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photoSIG is a community of photographers and photography enthusiasts, ranging from amateurs to working professionals. photoSIG members who submit photographs are expected to write three critiques for every photo they ask for critiques on . photoSIG is designed to be self-maintaining. The worthiness, or unworthiness, of photos and critiques submitted by users is determined by the user community. Users have the opportunity to comment, favorably or unfavorably, on photos and on critiques submitted by other users. In addition to the editorial control exerted by the community via the rating system, photoSIG itself also attempts to encourage high-quality critiques by only allowing critiques that conform to photoSIG's quality standard to affect a photographer's rating.

Everyone is different with respect to the gear they choose to take a given assignment. But a news photographer typically carries two digital bodies, one with a fast wide zoom and another with a fast tele zoom. A Nikon user might have two Nikon D2h's, a 17-35/2.8 and an 80-200/2.8. This gear covers wide to telephoto with the ability to shoot wide open at f/2.8 throughout the range.

"A big stumbling block for many new camera users is how to figure out how much depth of field a particular image will have it in given the focal length of the lens, the aperture used and the distance to the subject. "