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Christopher Burkett, born in 1951, surrenders his talent to the world of nature depicting colors and patterns (that his photographic eye sees in woods and landscapes). He joined a Christian religious brotherhood in the early 1970s and, 5 years later, first became interested in photography as a form of spiritual expression. Over the next 20 [...]

Do you feel like needing huge prints? Here’s the most compact 12 megapixels camera in the industry that features Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens, Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization and Face Detection Technology, as well as D-arrange Optimizer. Sony’s Dynamic Range Optimizer can analyse captured image data and instantly determine the best exposure and tonality of [...]

Unlike most of the point-an-shoot digital cameras, Sony Cybershot W90 comes with an optical viewfinder (it’s especially useful when you want to spare some battery life). In less than 2 seconds, the camera is ready to take pictures and will focus very quickly thanks to the Bionz processor. This camera has Face Detection and Optical [...]

The DSC-W80 has a newer interface and look compared to other W series cameras from Sony (it comes in attractive colors of the sleek metal body as well). Also, W80 uses Sony’s new Bionz image processor, which is much faster. The photos have sharp details and accurate colors, noticeable noise only from ISO 800 and [...]

Tip 1 – Foggy Day

Tip 2 Sun rays

Tip 3 – Focus on contrast areas

Tip 4 – The “lonely tree” subject

Tip 5 – Try monochrome or duotone

Tip 6 – Try radial blur and soft spot

Tip 7 – Close up on the leaves

Tip 8 – Details of the roots

Tip 9 – Details of the tree stamp

Tip 10 [...]

Adobe Camera Raw for digital photographers only by Rob Sheppard is extremely informative on a limited aspect of Adobe Photoshop Software: working with RAW file format. Anyone above the level of rank amateur will find this book helpful and it is also is a great book those who are moving from film to digital photography.
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Functions:
• Shooting Modes: Auto, Program Auto, Manual, Scene
• Scene Modes: Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Landscape, Beach, Snow, Fireworks, High Sensitivity, Extra High Sensitivity, Soft Snap
• Movie Mode: 640 x 480 MPEG with sound
• Effects: Natural, Vivid, Sepia, B&W
• Flash Modes: Auto, On, Slow synch, Off, Red-eye reduction
• Focus Modes: 9-point Auto, Macro, Single, Monitoring
• White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent (1, 2, 3), [...]

Functions:
• Shooting Modes: Auto, Program Auto, Manual, Scene
• Scene Modes: Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Landscape, Beach, Snow, High Sensitivity, Soft Snap
• Movie Mode: 640 x 480 MPEG with sound
• Effects: Natural, Vivid, Sepia, B&W
• Flash Modes: Auto, On, Slow synch, Off, Red-eye reduction
• Focus Modes: 9-point Auto, Macro, Single, Monitoring
• White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent (1, 2, 3), Incandescent, Flash WB
• Metering: Multi-pattern, [...]

Functions:
• Shooting Modes: Auto, Program Auto, Manual, Scene
• Scene Modes: Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Landscape, Beach, Snow, High Sensitivity, Soft Snap
• Movie Mode: 640 x 480 MPEG with sound
• Effects: Natural, Vivid, Sepia, B&W
• Flash Modes: Auto, On, Slow synch, Off, Red-eye reduction
• Focus Modes: 9-point Auto, Macro, Single, Monitoring
• White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent (1, 2, 3), Incandescent, Flash WB
• Metering: Multi-pattern, [...]

If you have a camera capable of shooting in RAW format, you are probably familiar with the Adobe Camera Raw and DNG Converter. 4 days ago, Adobe announced the updates for its DNG Converter and Camera Raw applications, supporting Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8 camera (one of my favorite compacts). The updated plug-in is available for the [...]