What is digital camera software, and why do you need it?
Well, if you have a digital camera you are probably someone for whom the rush of instantly seeing the results of your pointing and snapping is the best part of being a photographer. So you’ll love digital camera software, because it is available online, often for free, and can be up and running on your personal computer as fast as you Internet connection can stream it to you.
Types Of Digital Camera Software
What sort of digital camera software is available? Software that will let you turn your digital photos into slide shows viewable on your, or someone else’s computer, with the slides changing at intervals of your choosing. You can put together a slide presentation on any topic for any kind of gathering, suitable for family viewing and enjoyment, school or professional projects, of even to be copied to CDs as unique gifts. How’s that for fun?
Not impressed and not a fan of slide shows? The how about digital camera software which will let you play the artist, taking your digital photos and altering them to your heart’s content? If the focus of your photo is not centered, you can move it; if the background is too distracting you can simplify it; if you are simply tired of looking at an object but like the view behind it, obliterate away! Digital camera software makes you the ruler of your own photographic universe!
You can change the colors of a photo to whatever looks best with your décor; you can add sparkle to water or deepen the shadows to add mystery; you can add effects to make the pictures you too in the morning appear to have aged a hundred years by the afternoon. You can experiment with digital camera software to your heart’s content, and as long as you don’t save your changes, you can get your original photograph back and begin again.
You can take a group photo and, using digital camera software, eliminate all the strangers while enlarging the images of your friends or family members. You can clean up any annoying telephone wires or billboards ruining your otherwise magnificent photographic landscapes.
Photo Recovery Software
Some digital camera software will allow you to impose images from your photographs over other backgrounds so that you can make a record of your fantasy life. Other digital camera software is not designed for altering your photos; it will instead allow you to recover photos which have been deleted from your media card. There is digital camera software which will let you display your photos, in the form of a revolving or bouncing cube with a different picture on each face. You can even add music to the display if you like.
Digital camera software, in other words, will let express your artistic side in as many ways as your imagination permits. Or it will let you package and present your photos to others, or help you recover precious photographs which you thought were gone for good. And it will do almost all of these things with no cost to you!
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Digital-Camera-Software---Fantastic-And-Free/257985
Friday, September 7, 2007
Digital Camera Reviews – Sony Dsc N2, Dsc T100 And Canon Eos 400d
Sony Cyber-shot DSC N2
The Sony DSC N2 is a stylish digital camera with ten mega pixels and a three times optical zoom. The feature that sets the DSC N2 apart from just about all other digital cameras is its large 3" touch LCD screen. This cuts the number of dials and buttons the camera has to an absolute minimum, helping to accentuate its looks and style.
Another feature that adds to the attraction of the camera is the fact it has a manual exposure mode. This allows you to set the shutter speed and aperture you shoot at. This model is probably aimed at the more casual user who still wants the premium picture quality to boast at cocktail parties. There is some debate on wether the CPU, or ‘brain’, of the DSC is any better than the DSC N1, so that the extra megapixels may not be processed in a manner that makes the pictures any better. I would recommend trying one out in the shop before committing yourself to a purchase, and use a price comparison site such as Kelkoo or Shopping.com to compare the prices of the digital cameras.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Sony DSC-T100
The DSC-T100 fits an amazing combination of high-tech features into super-slim dimensions. It has high-resolution 8.1 MP imaging, a powerful 5x optical zoom lens and a huge 3.0" Clear Photo LCD Plus screen that lets you snap and share photos easily. This means that it can zoom in closer to distant objects with better clarity than the majority of the other brands that fit into a pocket. The optical zoom is the best feature of this camera, and would be very useful for images at concerts, wildlife photography or impressive holiday snaps. The size makes it very portable and I would recommend this one over the DSC N2.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Canon EOS 400D
The Canon EOS 400D is the latest member of Canon's extensive range of SLR digital cameras. It is now over three years since Canon released their first entry-level DSLR, the 6 megapixel EOS 300D, which kick-started the whole budget DSLR boom. An entry-level camera, the new Canon 400D has a hard act to follow as it attempts to build on the success of the 300D and 350D models. The 400D closely follows the general design of the 350D, having similar compact proportions to the older model, but it adds some new features to try and remain competitive in what has become a rapidly expanding sector of the photography market. This model is more for the budget professional, perhaps as a useful backup for the main shooter. That said, you can always rely on Canon to bring a functional and competent camera, and the styling of this model would feel at home in any paparazzi’s man-bag.
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Digital-Camera-Reviews---Sony-DSC-N2--DSC-T100-and-Canon-EOS-400D/261712
The Sony DSC N2 is a stylish digital camera with ten mega pixels and a three times optical zoom. The feature that sets the DSC N2 apart from just about all other digital cameras is its large 3" touch LCD screen. This cuts the number of dials and buttons the camera has to an absolute minimum, helping to accentuate its looks and style.
Another feature that adds to the attraction of the camera is the fact it has a manual exposure mode. This allows you to set the shutter speed and aperture you shoot at. This model is probably aimed at the more casual user who still wants the premium picture quality to boast at cocktail parties. There is some debate on wether the CPU, or ‘brain’, of the DSC is any better than the DSC N1, so that the extra megapixels may not be processed in a manner that makes the pictures any better. I would recommend trying one out in the shop before committing yourself to a purchase, and use a price comparison site such as Kelkoo or Shopping.com to compare the prices of the digital cameras.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Sony DSC-T100
The DSC-T100 fits an amazing combination of high-tech features into super-slim dimensions. It has high-resolution 8.1 MP imaging, a powerful 5x optical zoom lens and a huge 3.0" Clear Photo LCD Plus screen that lets you snap and share photos easily. This means that it can zoom in closer to distant objects with better clarity than the majority of the other brands that fit into a pocket. The optical zoom is the best feature of this camera, and would be very useful for images at concerts, wildlife photography or impressive holiday snaps. The size makes it very portable and I would recommend this one over the DSC N2.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Canon EOS 400D
The Canon EOS 400D is the latest member of Canon's extensive range of SLR digital cameras. It is now over three years since Canon released their first entry-level DSLR, the 6 megapixel EOS 300D, which kick-started the whole budget DSLR boom. An entry-level camera, the new Canon 400D has a hard act to follow as it attempts to build on the success of the 300D and 350D models. The 400D closely follows the general design of the 350D, having similar compact proportions to the older model, but it adds some new features to try and remain competitive in what has become a rapidly expanding sector of the photography market. This model is more for the budget professional, perhaps as a useful backup for the main shooter. That said, you can always rely on Canon to bring a functional and competent camera, and the styling of this model would feel at home in any paparazzi’s man-bag.
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Digital-Camera-Reviews---Sony-DSC-N2--DSC-T100-and-Canon-EOS-400D/261712
The Digital Camera Usb Cable: How Your Camera And Computer Talk
Perhaps you’ve been a photographer for as long as you can remember, and been messing around in the darkroom almost as long as that. You know how to turn your photos into the sort of prints that you friends want gracing their walls.
But even you could not turn your back on the digital camera revolution. You have always had a bit of a moral dilemma because you know that your dark room chemicals are not the kinds of substances you want in the water supply, and you also know that, in spite of the snob appeal of the 35mm camera, your digital camera just as capable and much more fun. And you’ve learned the magic of digital camera photograph editing software, which lets you duplicate all the darkroom effects you took years to master, in less than an afternoon.
Or perhaps you have not made the leap from 35mm film to digital, and think it all sounds just a little too good to be true. But if someone can persuade you that going digital with your photography is within your non-PC literate capabilities, you’ll give it a try.
The secret to digital photography magic is that you can alter your photos in almost any imaginable fashion once you have them saved on your PC hard drive. Your digital camera will come equipped with a digital camera USB cable which allows you to do just that. If it doesn’t, you can pick one up for less than $5.
How The USB Cable Works
The digital camera USB cable establishes a communications channel between your camera and your PC. When you take photos with your digital camera, instead of being stored on film they are stored in digital form on a memory card, and eventually the memory card will be full. If you want to keep taking pictures you’ll have to get the existing photos off the memory card, and you do it by uploading the photos to you PC.
By putting your photos on your PC you’ll also be able to view them in normal size rather than as the tiny images on your camera’s LCD screen. And once they’re on you PC, you can even print them; your printer will become your surrogate darkroom. You can also use software to turn your favorite photos into a continually running slideshow or make your absolutely favorite photo into wallpaper. But none of it happens without the digital camera USB cable.
Your camera will have included a CD with photo transferring software; all you need do is slide it into your D drive and insert your digital camera USB cable into the USB port at the on your monitor. It should be clearly marked, but if you can’t find it, consult you PC manual. And don’t be surprised, if you have a lot of photos stored on your camera, if you have to recharge your batteries when the upload is finished.
Alternatives To The Digital Camera USB Cable
The battery depletion issue is one which has earned the attention of digital camera makers, and they are working on solutions, including supplying a power cord which will run from your camera to a wall socket. There is also a memory card reading device,; it is installed in the digital camera, copies you photos, and the removed and plugged into your PC’s USB port. The memory reader eliminates the need for a digital camera USB cable completely, and is almost certain to make it obsolete in the not-too-distant future.
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/The-Digital-Camera-USB-Cable--How-Your-Camera-And-Computer-Talk/260589
But even you could not turn your back on the digital camera revolution. You have always had a bit of a moral dilemma because you know that your dark room chemicals are not the kinds of substances you want in the water supply, and you also know that, in spite of the snob appeal of the 35mm camera, your digital camera just as capable and much more fun. And you’ve learned the magic of digital camera photograph editing software, which lets you duplicate all the darkroom effects you took years to master, in less than an afternoon.
Or perhaps you have not made the leap from 35mm film to digital, and think it all sounds just a little too good to be true. But if someone can persuade you that going digital with your photography is within your non-PC literate capabilities, you’ll give it a try.
The secret to digital photography magic is that you can alter your photos in almost any imaginable fashion once you have them saved on your PC hard drive. Your digital camera will come equipped with a digital camera USB cable which allows you to do just that. If it doesn’t, you can pick one up for less than $5.
How The USB Cable Works
The digital camera USB cable establishes a communications channel between your camera and your PC. When you take photos with your digital camera, instead of being stored on film they are stored in digital form on a memory card, and eventually the memory card will be full. If you want to keep taking pictures you’ll have to get the existing photos off the memory card, and you do it by uploading the photos to you PC.
By putting your photos on your PC you’ll also be able to view them in normal size rather than as the tiny images on your camera’s LCD screen. And once they’re on you PC, you can even print them; your printer will become your surrogate darkroom. You can also use software to turn your favorite photos into a continually running slideshow or make your absolutely favorite photo into wallpaper. But none of it happens without the digital camera USB cable.
Your camera will have included a CD with photo transferring software; all you need do is slide it into your D drive and insert your digital camera USB cable into the USB port at the on your monitor. It should be clearly marked, but if you can’t find it, consult you PC manual. And don’t be surprised, if you have a lot of photos stored on your camera, if you have to recharge your batteries when the upload is finished.
Alternatives To The Digital Camera USB Cable
The battery depletion issue is one which has earned the attention of digital camera makers, and they are working on solutions, including supplying a power cord which will run from your camera to a wall socket. There is also a memory card reading device,; it is installed in the digital camera, copies you photos, and the removed and plugged into your PC’s USB port. The memory reader eliminates the need for a digital camera USB cable completely, and is almost certain to make it obsolete in the not-too-distant future.
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/The-Digital-Camera-USB-Cable--How-Your-Camera-And-Computer-Talk/260589
Why You Can’t Find An Waterproof Digital Camera
You’re someone who, given your choice, would grow gills and fins and become a denizen of the deep. You live for those magical snorkeling and scuba excursions, and long to find a way to communicate the beauty of the underwater world to your landlocked friends. So why not treat yourself to a waterproof digital camera? Well, because there isn’t one.
Maybe you can’t buy a waterproof digital camera, but you can buy a waterproof housing for the digital camera you already have, making it safe too transport underwater without any risk its being ruined or your being zapped with an electrical shock. And paying for waterproof housing is certainly a more attractive prospect than paying for a waterproof digital camera.
Housings And Housing Alternatives
The manufacturer of your existing camera, if it is one the major electronics companies, of has probably made a housing to turn it into a waterproof digital camera. But even if you bought a closeout camera from a now defunct manufacturer, or from a no-frills discount camera maker, you still have options.
If you’re thinking,” How hard can it be to make my won waterproof housing?” save yourself some effort and do some Internet research. There are some companies from whom you can purchase a waterproof bag with a plastic window that will make any digital camera a waterproof digital camera.
But don’t, after reading that, think, “Aha!” and grab the nearest lock-top Baggie. There is no food storage bag in the universe capable of holding back the waters of the world’s great oceans, and once your digital camera has been baptized in salt water, its career is over. Even a little water is too much.
Removing Your Underwater Digital Camera
Once you have either the rigid housing or the plastic windowed bag, you’ll need to come up with a strategy for removing your waterproof digital camera from it once you are finished with your underwater excursion. If you open the protective housing or bag while it is still wet, you risk some of the water spilling onto your camera. You’d be far safer to wait for the protective cover to dry, or to speed up the drying process wit a hair dryer on its lowest setting, or canned air, and a towel.
You can never go wrong in buying the best waterproof digital camera housing you can find, simply because less expensive housings may not holdup under the pressure of your deeper dives. And once you’ve had the experience of recording undersea marvels, you’ll almost certainly want to expand the range of your adventures by taking deeper dives.
Coral reefs, tropical fish, dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, and shipwrecks--all of them are lying in wait beneath the sparkling blue waves, and with help from your underwater digital camera, you won’t have to leave a single one or them behind!
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Why-You-Can-t-Find-An-Waterproof-Digital-Camera/270937
Maybe you can’t buy a waterproof digital camera, but you can buy a waterproof housing for the digital camera you already have, making it safe too transport underwater without any risk its being ruined or your being zapped with an electrical shock. And paying for waterproof housing is certainly a more attractive prospect than paying for a waterproof digital camera.
Housings And Housing Alternatives
The manufacturer of your existing camera, if it is one the major electronics companies, of has probably made a housing to turn it into a waterproof digital camera. But even if you bought a closeout camera from a now defunct manufacturer, or from a no-frills discount camera maker, you still have options.
If you’re thinking,” How hard can it be to make my won waterproof housing?” save yourself some effort and do some Internet research. There are some companies from whom you can purchase a waterproof bag with a plastic window that will make any digital camera a waterproof digital camera.
But don’t, after reading that, think, “Aha!” and grab the nearest lock-top Baggie. There is no food storage bag in the universe capable of holding back the waters of the world’s great oceans, and once your digital camera has been baptized in salt water, its career is over. Even a little water is too much.
Removing Your Underwater Digital Camera
Once you have either the rigid housing or the plastic windowed bag, you’ll need to come up with a strategy for removing your waterproof digital camera from it once you are finished with your underwater excursion. If you open the protective housing or bag while it is still wet, you risk some of the water spilling onto your camera. You’d be far safer to wait for the protective cover to dry, or to speed up the drying process wit a hair dryer on its lowest setting, or canned air, and a towel.
You can never go wrong in buying the best waterproof digital camera housing you can find, simply because less expensive housings may not holdup under the pressure of your deeper dives. And once you’ve had the experience of recording undersea marvels, you’ll almost certainly want to expand the range of your adventures by taking deeper dives.
Coral reefs, tropical fish, dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, and shipwrecks--all of them are lying in wait beneath the sparkling blue waves, and with help from your underwater digital camera, you won’t have to leave a single one or them behind!
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Why-You-Can-t-Find-An-Waterproof-Digital-Camera/270937
Digital Camera Binoculars
Many bird watchers are enthusiastic about any new binocular that guarantees the best possible view of birds in the bushes. Although man such promises remain unfulfilled as the conventional binoculars do have some limitations and that is why many bird watchers are not satisfied with the results. The trickiest part is in watching small birds hidden in thick bushes or woods. With any ordinary binocular it would be next to impossible to spot the bird, and hence it is more or less useless in such situations. But the needs of the bird watchers do not go unanswered; at least the new technology is there to help them with what they want. One such new edge product is the digital camera binocular which is precisely what the bird watchers need.
A digital camera binocular is a device that not only exceeds the conventional bird watching binocular with its amazing clarity but also helps to capture and store the image with the help of a high resolution digital camera. Not only that but these binoculars will help you shoot short video with help of the integrated digital camera while you are bird watching or doing similar activity. This is the biggest reason of making this kind of binoculars highly popular among the birdwatchers. The digital camera binoculars not only help you to watch the action up close but also to capture and store it in a digital format wherever necessary.
On size aspects, the digital camera binoculars are bit bulky due to the digital camera if compared to the conventional bird watching binoculars. But with the features it offers, the little bulk is agreed to by the birdwatchers. In the digital camera binoculars the camera is mounted in between the shafts of the binocular eyes. This helps in getting the perfect as I see it, shot while you are bird watching. Most of these digital camera binoculars don’t suffer in binocularity. In fact they have the same zoom options and optical quality that you will find with any of the standard bird watching binocular. On comparing with the standard binoculars the digital camera binoculars are quiet inexpensive with the feature they offer. With the increasing popularity, many binocular manufacturers have started integrating digital cameras onto the binoculars giving the buyer more options to choose from. While you look for a new digital camera binocular, remember to compare it on the features and look for few aspects like video capture options, LCD display, image resolution, objective lens size etc. If budget is a constrain, you can decline the video capture option from your digital camera binocular and go for a still digital image capturer. In all, these binoculars have given a new high to the birdwatchers and have made them launch into the wood more often.
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Digital-Camera-Binoculars/285156
A digital camera binocular is a device that not only exceeds the conventional bird watching binocular with its amazing clarity but also helps to capture and store the image with the help of a high resolution digital camera. Not only that but these binoculars will help you shoot short video with help of the integrated digital camera while you are bird watching or doing similar activity. This is the biggest reason of making this kind of binoculars highly popular among the birdwatchers. The digital camera binoculars not only help you to watch the action up close but also to capture and store it in a digital format wherever necessary.
On size aspects, the digital camera binoculars are bit bulky due to the digital camera if compared to the conventional bird watching binoculars. But with the features it offers, the little bulk is agreed to by the birdwatchers. In the digital camera binoculars the camera is mounted in between the shafts of the binocular eyes. This helps in getting the perfect as I see it, shot while you are bird watching. Most of these digital camera binoculars don’t suffer in binocularity. In fact they have the same zoom options and optical quality that you will find with any of the standard bird watching binocular. On comparing with the standard binoculars the digital camera binoculars are quiet inexpensive with the feature they offer. With the increasing popularity, many binocular manufacturers have started integrating digital cameras onto the binoculars giving the buyer more options to choose from. While you look for a new digital camera binocular, remember to compare it on the features and look for few aspects like video capture options, LCD display, image resolution, objective lens size etc. If budget is a constrain, you can decline the video capture option from your digital camera binocular and go for a still digital image capturer. In all, these binoculars have given a new high to the birdwatchers and have made them launch into the wood more often.
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/Digital-Camera-Binoculars/285156
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