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Functions:
• Shooting Modes: Auto, Program, Scene
• Scene Modes: Night, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks, Beach/Snow
• Movie Mode: Yes, with sound (mono); 640 x 480, 320 x 240 at 30 or 15 fps
• Effects: Sharpness (Soft, Normal, Vivid), Color (Normal, B&W, Sepia, Negative, Red, Green, Blue, RGB), Highlight, Composite, Photo Frame
• Flash Modes: Auto, Auto [...]

Tamron AF18-250mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II LD Aspherical IF is a Macro Lens that just won the EISA Award (EUROPEAN CONSUMER LENS OF THE YEAR 2007).
Designed for exclusive use with digital SLR cameras equipped with APS-C sized image sensors (compatible with Nikon digital SLR cameras with APS-C -24mm x 16mm or smaller)- image sensors; manual focus [...]

Functions:
• Exposure Modes: Programmed Auto (P) with flexible program, Shutter-Priority Auto (S), Aperture-Priority Auto (A), Manual (M)
• Playback Functions: Full frame, Thumbnail (4 or 9 segments), Zoom, Slide show, Histogram indication, Shooting data, Highlight point display, Auto image rotation
• Flash(pop-up) Modes: Auto mode, Fill-in mode, Slow synchro, Flash OFF mode, Red-eye reduction, Red-eye reduction with [...]

We usually spend allot of money on the camera, lenses, filters, memory cards and batteries, leaving us with the empty pocket most of the time. In this shopping list, the camera bag is probably the last thing. Until the pocket will be full again to finally buy a camera bag, here’s what you can do:
Get [...]

The 3 basic metering styles (Spot Metering, Center-Weight Metering and Multi-zone Metering) are explained in part I of How to use the Metering System of Digital Cameras. In this Video you get a better approach of how to use the metering system on both compact and slr digital cameras.

Tags: spot metering, center-weight metering, [...]

Before looking at the following video, take a read of this article: Focal Length and Aperture Explained for the Photography Novice - Part I.

Tags: lens, focal length, aperture, f number, f stop, depth of field, dof, angle of view, [...]

Functions:
• Shooting Modes: Auto, Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Macro, Continuous, 33 Photo Best Shot Modes and 10 Movie Best Shot Modes
• Movie Mode: MPEG-4, 848 x 480 at 30fps ,640 x 480 at 30fps ,320 x 240 at 15fps
• Flash Modes: Auto, Fill flash, Flash cancel, Soft Flash, Red-Eye reduction
• Metering: Multi-pattern, Center weighted, [...]

Functions:
• Shooting Modes: Program, 41 BEST SHOT modes
• Blur-reduction technologies: Automatically analyzes the velocity and vector of a moving subject and sets the most appropriate ISO sensitivity and shutter speed.
• Anti Shake DSP: reduces blur due to shaky hands and subject movement, using high shutter speeds and high sensitivity settings.
• Movie mode: with electronic camera [...]

Inspirational nature scenes from Asia and other parts of the world. Enjoy.

Tags: landscape photography, nature scenes, nature photography

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Adobe Photoshop CS3 includes a black & white feature that transforms the colored picture into pretty realistic infrared black and white image.
From the Menu Image -> Adjustments -> Black & White (or Alt+Ctrl+Shift+B). In the Black & White Tab select Infrared. Now you can decrease the RED channel even more (and increase the [...]