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	Getting More From Your Nikon Digital SLR Notes from Tom's Blog Click here. Terms of Endearment Click here for Nikon Lens Nomenclature Click here for a Glossary of Terms from DP Review Your Camera At A Glance (Meeting #1) D40 DP Review Autofocus Rockwell User's Guide D40X DP Review Autofocus Rockwell User's Guide D50 DP Review Autofocus Rockwell User's Guide D60 DP Review Autofocus Rockwell User's Guide D70 DP Review Autofocus Rockwell User's Guide D80 DP Review Autofocus Rockwell User's Guide D90 DP Review Autofocus Rockwell User's Guide D100 DP Review Autofocus Rockwell User's Guide D200 DP Review Autofocus Rockwell User's Guide D300 DP Review Autofocus Rockwell User's Guide D3000 DP Review Autofocus Rockwell User's Guide D3100 DP Review Autofocus Rockwell User's Guide D5000 DP Review Autofocus Rockwell User's Guide D5100 DP Review Autofocus Rockwell User's Guide D7000 DP Review Autofocus Rockwell User's Guide Proper Exposure: Some On-Line References Click here for an explanation of proper exposure using the "bucket o' light" model. Click here for a somewhat more technical explanation. Color Temperature Click here for a link to Jim Altengarten's article "White Balance and Color Temperature in Digital Photography" written for exposure36 Photography. Click here for a color chart showing the relative color temperatures and their related Kelvin temperatures. Steady As She Goes... Click here for (my hero) Joe McNally's take on steady shooting. Click here for more steady shooting tips (Warning: Images of Canon cameras!) UDMA Card Readers: Click here for a link to B&H Photo. Opanda Download Opanda allows you to view the EXIF data which is recorded whenever a digital photo is taken. I also allows you to see the exact shutter actuation number of any given shot. Shutter Actuations Click here to find out how many shutter actuations your camera should deliver before it dies. Photozone Lens Reviews Photozone offers reviews on a variety of lenses, both genuine Nikon and third party lenses. It is probably best to consult this site when comparing the performance of two similar lenses, or deciding whether the Nikon 70-200 2.8 lens is worth the over $2,000.00 price tag. Bob Atkins Lens Reviews Some additional equipment review. Remember, take everything with a grain of salt! Strobist Links I am a great Strobist fan (I even have the coveted OCF refrigerator magnet). Click here for the Main Web Site. Light Modifiers For Built In Flashes Click here for information on the Gary Fong Puffer. See a video by clicking here. Click here for information on the Lumiquest Soft Screen Diffuser. See a video by clicking here. Click here for information on the Kobre Lightscoop. See a video by clicking here. Light Modifiers For Add-On Flashes Click here for information on the Lumiquest 80-20 Pro Max System. Click here for information on the Gary Fong Light Sphere. The Inverse Square Law Click here for one explanation on what it is, and how it affects your artificial light photography (01/01/11). Colored Gels. While the 2 gels that come with the SB-900 are usually adequate, additional gels can be used to provide a closer match between ambient light and your speedlight. Click here for information on the Strobist Collection of color correction gels from Rosco. Check this out...Here's a gel holder specifically for the Rosco/Strobist gels. Hooray! Click here for information on the Lumiquest Compact Gel Holder with color correction gels from Lumiquest. Click here for a video. Click here for information on the Honl Color Correction Filter Kit of color correction gels from Rosco. Speed Strips will be needed unless you want to permanently attach Velcro to your flash. Click for Honl or Lumiquest. Click here for information on the SB600/SB800 color correction gels from Nikon. Click here for some basic information on using gels. Click here for some additional information on the Nikon Gel Codes (example: FL-G2) (01/01/11) Fundamentals of Location Lighting Click here for the page "Lighting 101: Traveling Light". The are additional links that explain why certain items made the list. Portable Lighting Click here for a tutorial on setting up an umbrella. Click here for information on umbrella selection. Click here for more information on Tom's little umbrella. Click here for more information on the Manfrotto Compact Light Stand Click here for more information on the Adorama Umbrella Holder Click here for more information on the Westcott 43" Optical White Satin Umbrella Click here for an E-Bay link to an inexpensive radio controlled wireless flash. Click here for B&H 33' Universal TTL Off Camera Cord (11/11/10) Click here for Frio Cold Shoe (01/01/11) Using an older electronic flash on your digital SLR? Read this article from Shutterbug Magazine, October 2009. Need To Rent A Lens or Flash? Click here for BorrowLenses.com, located at 1664 Industrial Road, San Carlos, CA 94070. . Problem Solving in the Real World Click here for instructions on how to photograph a LARGE group. A must read. The Nob Hill Gazette is a society paper displaying photos of local celebrities. Wedding Photographer's Shopping Cart Bits and Pieces that make life fun! Click here for e-bay listings for the Nikon AS-10: This allows you to attach a Nikon SB600, SB800, SB900 or an SB-80DX securely to a cold shoe. If you're going to buy the Adorama umbrella holder (see below), you'll get all the necessary hardware. When used as a cold shoe, the Chinese copies are acceptable. However, an alternative called the Frio Cold Shoe is now available Click here for more information (01/01/11). Click here for more information on the Adorama Umbrella Holder. Click here for the Zumbrella 36" shoot-through umbrella. Less light is lost when shot through a Zumbrella. Battery Bliss For those of you wondering about the AA batteries in their SB800's and SB900's, you might like this article describing the voltage curves of traditional single-use alkaline vs. NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) rechargeable batteries. Click here. This is an old post referenced by Strobist.com.