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Nikon Updates Capture NX Tutorials
Capture NX is a software from Nikon that comes with a Nikon Digital Camera and helps improve and manage the pictures taken with the camera. The new tutorials include instructions on how to make contact sheets, soft proofs, borderless prints, auto levels contrast, and batch conversion of color profiles. Here is [...]

Acording to PMA, May is the american national Photography Month.
Started by President Ronald Reagan in 1984, the American Photography Celebration was at the beginning a week only (May 7-14), but now it is a full month. You can read intresting historical associations about the date of this “Festival” here.
A simple idea of manifestation is to [...]

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Preparing to Shoot
Honest emotions (tip1) is the expression that best describes what we feel when we look at children. This is what a kid picture should capture. But, just like pets, young kids are most of the time restless and with no patience for a shooting session. Otherwise, why do a shooting session [...]

Canon Powershot A540 adds Shutter and Aperture Priority Modes to the old Canon A530 as well as 6MP instead of 5MP, and continues featuring the 4x optical zoom. Also, it enlarges the LCD screen and a 16:9 widescreen resolution option. Not only that I’m happy to find a compact digital camera with manual functions and [...]

Unlike most og the compact digital cameras on the market (which usually feature 3x optical zoom), this Canon A530 comes with 4x optical zoom. The LCD is smaller than the newer cameras, it lacks the Shutter and Aperture Priority, but, it does have a Manual Mode and other manual controls (like white balance, exposure, metering). [...]

The three basic Metering Styles of digital cameras are: Spot/Partial, Center-weighted, Multi-Zone(Evaluative)/Matrix.
Spot Metering mode focuses on the central part of the viewfinder. Spot metering covers about 1% to 3.5% of the image area, resulting into under/overexposed corners. Partial metering covers a little more - about 9.5%. Sometimes, the lighting conditions may be tricky: [...]

Functions:
• Shooting Modes: Auto, Program, Manual, Movie, Landscape, Portrait, Night Scene, Stitch Assist
• Scene Modes: night snapshot, kids & pets, indoor, foliage, snow, beach, fireworks, underwater
• Movie Mode: 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 20/10 fps, AVI format, with sound, max 2GB, 4 Movie Modes (Compact/Standard/ Color Accent/ Color Swap)
• Effects: vivid colors, sepia, black and white, my colors [...]

Functions:
• Shooting Modes: Auto, Program, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Manual, Movie, Landscape, Portrait, Night Scene, Stitch Assist
• Scene Modes: night snapshot, kids & pets, indoor, foliage, snow, beach, fireworks, underwater
• Movie Mode: 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 30/15 fps, 1GB limit; the 160 x 120 size is fixed at 15 fps (with a 3 minute recording limit); [...]

Nikon Coolpix S9 has a slim, stylish, metal design and fits easy in all pockets. By featuring One-Touch Portrait Button (automatically activates In-Camera Red-Eye Fix and Face-Priority), Face-Priority AF, D-Lighting (improves brightness and details where needed), In-Camera Red-Eye Fix and BBS – Best Shot Selector, Nikon technology improves your photos automatically with no need [...]

Functions:
• Shooting Modes: Auto, Scene Assist (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night Portrait), Scene , Voice Recording, BSS (Best Shot Selector), Exposure BSS
• Scene Modes: Party/Indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dusk/Dawn, Night Landscape, Close up, Museum, Fireworks show, Copy, Back light, Panorama assist
• Movie Mode: 640 x 480, 30 fps, 320 x 240 30/15 fps, 160 x 120, 15 fps with sound [...]