.. can't argue with that, but it's more than just printing consumption. Some printers are well known for clogging, and a lot of ink can be wasted in you need to clean clogged heads. I have an old HP-7960 that still produces quality prints and ju...
For $700, you can get yourself some pretty good printers. I'd recommend spending some time at photo-i (http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/printers_page.htm). The printer reviews there are very comprehensive, and he doesn't pull any punches (there is...
I almost always have a hood on my lens - it can certainly help re. plain old 'protection' + flare reduction and it rarely 'shows up' in an image (e.g., w/ a WA lens). I don't care about conspicuous, since the only things usually looking at me are ...
Been putz'n with computer graphics (vector & bitmap) for almost 30 years, but strictly an amateur re. photography (I can tweek 'em better than I can take 'em) .. :-) Getting better at the taking part after I retired, though. I don't have many images posted here; for more photos of the Virginia Eastern Shore, check out my website at EasternShoreImaging.com ..