Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted January 9, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted January 9, 2005 As Tim mentioned, there's the beginnings of an FAQ in the Library section. Please post questions you think should be in a FAQ there. Ultimately, I'll re-type up the list of questions more uniformly and then figure out how we should fill in the information and then how to display it. So for now, don't expect answers in the FAQ -- it's under construction. Remember, this is for Freqently Asked Questions so we can stop answering them every month and just refer people to the FAQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Michael Nash Posted January 9, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted January 9, 2005 What are the effects of push and pull processing? How does the skip-bleach process work? Many, many more I'm sure I'll think of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted January 10, 2005 Author Premium Member Share Posted January 10, 2005 What are the effects of push and pull processing?How does the skip-bleach process work? Many, many more I'm sure I'll think of... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You need to post them to the FAQ topic under Library, not here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted January 29, 2005 Author Premium Member Share Posted January 29, 2005 I'm starting a feature soon that runs to mid March. After that, I may tackle the FAQ so keep posting ideas under the Library section (not here.) What I'm thinking of doing is privately asking some regular contributors to help out answering them. So if anyone has some free time right now and wants to email me some answers, I'll store them until I get a chance to work on the FAQ. I'm planning on merging all the answers into one text document, editing it, and then posting it as one big Q&A document. Or actually, maybe a couple of big documents broken down by major subjects. Hopefully that can be key word searchable. I'll probably list whoever answered the question so that if some answer seems rather opinated, at least one can blame them, not me. Or I'll edit the answer to be less controversial. Something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidSloan Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 I don't mind helping out a bit, David. Just PM me some questions whenever, I'll give them a go, and you can edit from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic Case Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 What I'm thinking of doing is privately asking some regular contributors to help out answering them. So if anyone has some free time right now and wants to email me some answers, I'll store them until I get a chance to work on the FAQ. Happy to have a go at a few of the relevant ones, David. Though time is always a limiting factor. Maybe a clue as to what length/detail would be a good recommended "house style" would be useful. Most FAQ documents seem to give one-paragraph answers, but some of the ones suggested here such as Physics and Chemsitry of Film and Lenses (Gurney-Mott Theory, refraction, optics) DI and HD Post Paths HD Costs vs Film Costs etc . . . . . .almost demand a book each. Others would fit well into the one-paragraph framework. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted January 31, 2005 Author Premium Member Share Posted January 31, 2005 Physics and Chemsitry of Film and Lenses (Gurney-Mott Theory, refraction, optics)DI and HD Post Paths HD Costs vs Film Costs etc . . . . . .almost demand a book each. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, there's a difference between what people WANT and what they'll get... I agree that the point of an FAQ is not to be a textbook, or a substitute for one, just to keep us from repeating the answers to the same questions. One of the more annoying things on forums is when someone doesn't want to read a textbook but wants you to explain a subject in detail that would normally take a chapter of a book. That's not the point of a web forum. I'd say that in general, the answers should be no more than a few paragraphs long, enough to give a basic introduction to the subject. Beyond that, you could list some book references or website links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Lamar King IMPOSTOR Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Will it be capable of displaying pictures? I've been working on a "How do I load my K-3?/How do I modify my K-3 so it doesn't scratch?" topic with pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted January 31, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted January 31, 2005 Hi, I don't reallly have the knowledge or experience to contribute much, but if there's any simpler stuff I'd be happy to help out, even if just with formatting/spellchecking etc. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted January 31, 2005 Author Premium Member Share Posted January 31, 2005 Will it be capable of displaying pictures? I've been working on a "How do I load my K-3?/How do I modify my K-3 so it doesn't scratch?" topic with pictures. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A few illustrative pictures would be OK if Tim let's us use his web space for them rather than a link to an outside one. I don't want a link that goes dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Tyler Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 I agree that the point of an FAQ is not to be a textbook, or a substitute for one, just to keep us from repeating the answers to the same questions. Exactly. The FAQ's are answers to frequently asked questions. It will also be possible to edit and expand them down the road, so the first published version of any particular FAQ is not necessarily the 'final' version. Images can be attached to FAQ's and hosted within this forum. If images are attached to a post, they can still be displayed in a post, but it's a little tricky. here's how: - Create a post and attach an image - View the post, and then select to view the attached image - Right-click the image as displayed and select 'properties' - Copy the URL of the image, which will be a cryptic filename generated by the forum - Edit the original post and paste in the image's URL you just copied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeSelinsky Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Just a suggestion... Scott Norwood wrote up a pretty inclusive FAQ for rec.arts.movies.tech (http://www.nyx.net/~snorwood/faq2.txt) I would strongly suggest consulting that FAQ and referencing people to it as well. There are a few others ou there too. If anything they can at least help in outlining an approach to each answer. No purpose in doing work that's already been done. - G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic Case Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 someone doesn't want to read a textbook but wants you to explain a subject in detail that would normally take a chapter of a book.Totally agree, David. Your forbearance in responding to many of these is remarkable! There really are plenty of sources for almost any question, already on the internet. Scott Norwood's faqs is an excellent text which I hadn't seen before. Well spotted, George. Even diagrams in the text, thanks to non-proportional fonts. But it's always worth finding a different viewpoint on things. So a faq here, which includes links to other useful definitions (such as scott's page) would be the best way of gently urging the lazy reader to surf around and get more than one answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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