc. This is my offsite backup. I also have an external hard drive that I backup my data to as well. That way I...

I hate that wait. And it always seems that it never comes fast enough. I usually send things to my work that way I don't miss the UPS guy and have to sign the little slip they leave behind. There's nothing worse than stepping out for a minute just to miss the guy knocking on the door. I hope...

I'm not suggesting that I do this and I agree that it is stealing and immoral. I giving a rationale why they don't just give back the cash as soon as you return an item and make the customer wait for a check. They are trying to minimize risk of losing money and being taken advantage of, just...

As far as the cash returns requiring a check mailed, I can see why they would do this. I can't explain the other bad service however. How about this situation, I go into a Best Buy and buy a camera with cash. I then return a week later and ask for a refund. What they don't know is the box...

I think I can answer the focus issue. Since you had the camera in the AI Servo mode of focus, the camera is constantly trying to capture focus. AI Servo mode is usually used with subjects that are in constant motion and need focus to track the target. Sometimes if the subjects are not moving...