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How-To Photograph, Shop and Edit Tips Round-Up

Canon Hack Developers KitI came across CHDK last summer and am starting to work with it. This is an add on to the Canon digital cameras that uses the camera's processor to extend the camera's capabilities. I am interested in CHDK for two reasons, the first is it allows...

Tags: camera, CHDK

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

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MIT students snap space photos of the earth with $40 Canon A470

Very CoolOpens some very intriging low cost possibilities for astronomers around the world.Go Beavers!I miss the good old days walking up and down the Infinite Corridor.RE: MIT students snap space photos of the earth with $40 Canon A470Great job! The trip down is a blast!RE: MIT students snap space photos...

Tags: MIT Students, Canon A470, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Canon Inc., photograph, NASA

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Poll: What is your favorite digital camera brand?

Best for the purposeI prefer Nikon DSLRs for their lens compatibility. Canon point and shoots always seem to hit the sweet spot for me. I've a Casio for its innovative high speed (1000 fps) capability -- which could actually become a useful tool with more resolution in future...

Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, camera, Canon Inc., lense, favorite digital camera brand, digital camera brand, digital camera, brand

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Six tips to photographing beautiful sunsets

CompositionThe biggest problem I see with amateurs' sunset photos is composition. They stick the sun right in the middle which usually makes for an extremely boring image.Along with that, horizons are often crooked. A good starting point is to follow the Rule of Thirds Google it.Most important stepI recently stumbled...

Tags: HDR, beautiful sunset, sunset, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-09-22