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(...) I tried using thick white paper tape over my flash...and all I got was a blurry large glare spot where previously I'd been getting a crisp large glare spot. The problem is not so much in the quality of light as it is in the direction. If the (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Thanks! (...) I'm not sure yet, but that's a very good point. Give us some time and we'll try to find a solution for that. Once they're resolved, I believe we're going to send out a confirmation mail. I'm just not sure how we're handling (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.publish)
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If you don't have alternative flash solutions there's a trick, put a small piece a transparent (Scotch) tape over the flash lens, it acts as a little diffuser and cost ~$0.000001. Maybe even a smear of some vaseline on the flash lens would work (I'm (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Hi James - Let me assure you, you won't need to prove it. The issue has been mostly with separating fields for email addresses, in order to easily generate an email list (that's why we finally gave up on holding out to update only subscribers (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.publish)
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Tim, Thank you for the update. Let's hope you can get the first issue(s) out soon. James Wilson Lugnet member #1783 Dallas, TX Bricks Magazine Charter Subscriber (and I can provide the PayPal receipt, if your "database issues" require) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Ah, but that only works if you've got hand-held flashes. Not all cameras have that capability (I know mine doesn't). So, to be more accurate, never use the built-in flash to photograph LEGO bricks. If you can set up a flash source that's not (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Yeah, I'll second that. The GIMP rocks. John -- GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. (URL) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) ^^^^^^ Err, I mean a 48-bit image (16 bits per channel) (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Unless you know what you're doing. In which case: nothing beats flashes -- not even the sun.[1] --Todd [1] Yup, high-power strobe flashes are even brighter than the sun. Try making a 1/1000 second exposure at f/22 or f/32 from sunlight! And (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) I think that's changing. I've seen explicit aperture settings on $400 consumer-grade digital cameras. (...) Every digital camera has the capability to do multiple apertures -- the trick is coaxing the camera into doing what you want if there (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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