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Nancy Kramer |
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www.digitalphotoartistry.com |
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Regular Family Photos |
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Close-ups |
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Fast Moving Scenes like Sports |
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What is Your Desired Maximum Print Size? |
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What Size Camera Do You Want? |
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Megapixels - A Megapixel is One-million pixels |
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It is a
Measurement of the Quality of your Camera’s Image |
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The more Megapixels Your Camera Has the Higher
the Image Quality |
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3 Megapixels = 5 by 7 Maximum Print |
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4 Megapixels = 6 by 9 Maximum Print |
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5 Megapixels = 8 by 10 Maximum Print |
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6 + Megapixels = 11 by 14 Maximum Print |
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Today Most Cameras Are At Least 5 Megapixels |
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Optical Zoom – Based On The Physical lens
Properties. |
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Digital Zoom – Based On Software |
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Total Zoom – Optical Zoom X Digital Zoom |
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The More Optical Zoom a Camera Has the Better. |
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SD, XD, Flash, Sony Memory Stick |
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SD and XD are Smaller and Use Less Energy. |
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Be Sure To Get the Right One For Your Camera |
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512 MB or Larger Recommended |
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Proprietary Rechargeable Battery |
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Gives You More Shooting Time |
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Cannot Replace With Disposable Batteries |
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Rechargeable/Disposable Batteries |
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Example AA Batteries, AAA Batteries |
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Good If You Have No Place To Recharge |
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Preset Scene Settings |
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“Film Speed”/ Shutter Speed Settings |
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Color Balance Settings |
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Shooting Speed – Generally Not As Fast As Film
Cameras |
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Image Stabilization – Good if you have Shaky
Hands |
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Can Take Video Clips |
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Uses A Lot of Memory |
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Audio Annotation of Photos |
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Uses More Memory Than Photos Without Audio. |
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External Hard Drives |
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Easy, Fast Access |
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Can Also Use To Backup Your Computer |
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CDRs |
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Slower Access Than External Hard Drive |
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Hold Much Fewer Pictures |
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DVDRs |
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Hold 7 to 11 Times More Pictures Than CDRs |
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Can Store, Print and Share With Others |
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“Off Site” Storage |
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Broadband Internet Connection Helpful for Upload |
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Examples |
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Free – Flicker and Many Others |
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Subscription - Smugmug |
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Free Software You Can Download |
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Picasa from Google Windows Only |
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Gimp Open Source Software from www.gimp.org |
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Gimp Runs On Other Operating Systems Besides
Windows Like Linux too. |
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Software You Have To Buy |
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Corel Paint Shop Pro has lots of features and is
easy to use. |
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Adobe Photo Shop Elements is a consumer version
of Photo Shop. |
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Adobe Photo Shop is a very expensive,
professional level, advanced, digital imaging program. |
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I will put This Presentation On My Site, Digital
Photo Artistry www.digitalphotoartistry.com Monday |
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Notes