In this segment Ray demonstrates how to use your digital camera to copy 35mm slides. You will need a macro lens, a slide holder, and a flash. Set up so that your macro lens just covers the image area of the slide. You do this with the focus ring or bellows. You do the final focus adjustment by moving the slide holder. If you use a removable TTL Flash it makes the exposure very simple. Ray suggests that you stop your lens down to f/8. This will make focus less critical and not get into the diffraction limit of your lens. Ray suggests that a six megapixel capture will get all the information contained by 35mm film. You can produce a pdf format slideshow by using the tools in the Creative Suite. You can even add music.

1) Discussion of camera and lenses
- Cannon 5d digital SLR and old Nikon lenses from the 80’s –found in camera swaps and consignment stores
2) Discussion of lighting
3) Discussion of on set work-flow
4) Things to keep in mind for photography miniatures for stop motion animation

The person who submitted this site for review was concerned that it felt too amateur. I don’t think that’s the problem here. The site is well organized, laid out well, and answers the questions someone visiting it might have. I don’t think there is a lot of sense in creating a slick Web site when you have a smaller, lower-key operation that is actually better represented by something homegrown. However, I do think there are some things that could be done to better serve the visitor and to increase traffic to the Web site.
http://www.ex-one.com is an unusual choice for the address of this Web site. I understand how they arrived at this choice, but I don’t think they should stick with it. Domain names are blunt instruments and it’s rarely beneficial to be cute with one. For those trying to find you, and for better search engine listings, I’d consider miramichiaexhibition.com, miramichiagricultural.com, miramichiassociation.com, or something along those lines.
Page titles: You can give each page on your site a title that is displayed in the browser window. It’s also picked up and ready by search engines, so it has a lot of impact on the keywords people can use to find your site. Always, always use page titles.
Overall I think this site functions well when it comes to design. Links are obvious, layout is conducive to ready reading, navigation is consistent. But there is one big thing I would change. On all pages except the home page, I would greatly decrease the size of the MAEA logo and name, to bring content higher up the page. This gets people the info they want faster, and means they don’t have to scroll as much. This is a little change, but it will make the site a lot easier to use!