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“USING YOUR POINT AND SHOOT DIGITAL CAMERA EFFECTIVELY”. Presented by Phil Goff This was the first session of the newly formed Digital Photography Group of the Area 2 Computer Users Group. His session recorded the highest turnout of any SIR Computer User Group meeting to date. Phil's PowerPoint presentation addressed the following main topics: · Which Digital Camera Is Best? All major brands take good pictures. Cheap no-name brands aren’t very good. 3 megapixels is a minimum these days. · Care & Maintenances of Your Camera. Don’t drop it. Have a spare battery. · Critical Settings on Your Camera. Set the date and time. Carry the instruction book. · Set Picture Resolution to Maximum. Purchase a 512mb card or larger. · Most Commonly Used Settings. Phil uses “Auto” 90% of the time. · Taking Fast Action Shots. More expensive cameras have less delay between shots. For a single “fast action shot” press button halfway down to prefocus then press fully to shoot. · Optical and Digital Zoom. Optical zoom is true magnification by your camera lens. · Tips For Good Pictures. Use the viewfinder. Get up close. An interesting accessory is a slave flash activated remotely when your camera flashes. · Common Mistakes. Finger blocking flash. Not checking camera settings. Dead battery. · Printing Options. 1 Print directly from camera. 2 Take memory card to Photo Lab. 3 · Download pictures to your computer. · Downloading Pictures to Your Computer. You may not want to use the software that came with your camera. Give your pictures a base name in place of the default IMG-001 etc. · Following Phil’s Digital Photography Session, Dick Curry (Branch 171) opened a Q&A session. He suggested that Digital Camera shoppers research photography magazines such as PC World in addition to technical magazines Q&A Session by Dick Curry There was a brief discussion about lack of support for Impact Printers nowadays. Dick was asked about the Registry Cleaner that he reviewed previously. He said that it was Registry Supreme (free) and Registry Supreme Pro. The Pro edition is not free but has good functionality. Another source to check are the Utilities available in PC Magazine. He was asked about startup menus that are overloaded with unwanted programs. As he has in the past, he recommended a program called The Ultimate Trouble Shooter available at AnswersThatWork.com. With the free program you are able to determine the name of the programs that are running on your computer at startup. The $35 version comes up with automatic solutions. He mentioned another good feature of the program: Housecleaning. This removes unneeded temporary files, cookies etc. Dean Steichen volunteered that a good Registry Cleaner named Registry Mechanic is also available from this company. Dick cautioned when using Spam controls to be sure that your list of acceptable addresses is complete and up to date. Good mail will be rejected if it is not on the list. Roboform from roboform.com was mentioned as a good and free program with which you can use your flash drive to carry your browser, pass words, favorites etc with you. |