DiverPam

Hey guys....Need some help with my lens. I am getting ready for a trip and pulled the Tokina 10-17 out of my camera bag to find the zoom gear had come off of the lens.  I had had my housing zoom gear fixed around the lens to keep everything together - do not know if this helped to cause the problem or not.   I could see the inside of my lens.   I put the zoom ring back on - not sure I got it in the right place though around the lens.    It moved okay and did not seem to bind up or anything. Then I tried it on the camera. Takes pics and zooms the full amount, but it seems to have some noise to it when I move the zoom gear on the camera that it did not have before.    

 

Any thoughts?  Is it okay to use like this?  Any idea what might be making that noise now and/or is this a concern?  Should I take the zoom ring back off and try putting it back on again?  Leave it as is?   Do I need to have it in the right place around the lens?  Not sure where to go and what to do right now. HELP wanted please?

 

I am concerned about it being okay since I am getting ready to be in the water for 3 weeks. I leave in 2 weeks.  I went by my local photo shop today and they do not "repair" inner workings as they put it.  So they were not any help to me at all - except to give me a name of a place 4 hours away.  

 

Thanks for any help you have - DiverPam

In the last few days, every time I go to export photos from Lightroom, photoshop also opens with the photo(s) chosen. Any ideas?  I am sure it is something easy, but I cannot seem to find why it is doing this.  I have looked through the export screen and do not find anything on this.  Has not done this before the last week.  

 

Thanks - Pam 

Just saw this post on facebook from Scuba Diving Magazine about an upcoming photo competition. You guys have taught me well... always look over the rules. This looks like an unlimited rights grab forever.

Here is what I found when clicking on the link below which takes you to Scuba Diving Magazine's official site. It is a part of Bonnier Corporation.

"Fabulous Scuba Diving Photo Contest prizes rolling in: How about a 7-night stay for 1 at Utila's Deep Blue Resort? Enter here today: http://bit.ly/X6jRe7 -- Mary Frances. The 2013 Scuba Diving Photo Contest (the “Contest”) is sponsored by Scuba Diving magazine, a publication of Bonnier Corporation (“Sponsor”).

GENERAL RULES & LIMITATIONS: By entering, you represent that: (i) your entry is your own original work; and (ii) you own or have the rights to convey any and all right and title in any material submitted as part of your entry into the Contest. By entering, you grant to Sponsor a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to edit, publish, promote, republish at any time in the future and otherwise use your submission, along with your name and likeness, in any and all media for any purpose, without further permission, notice or compensation (except where prohibited by law)"

FYI - DiverPam

Help...please!! Desktop PC crashed. Had to order new one. Set it up today. After I loaded Lightroom, imported my LR catalog. File names are there along with the file metadata, collection names, key words, etc....but NO pictures available.

What am I doing wrong? How do I get this to work correctly? I am afraid to to locate it with the ? because I cannot see a pic in LR to make sure the files are the same as the ones on my external hard drive.

Any thoughts are welcome. I am sure some of you will say, this is too easy, but remember how tech challenged I am when answering me.

Thanks - DiverPam

Hey guys - I found this shrimp on a night dive in Grand Cayman this year on Sunset Reef. I do not know what kind it is - can someone ID it for me? Plus, the shrimp is transluscent and it looks like it has eggs inside of it. Not sure what that is right behind its eyes. Is that part of the shrimp or has it swallowed something? It was very small and was out in the sandy area of the reef. It had a small hole it would go in and out off. I took these shots with my 105.

Any help welcome. Thanks - DiverPam

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