Archive for August, 2008

Aug 28 2008

New Canon 50D

Published by Richard under Commentary, News Item

Canon 50D Digital SLRMy favourite photography store announced advanced ordering of the new Canon 50D. My 40D is less than a year old, and the main reason I bought it is still about the same in the 50D, so I see new reason to upgrade. The 50D does have 15 mega pixels, but I think I can go another year on 10.

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Aug 23 2008

Canon Digital Cameras

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With so many different cameras out there for you to choose from, it might be difficult for you to come to any sort of decision when you’re buying a new camera. But the truth is, whether you prefer an old crank-and-shoot manual camera (which is out of date!), or a new point-and-shoot digital camera, you can’t go far wrong with the new breed of Canon digital cameras.

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Aug 21 2008

Digital Camera – Going Ultra

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Ultra Compact Digital Camera 

Everything is getting smaller these days even the digital camera. Going from compact digital camera to the ultra compact digital camera is not surprising. To the photographer who wants to always have his/her digital camera about them, without the hassle of all the baggage, the ultra compact digital camera is a perfect fit. You can have it in your pocket or purse it is so small. Some boast of sizes at 3.6 x 2.2 x 0.8 inches and around 5oz. in weight. These go anywhere type of digital cameras may cost more than other cameras but the convenience makes up for it.

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Aug 20 2008

Your First Digital Camera

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Best Price for Your Digital Camera

Finding a digital camera best price can be a little difficult at first. However, outlining what you are looking to do with your camera, your level of experience, who it is for, may help determine the digital camera best price you seek. There are places to go like stevesdigicam.com that provides extensive reviews on just about every digital camera available on the market today. Also, do not just settle on one place to shop for the best digital camera price. A good place to go is digitalcamera-hq.com or buy.com.

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Aug 19 2008

Capturing The Creatures Of The Night – Night Photography

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Night photography is a little more difficult than daytime photography in that you have less light sources to use to make sure that the picture is captured properly. You also have the problem of camera shake which will cause your picture to blur. Let us look at a few of these terms in order to understand night photography a little greater.

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Aug 19 2008

Photography Lighting Creates the Mood of a Scene

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Great photographers know about lighting.  These artists use available or artificial lighting to create memorable photographs.  The lighting in a photograph can establish a mood and it can make a photograph more dramatic.  The lighting on a theme can make them seem angelic, or it can make them appear evil.  Natural lighting for photography is different at all hours of the day and at varied times of the year.  The natural photography lighting is varied in the winter and in the summer.  The natural photography lighting is diverse on a showery day and when the sun is shining brightly.

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Aug 09 2008

Why My Photo Quality Printer Gathers Dust

Published by Richard under Equipment

I have a photo quality ink jet printer that can print very good colour photos, up to 8x10, on photo style paper. I was intrigued when a number of well known retailers started offering to print digital photos for less than it costs me for the paper alone.

So, I ordered a group of 4x6 prints from one of them, by uploading the files to their website. If a store that does this is convenient to you, you can pick them up. If not, they will ship them for a small extra charge.

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Aug 07 2008

My New 40D Gets Exercised

Published by Richard under Equipment

I bought a Canon 40D during the winter and finally gave it a good workout this past weekend.

It was the annual church picnic, with several hundred people attending. Highlights of the day for me were the children's races and the volleyball tournament. Lots of sports photography type action to try my 6 frames a second camera on.

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