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    WTSell: Lens - Panasonic Panasonic Lumix G X Vario 35-100mm f/2.8 ASPH. POWER O.I.S.

    Advertisement Category: Want To Sell (WTS) Equipment Type: Lens Equipment Brand: Panasonic Equipment Model: Panasonic Lumix G X Vario 35-100mm f/2.8 ASPH. POWER O.I.S. Lens Price (S$): 850 Description: Selling Pana 35-100 f/2.8. In excellent condition. Comes with everything (lens hood...
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    WTSell: Camera - Olympus OMD EM5 Body Silver

    Advertisement Category: Want To Sell (WTS) Equipment Type: Camera Equipment Brand: Olympus Equipment Model: OMD EM5 Body Silver Price (S$): 490 Description: Selling OMD EM5 (first generation, **NOT** Mk II) body only. Silver version. While there is no warranty left, the camera still...
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    WTSell: Lens - Olympus OLYMPUS M. ZUIKO DIGITAL 45mm f1.8 BLACK

    Advertisement Category: Want To Sell (WTS) Equipment Type: Lens Equipment Brand: Olympus Equipment Model: OLYMPUS M. ZUIKO DIGITAL 45mm f1.8 BLACK Price (S$): $290 Description: Brand new in box. Unused. Still has 12 months of warranty. Came with purchase of OM-D body, but I don't need this...
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    WTSell: Lens - Olympus 17mm f1.8 black

    Advertisement Category: Want To Sell (WTS) Equipment Type: Lens Equipment Brand: Olympus Equipment Model: 17mm f1.8 black Price (S$): 580 Description: For sale is a 17mm f1.8 lens, black colour, bought directly from BIC Camera shop in Japan. Only 2 months old. Kept in excellent condition...
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    Recommend shop for notebook repair

    Rather than sending my out-of-warranty notebook back to vendor, I am looking for generic repair shops that will do generic notebook repairs. I've an old Sony VAIO that has refused to charge up the battery. Does anyone have any experiences or recommendations of repair shops?
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    Add page numbers to thread titles

    When listing threads, can page numbers be automatically added, so that the reader can jump straight away to the last page to read the latest message, rather than going from page 1 to 2 to 3 to...
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    How unhealthy is chicken rice?

    Health fanatics only: How many calories and how many grams of fat are in a typical plate of hainan chicken rice? I hope I am not killing myself by eating it for lunch everyday!
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    Camera Factories in Singapore?

    Just curious, are there any camera factories in Singapore? Would be nice to go through the lens and CCD assembly lines... seeing how they are being manufactured, etc.
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    Rule of Thirds?

    Does the rule of thirds have a more "scientific" explanation to it, or is it just simply aesthetics? Just trying to rationalize "art", to get the left brain to talk to the right brain...
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    Why is 18% gray mid-tone?

    Dear experts, Why is 18% gray the min-tone? If I use the standard assumption that films see a 5-stop range of tones, i.e., ranging from 0, x, 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 1,where x is then 1/32, then the mid-tone is at 4x which gives 12.5%?? :dunno:
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    Colour Temperature of Non-Blackbodies

    While answering another thead on the colour temperature of halogen lamps, I thought about this question that I have no answer to: How do you define a colour temperature for a light source that is not a blackbody, e.g., a street lamp or a tungsten bulb? Or, don't tell me, street lamps and...
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    Longevity of a CCD

    Does anyone know how long a CCD can last? Obviously, being a photosensitive device, it does not last forever and its ability to collect photons deterioriate with time. So, for a consumer level camera such as the Powershots or Coolpix's, how long do you think the CCD will last, before images...
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    Resolution of Newspaper Photographs

    Here's a question that I have been wondering for quite some time: Just for fun, can anyone estimate the resolution of newspaper photographs? In other words, what is the resolution (in, say, dpi) of the newspaper printing process?
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    Why a pentaprism?

    Dear SLR experts: The placement of a pentaprism together with a reflex mirror in an SLR allows through-the-lens viewing. However, why not have two mirrors? i.e., replace the pentaprism with another mirror that is fixed at such an angle that it reflects light from the lower reflex mirror...
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    Diffraction Stars and Ghost Images

    Dear ClubSNAP experts: When photographing point sources of light (e.g., street lamps) at small apertures, I notice that they become 10-pointed diffraction stars. I sort of understand that this is due to the point source of light being diffracted by the corners of the aperture blades. This...