http://malektips.com/digital_cameras_help_and_tips.html Hundreds of digital camera and photography tips. Whether you're buying a digital camera or want to learn how to use your digital camera, we've got the digital photography tips to help you! en-us Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:29:33 GMT Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:29:33 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Custom webmaster@envprogramming.com (Andrew Malek) webmaster@envprogramming.com (Andrew Malek) http://malektips.com/graphics/logo_88x30.gif http://malektips.com/digital_cameras_help_and_tips.html 88 30 http://malektips.com/buying-digital-camera-obsolete.html Digital camera buying advice for those afraid that a newer, faster digital camera will always be available.

As a digital camera owner, this scenario likely applies to you. After visiting a digital camera store, talking to friends, reading reviews, or possibly shopping online, at one time you bought what you thought was the perfect digital camera for your needs.

After purchasing this digital camera and using it for a few weeks, you later visited the same store, browsed the same websites, or scanned through the latest issues of those same magazines, and guess what? A newer, 'better', faster, and cheaper digital camera is now available, making your current camera seem 'uncool', agonizingly slow, and obsolete....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:14:24 GMT http://malektips.com/buying-digital-camera-obsolete.html http://malektips.com/brand-name-digital-camera-media.html Should you always purchase brand name media for your digital camera?

Especially in today's troublesome economy, with the high prices of digital cameras, rechargeable batteries, tripods, filters, and other accessories, you might be tempted to save some money by purchasing cheaper, generic digital camera media. And why not? Photos taken with cheaper media should look just the same as those taken with more expensive media, as long as the files get written correctly. Your JPG images will not come out more pixilated, and uncompressed TIFF and RAW files will contain the same information.

However, "saving money" has a few potential downsides: ...

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Wed, 5 Nov 2008 18:02:50 GMT http://malektips.com/brand-name-digital-camera-media.html http://malektips.com/photography-purchase-unlimited-use-fare-cards.html When traveling to a city, don't get stuck paying for subway and bus fares for each trip - consider purchasing unlimited use cards.

During your travels, if you want to really "get around the town", consider purchasing unlimited use fare cards. This way you can take buses, rails, subways, sometimes even ferries, all day long for one flat fee. Without having to worry about driving, you can concentrate on searching for many digital photographic opportunities around town.

Many transit authorities sell such passes, online and/or at larger stations and terminals. Here are a selected four transit authorities in the United States, listed for informational purposes only:...

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:26:30 GMT http://malektips.com/photography-purchase-unlimited-use-fare-cards.html http://malektips.com/secure-digital-sdhc-media.html What is Secure Digital High Capacity media, and can your camera support it?

As mentioned in a previous tip on MalekTips, older cameras may not read higher capacity memory cards.

This is especially true with digital cameras that support SD (Secure Digital) media. For the most part, these memory cards max out at 2 GB, but a newer format, SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) was created, allowing for 8 GB, 16 GB, and higher capacities....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:21:04 GMT http://malektips.com/secure-digital-sdhc-media.html http://malektips.com/digital-camera-purchase-feedback-auction-scams.html If you buy digital cameras at auction, be careful about feedback rating legitimacy.

Planning on purchasing a digital camera via an auction site? Auctions provide great ways for sellers to get rid of older equipment, as well as for buyers to come away with great bargains. "One man's trash is another man's treasure", and a digital camera owner that just purchased a dSLR camera might part with their less-powerful dSLR or prosumer camera for a heavily reduced amount.

When browsing auction sites such as eBay, it's easy to get caught up with the idea of feedback ratings. While no one recommends purchasing items from sellers with many negative feedback ratings, high feedback ratings may not all be legitimate. You may want to familiarize yourself with information from the following sites that explain how feedback ratings can be manipulated:...

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:33:16 GMT http://malektips.com/digital-camera-purchase-feedback-auction-scams.html http://malektips.com/battery-life-long-exposure.html If you need to take photos requiring long exposures, expect your batteries to drain quicker.

Here's another common sense tip - if you plan on taking digital photos requiring long exposures of several seconds or more, expect your batteries to drain faster, so make sure to bring extra.

When might you take longer exposures? Possibilities include:...

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Thu, 2 Oct 2008 18:28:48 GMT http://malektips.com/battery-life-long-exposure.html http://malektips.com/pop-art-photos.html Order Warhol-style, silhouette, and other types of pop art created from your digital photographs.

Although you may not be able to precisely describe what Pop Art means, you've probably seen examples of such work. Whether it was Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans or pictures of Marilyn Monroe, Jasper Johns' US flag, or Roy Lichtenstein's "Drowning Girl", these images make an indelible impression on many viewers.

Several companies exist that let you turn your digital photos into forms of popular art, giving you opportunities to showcase your work in a creative way, either for personal viewing or as a gift....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:03:42 GMT http://malektips.com/pop-art-photos.html http://malektips.com/fake-counterfeit-digital-camera-memory-cards.html Some unscrupulous sellers may sell fake digital camera media cards.

Unfortunately, even if you buy brand-name digital camera memory, you may not always be getting what you think. Especially if you purchase at "too good to be true" prices from unknown sellers, there is a chance that you may be receiving a fake memory card.

Some unscrupulous sellers are creating and/or selling fake, non genuine media cards. Buying one of these cards could subject you to problems including:...

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:45:21 GMT http://malektips.com/fake-counterfeit-digital-camera-memory-cards.html