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Making the Most of Your Digital Camera
Digital cameras are extremely versatile and more and more software with more and more features are being designed for them every day. Whether you have a top-of-the-range model or a low-end solution, digital cameras can do a million-and-one things.
A great photograph begins when you recognize a great scene or subject. But recognizing a great opportunity isn’t enough to capture it; you also have to be prepared. A large part of being prepared involves understanding your camera well enough to capture what you see.
Tune in this weekend as Ken, Brandon, and Chad discuss the nuances of digital photography and how you can make the most of your camera.
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Original Air Date: Nov 4, 2006
This Week's Links
- Sending Photos via E-mail
- Use the Rule of Thirds
- Flickr - Photo Sharing and Storage
- Picasa - Simple Photo Editing from Google
- Eliminate Noise from Your Digital Photos
- Tips for Buying a Digital Camera
- Digital Camera Reviews
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Optical vs. Digital Zoom: If you’ve ever used the zoom on a film camera, you’ve experienced optical zoom. Digital cameras have introduced another type of zoom, appropriately named digital zoom. Consumers are consistently confused about the differences between the two, and rightfully so. Optical zoom uses the optics (lens) of the camera to bring the subject closer. Digital zoom is not really zoom, in the strictest definition of the term. What digital zoom does is enlarge a portion of the image, thus 'simulating' optical zoom. In other words, the camera crops a portion of the image and then enlarges it back to size. In so doing, you lose image quality.
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