Thursday, 27 December 2012

7 Tips to Make the Most of Your New Camera

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December 27, 2012
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Welcome to the world of camera nerdery
Maybe you just pulled the wrapping paper from a shiny new DSLR. Or perhaps you used that holiday bonus money to get an interchangeable-lens compact. Regardless, you just upped your camera gear game and for that, we'd like to congratulate you. But, before you can make the most of your new set-up, there are a few steps you'll want to follow. 

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Q. What does it mean to drag the shutter?

A. Dragging the shutter is a flash exposure strategy in which a photographer manually sets a relatively slow shutter speed (usually 1/8 to 1/30 sec, depending on the scene), this technique produces more background detail in a scene than typical automatic flash exposures record. Dragging the shutter is often employed by event photographers in dimly-lit indoor settings with relatively stationary subjects, and it relies on the instantaneous flash burst to freeze a subject sharply. (Without the flash, any subject or camera movement would produce objectionable blur at these shutter speeds.)
With a TTL- dedicated flash system, the camera's meter will automatically produce the correct exposure for the flash-lit foreground subject. To determine what shutter speed to set for the background, meter it and set the shutter about about a stop faster. With brightly lit backgrounds or animated subjects, watch out for ghosting.



 
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Thursday, 20 December 2012

The Best Reader-Submitted Photos of the Year

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Our readers wowed the judges with thousands of great images
From the shores of South Africa to a basement in Lincoln, NE, you, our readers, found beautiful images wherever they lurked. Whether the subject was glamorous and exotic or simply a collection of household items, this year’s submissions impressed our editors enough that we had a very hard time picking our finalists.

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Why are Midrange Apertures Sharper?

Judging by reader mail, there’s still some confusion out there about aperture selection and image sharpness. While smaller apertures (e.g., f/22) produce deeper slices of sharpness from front to back, the central focused-upon subject of your picture will usually always be sharper when captured by an intermediate aperture (e.g., f/8).

Why? Because of diffraction. When light rays strike an object, such as the diaphragm blades of a lens, the rays tend to bend or diffract, an action that adversely affects sharpness. When you set your smallest aperture, a greater percentage of all the light rays transmitted through the lens are diffracted, resulting in a subject that’s relatively fuzzy compared to what’s possible with the less-diffracted rays typical of wider apertures.



 
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Wednesday, 19 December 2012

Olympus E-PL5 and SP-820UZ iHS; Fujifilm T400 and XF1 Reviews

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Olympus PEN E-PL5 Review

Olympus PEN E-PL5 Review

Continuing the Olympus Digital PEN series, the E-PL5 is another great addition to this ever growing line of compact, interchangeable lens cameras. As a mid-range model, the E-PL5 packs in a 16-Megapixel Live MOS imaging sensor, TruePic VI processor, Sensor Shift image stabilization, incredibly fast AF system and a load of creative features and filters to keep this camera well rounded. Its combination of manual controls, creative modes and its iAuto mode allow anyone to shoot in almost any situation with excellent results and as much creativity as you can come up with. Olympus has included a small flash that attaches to the camera in place of a built-in unit... Continue Reading


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