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Lighting In portrait photography, what is 'broad' lighting? What is 'short' lighting? What is Rembrandt lighting, and when do I use it? How do I photograph large appliances with glass doors for p...
Fundamentals / Basics What is the “exposure triangle”? What is “ISO” on a digital camera? What is bokeh, exactly? What is “angle of view” in photography? What is a “diffraction limit”? Why do lig...
Specific Suggestion: What do all those cryptic number and letter codes in a lens name mean? I suggest this question be broken up into individual questions per manufacturer, and set up as a bunch o...
Singleton/Canonical Posts These are the highest-valued, often-referenced, no-need-to-rewrite questions and answers. Having the highest vote doesn't necessarily automatically mean the question shou...
Following from the previous related question, Migrate posts in?, and from the site proposal, we have decided to be selective about which questions, or at categories of questions, to import from Pho...
Joby GorillaPod 325 Pros Small — 6.9" × 1.4" Very Lightweight — 2 oz. Flexible legs can wrap around objects Cons The ballhead is friction operated. Can be very jerky when adjusting its posit...
Pedco Ultramount Grip Pros Very small — 7" × 2" folded Lightweight – 3.2 oz. Built-in strap to attach to posts, poles, branches, etc. Cons the Ultramount (ball & socket) pieces are made ...
There was some years ago announcements of new developments in cameras that were able to record the intensity and time lag of light that they detected to be able to view the range topology and refle...
How are the modern instant camera technologies achieved? Is it pigment transfer, laser sensitized paper or what? Are they optical or digital technologies?
Now that this site exists, how do we inspire activity? We've had one post each in Q&A and Gear Recommendations. Are there site-configuration changes that people are waiting for? (If so, just...
No, not on this site (though the option remains open, if it becomes apparent that it'd be useful later on). Have a look at the proposal for this site. The folks there opted while we were hammering...
Will questions and answers from https://photo.stackexchange.com/ or elsewhere be migrated in? If so what is the proposed timeline for the import?
Getting Codidact sites off the ground, absolutely, we should be cross-promoting sites as much as possible. At some later date, when Codidact sites are established and hopefully thriving, we might ...
I am looking for a tripod that I can take hiking/backpacking. Features I would be looking for would be Light and compact. Steady enough to do hour-long time-lapses with. Does not need to be re...
As with much of photography, great technique (and composition) with mediocre gear produces better results than mediocre technique with great gear. The macro lens will probably require the most wor...
I’m fairly active in the moderation queues at Photo-SE; I also have fairly strong opinions on this topic. Where can I buy this particular camera? Is this particular model a good camera? Is this ...
I'm a moderator for Hardware Recommendations on SE, so I have some experience (and some strong opinions...) on this one. Let's go through your suggestions. Where can I buy this particular camera?...
The focus now should be on building the site; we don't yet have much to moderate, after all. The admins (ArtOfCode, Luap42, and I) keep an eye on all sites to take care of administrative requests ...
What is the current situation with moderation? I wasn't sure if we had any moderators or modtools or similar things.
Since this site is going to have a Gear Recommendations category, I would like to know what types of questions would be considered on-topic. These are types I can think of, Where can I buy this ...
I've recently acquired a set of mobile phone camera lenses - the sort that screw into a clip, and clip over the top of your phone's camera. These are the lenses: From left to right, they are (a)...
Should we have a link or a Post in Contests to connect with the Photo Contests in outdoors.codidact.com?
Welcome to the new Codidact Photography & Video community! We're glad you're here and excited to see what you will build in our first "from-scratch" Codidact community. Please ask questions a...
